Monday, July 28, 2008

Squatters


What the? These things aren't just for the men.
I have no idea how the women here use these. There are about 6 of these to2 "European" (regualar) toilets in any given bathroom off the base. It's crazy. You see business women with really nice clothes on go in one and then come out looking just as good as when they went in. The public bathrooms are dirty, too. And the toilet paper. You have to remember to get some off the wall by the sinks before you go in or you're out of luck.

Let's just say that things are VERY different here!

And no M isn't going, he's trying to figure out where to stand.

3 comments:

April said...

Oh my gosh. That's about the craziest thing I've ever seen. I bet it's easy to potty train kids there...just stand and go. No worrying about getting the kid on the potty! Do they have regular toilets as well? Too funny. What an adventure you are on!

Joanna said...

Yes, they do have regular toilets, just not very many. In our apartment we will have regular ones. We will also have a baday. Ammon is really looking forward to that.

Samson Agonistes said...

Ha ha! This is Naomi. Those were so much fun in China. At the Ming Tombs I ran into some ladies from Australia so told me they won't come back to China for another visit until they got regular toilets and fixed the awful smell that was in every restroom. Have you had any problems with no lines in the restrooms? At the airport in China you had to get as close as possible to the stall door if you wanted to use the restroom. If not everyone else would push right past you and go in stall you were waiting on as the other person was coming out. No personal boundaries are respected or even known. Good luck with the squatting.