Is this a joke? Just wanted to check because my own shocking results show that we're urinating all over ourselves and without doubt many droplets reach those on neighboring urinals. I bought a nice pair of wool designer shorts by D.gnak $250 and for whatever reason they have the incredible property of causing water to bead up in a way I've never seen before. While wearing them one day, I went to wash my hands and realized I was covered in 20-30 beads of liquid. Yes after using the urinal. I was horrified, soaped up a paper towel and cleaned it. I thought it was a one off event but soon realized it is IMPOSSIBLE no matter how carefully, softly, and at what angle one fires at the urinal to actually get less than 20 beads of pee on oneself. I tried for months, shocked every time. With any other type of clothing the beads don't form but the same liquid is instead instantly absorbed into the fibers.

I'm not accusing us of literally stepping into the urinal. I thought the data was fairly clear that men are worse at washing their hands than women are. And it seems a safe claim that splash back from the urinal is not zero.

That said, I'm calling this my pet idea, in large because I think it is a silly one. Do I think it is in the realm of plausible? I mean, yeah. But I don't think it has stepped into the realm of likely.

Forget washing hands, the urinals are very close to each other and there are no barriers to exhaled air. Someone sneezes, it bounces off the wall to the adjacent users.

I thought y'all were doing physical distancing long before COVID hit -- isn't there a rule against occupying adjacent stations?

In men's restrooms, you are almost certainly getting urine on you from the previous person to use the urinal. I'd be curious to see studies that quantify this.