The Far-Left Urinal in the Gym Locker Room is Attracting Bizarre Behavior

As I've mentioned in previous blog posts, Maria and I are members of American Family Fitness, a gym that has several locations in the Richmond area. Although most trips to the gym are uneventful, there have been a few noteworthy exceptions (such as an odd discovery in the locker room and a Christmas tree mystery).

In the men's locker room at the Virginia Center Commons location, the restroom area has three stalls on your right and four urinals on your left. The curious activity is occurring at the far-left urinal.

Strange Occurrence #1: A few weeks ago, a man with a full white beard, approximately 65 years old, was using the aforementioned urinal. Did I mention he was completely naked and talking on a flip phone? It was as if Santa Claus needed to call his elves on a 2004 Motorola. What was so urgent that he had to talk right then and there? And why was he naked? He wasn't wet, so it's not as though he just showered. No, he had a call to make and apparently no desire to put on underwear.

Strange Occurrence #2: About a week later, a middle-aged man decided to use the far-left urinal while brushing his teeth. He was clothed, which is an improvement over Santa Claus; however, his behavior was just as unsanitary. He was nonchalantly brushing his teeth with his right hand, and the toothbrush was way too close to the danger zone. Also, thank you to the gentleman for spitting into the urinal. Glad that couldn't wait 15 seconds until he was back at the sink. #Multitask

Update: About a week after I saw the man brushing his teeth, an "Out of Order" sign was placed in front of the problem urinal. It was there for several days. I like to think that management stepped in and basically said, "Look, we're shutting this urinal down. I want you all to think about what you're doing. Take a hard look in the mirror. Until you demonstrate you can behave, your far-left urinal privileges have been revoked."

Best wishes to the flip-phone Santa Claus, the urinal multi-tasker, and everyone else demonstrating bizarre behavior in the gym locker room!