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Toilet paper is generally not provided in public toilets in China. You should carry your own. So in a way, this is positive.
by sly010 7y ago
Toilet paper is generally not provided in public toilets in China. You should carry your own. So in a way, this is positive.
- mc32 7y agoQuite true. People can be very disingenuous when they want to. So while requiring QR codes is ridiculous, they should note that normally you’re expected to have your own toilet paper because toilets aren’t stocked with it.
- baot 7y agoA reporter in China tweets to people who choose to follow a reporter in China and you accuse her of being disingenuous for failing to accommodate it being posted on an international website, out of context. That's quite self-centred.
- qxnqd 7y agoShe was looking for outrage, it's not like she's got the high moral ground here.
- baot 7y agoThat's an extraordinary level of understanding of someone's motivations and morality that I would characterise as 'baseless'.
- mc32 7y agoObviously she was looking to engage locals by writing in English (which has very low penetration) on a platform that’s normally inaccessible to locals... I think context is owed the reader.
- baot 7y agoWell firstly, you as a reader did actually know the context. That's why you could tell everyone else. Secondly, giving that context requires the writer to know that it's not normal. If it's not normal. Yet you've failed to give that context. Your comment could just as easily be linked to in a forum mainly used by Hong Kongers or Singaporeans. Obviously, you have no reason to accommodate them because you shouldn't expect them to be your audience.
- UncleEntity 7y agoIf people were required to give the full back story of every trivial absurdity they encountered "in the wild" the world would turn into a very boring place.
- parennoob 7y agoThis isn't entirely a trivial absurdity. One of the biggest things I hear about traveling in China (and Japan) is that you're expected to carry your own toilet paper everywhere. An analogy would be – someone from a non-tipping country complains about the fact that some restaurants in the US have a "compulsory gratuity" of 20% for larger parties. Sure, somewhat outrageous, but less so if you consider that tipping 15-20% is the norm in the US anyway.
- craftinator 7y agoI lived in Japan for 2 years, and only came across no TP three or four times. I've heard that it used to be like that 10 or 20 years ago, but now even in more rural areas it is provided. There are often toilets equipped with bidets... Was a bit of a shock when my first day there I used a toilet in a 7-11, went to flush, and accidentally hit the bidet controls...
- ekianjo 7y ago> You should carry your own. Why don't they make paying toilets where you can have such services without the hassle of carrying stuff?
- robbrown451 7y agoProbably they don't consider it a hassle, because they are just used to it. Pay toilets sounds like an expensive, complicated solution. It's not a terrible idea to carry around tissues anyway.
- analyst74 7y agoThere used to be paid toilet back in the day, but disappeared somehow, maybe because nobody wants to be manning those toilets.
- pgrote 7y agoIn the United States many areas passed laws banning them: https://psmag.com/economics/dont-pay-toilets-america-bathroom-restroom-free-market-90683 https://psmag.com/economics/dont-pay-toilets-america-bathroo...