Lets take a minute to discuss something that we’ve all encountered. We’ve all seen “that guy”. We’ve all been forced into this most awkward of situations. We’ve all had the same thought.

Seriously?

Is there a bigger beating than taking care of your business at a sporting event of your choosing and having your personal space crowded by “The Mean Leaner”?

I was recently in a restroom taking up as little space as possible so that there would be no unnecessary contact with anything or anyone. While in midstream, a man in his mid to late 50’s saddles up on the urinal next to me (not shielded by a divider mind you) and spread his legs in an attempt to form a wider base as to not fall over. The only problem is that in the process, his foot is not planted against mine and seeing as how I am midstream, I can’t move because it would disrupt the flow of things.

So, now that this man has established the fact that he is here and he means business, he takes that one extra step that has prompted me to take my frustration public.

After being at the urinal and in position for no longer than 1.38 seconds, he places not one, but TWO hands on the wall in front of him as to brace himself for any sudden earthquake that might arise.

Now, I might…might…be more inclined to give the guy a little leniency if his supporting beams were straight up as to not encroach on my personal and work space, but that was not the case. No, this man felt it necessary to establish both a wide base and a far reaching secondary support. If you can imagine how ridiculous this big 6′3″ guy looks making a human ‘X’ while leaning over this urinal you would probably as upset as I was at the time.

So, this is where I turn to the readers of this little blog to see if I am out of line.

Is that really necessary? Was he that tired that he couldn’t stand up for a few seconds without bracing himself? And is that even safe? I mean without any support for the action in process, what happens if things get out of control? What happens if he has a muscle twitch in is right leg cause a massive body position shift left and there are no safeguards in place to redirect the stream that is quickly approaching my work space? Seriously.

I don’t ever see the need to go for “The Mean Lean”, but to straight up put two hands on a public bathroom wall and go to town seems outrageous.

Anyone else have any public place pet peeves?