{"slug":"urinal-guy","name":"Urinal Guy","url":"/templates/urinal-guy.jpg","w":402,"h":474,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Create a Urinal Guy meme. A three-panel comic where someone is minding their business at a urinal until someone walks up and stands right next to them despite every other option being open.","keywords":"urinal guy meme, urinal comic meme, next to me meme, intruder meme, standing too close meme, bathroom etiquette meme","year":2016,"origin":"A three-panel webcomic depicting the classic restroom situation: someone alone at a urinal, comfortable, then a second person arrives and chooses the closest possible spot despite a full row of empty alternatives. The format was quickly generalized to any situation where someone invades your space or ruins your peace unnecessarily. For other personal space meme formats, try the Distracted Boyfriend meme.","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"You (panel 1)","x":8,"y":4.3,"w":20,"h":25,"placeholder":"You","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":28,"opacity":1},{"label":"The intruder (panel 2)","x":55,"y":36,"w":25,"h":25,"placeholder":"The intruder","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":28,"opacity":1},{"label":"The result (panel 3)","x":36.5,"y":68.3,"w":51.5,"h":16.4,"placeholder":"The uncomfortable result","fontFamily":"Impact","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeColor":"#000000","strokeWidth":2,"isBold":true,"isAllCaps":true,"textAlign":"center","fontSize":32,"opacity":1}],"exampleCaptions":["ME ENJOYING MY WEEKEND","THAT ONE COWORKER WHO TEXTS ON SUNDAY","\"HEY QUICK QUESTION ABOUT MONDAY\""],"exampleAltText":"Urinal Guy meme about a coworker texting a work question on a Sunday","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-05-15","howToMake":["Open the Urinal Guy template with all three panels ready for your scenario","Label the first panel with who is peacefully minding their own business","Label the second panel with the person or thing that decides to intrude","Add bottom text in the third panel naming the uncomfortable situation that results","Download and send to anyone who has ever chosen the closest possible spot when other options existed"],"seo":{"aliases":["Urinal Comic Meme","Next To Me Meme","Standing Too Close Meme","Personal Space Comic Meme","Bathroom Comic Meme"],"description":"A three-panel webcomic. Panel one: a lone figure, clearly at peace with the world and the space around them. Panel two: a second figure arrives and positions themselves as close as physically possible despite the entire rest of the space being available. Panel three: wide shot of the result. The three textbox format lets you cast any scenario involving someone choosing to invade your peace.","definition":"A three-panel comic showing someone minding their business until a second person unnecessarily invades their space. Used to describe any situation where someone chooses maximum proximity when they had other options.","useCases":[{"category":"Workspace Invasion","examples":["ME WORKING QUIETLY / THE PERSON WHO DECIDES TO HAVE A SPEAKERPHONE CALL / AT THE LIBRARY","ME WITH AN EMPTY ROW TO MYSELF / THE PERSON WHO SITS DIRECTLY NEXT TO ME / ON A FOUR-HOUR FLIGHT","ME EATING LUNCH ALONE / THAT COWORKER WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WORK / AT LUNCH"]},{"category":"Digital Space Invasion","examples":["ME HAVING A PEACEFUL EVENING / A WORK EMAIL AT 9PM / IT SAYS \"QUICK QUESTION\"","MY INBOX ON A FRIDAY / THE REPLY-ALL CHAIN / THAT STARTED AT 4:58PM","ME ENJOYING SOCIAL MEDIA / THE AD THAT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I SEARCHED / THREE MINUTES AGO"]}]}}