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South Korea felt the need to post this sing in their public bathrooms.
I can't even
Jun 5, 2024 1:06 AM
tclothingw
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South Korea felt the need to post this sing in their public bathrooms.
I can't even
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Clockworkdancerobot
Some countries are more used to squat toilets. Sitting toilets aren't always designed for standing on.
PrairieFarmGirl
My office has these too
ICampOntheFirstDate
To be fair, many westerners can't handle the idea of an eastern style toilet either.
ZK383
Many countries people use slit trenches, holes, "Squat" toilets and those people when they see a western toilet use it this way. Also, quite a few women won't sit on the seat and do this- according to numerous females who've come out of bathrooms in the US and saw truly messy seats or women standing on the seats.
tclothingw
I understand your point. I come from a country where dirty bathrooms are kind of a thing in way too many places and squating is the only option.
Some don't even have the seats!
These on the other hand were very clean
and not in a rural area. They were in Seoul. Some stalls even had bidets!
Therefor my question, why!?
There clearly was a need to post these signs.
Mazzy94
Because many people are accustomed to squat toilets and will stand on Western ones, creating a sagety hazard
tclothingw
I understand your point. I come from a country where dirty bathrooms are kind of a thing in way too many places and squating is the only option.
Some don't even have the seats!
These on the other hand were very clean
and not in a rural area. They were in Seoul. Some stalls even had bidets!
Therefor my question, why!?
There clearly was a need to post these signs.
Mazzy94
Have you not seen people do that? I have. If people used to squat toilets and unacustomed to Western ones they sometimes perch on the rim or seat
fantabuloustimewaster
You seem to be imagining a "squat toilet" as a chair-shaped toilet that you hover over. However, a "squat toilet" generally doesn't have any part of the fixture much above the floor level; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet. You can imagine that a person encountering a chair-shaped toilet for the first time during an international trip might be confused about where to squat. Toilet customs worldwide are quite diverse.
tclothingw
I know what you mean.
It's basically a hole in the ground made out of porcelain like material with two markings on the floor to put your feet on and hopefully not slip and fall coz they're often never clean.
After using this contraption from hell your shoeas end up all spilled with some pee and the whole (hole) thing is horrible. Been there done that.
Nevertheless the signs were an unexpected thing in such a well developed city.