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Finally, validation! I hate the bathrooms at my work but everyone thinks I’m crazy when I complain.

philliphaydon 5y ago
One of the downsides to Asia is that there’s a small minority of people who use sitting toilets are squatting toilets. About 7 years ago I worked in a building where the offices all shared a bathroom with several other companies. We would always need to go to the 2nd or 4th floor if we needed to go #2 due to someone on the 3rd floor using the toilet to squat, which resulted in foot prints on the seat and $#!+ on the back of the toilet seat… Luckily they decided to tear down the building so we were forced to move. But that is the worst experience I’ve had. So you’re definitely not crazy haha Edit: nothing wrong with squatting toilets, just using a sitting toilet as a squatting toilet is the issue.
- axaxs 5y ago
  Ah, squatting toilets...reminds me of my first time in Japan. Was waiting to land so I could uh, unload. Finally deplaned, and hurried to the restroom. Saw what looked like a urinal buried sideways into the floor. As a tall person with bad knees, I cried inside and scurried away. It's just not something a person thinks about or assumes, does this country have toilets like mine? Oddly enough, by my second trip, that same bathroom(I assume, but can't be positive) had at least 2 functional western toilets, bidets and all. First time using one of those, and not what I'd describe as pleasant, but story for another time :). On another note... in my wife's country many people actually do use western toilets as squatting toilets. People typically have just a typical western bowl, with no tank or seat.
  - philliphaydon 5y ago
    I have a bidet. When I eventually move back to NZ I’m gonna make sure my house has one!
    - axaxs 5y ago
      So...gross question. Let's just say I expected a drinking water fountain type thing, and got what felt like an enraged eel trying to find warmth inside me. Is that uh...typical? I've never tried one since.
      - _ZeD_ 5y ago
        What??? Do you think of "enraged eels" when you whash your hands?
        axaxs 5y ago
        No, of course not. This was much more invasive than a tap.
      - noisy_boy 5y ago
        The water pressure isn't the same for all the models so some are gentle cleansers and other could be.. enraged eels. The trick is to start with a light press on the button to gauge the pressure and calibrate from there.
      - philliphaydon 5y ago
        It really depends on the Toilet or Bidet. The house I'm in at the moment has a bidet hose, depending on how much you press the button dictates the pressure of the water. The Japanese style toilets have a little button, there's 2 versions. The first uses the water pressure to function, so when you press it, the water causes it to come out and spray, these don't have any control, it's dictated by your taps water pressure. The other is the fancy eletric ones that can go from very basic, to multi adjustment, temperature, self-cleaning, etc. When I first saw these in Asia I thought they were absolutely stupid and pointless. But one night I got food poisoning and ended up on the toilet, a bit messy, and i used the bidet to clean myself and... Ok when I got gastro living in australia, I went to the toilet so many times i made my bum raw with toilet paper that it hurt. After having food poisoning in Asia and cleaning with the Bidet then just drying off, even tho I went to the toilet many times, I didn't get a sore butt. This convinced me that they are awesome, and I've used ever since.
rodgerd 5y ago
It's certainly telling when there's a reorg and after a team moves, it no longer looks like someone let off a shit-bomb in the toilets every day.
looooaway 5y ago
This sort of thing is why I like to explore the areas around where I work. Health and safety says to go for a short walk every hour or two, anyways. Sometimes you find a relaxing park. Sometimes you find a stairwell with a pointless top landing where you can hide and do frustration pushups. Sometimes you find a cheap hole-in-the-wall. And sometimes...sometimes, you find a hidden bathroom. It's easier with big companies in urban centers, because your badge often lets you wander into a bunch of random downtown buildings.

One of the downsides to Asia is that there’s a small minority of people who use sitting toilets are squatting toilets. About 7 years ago I worked in a building where the offices all shared a bathroom with several other companies. We would always need to go to the 2nd or 4th floor if we needed to go #2 due to someone on the 3rd floor using the toilet to squat, which resulted in foot prints on the seat and $#!+ on the back of the toilet seat… Luckily they decided to tear down the building so we were forced to move. But that is the worst experience I’ve had. So you’re definitely not crazy haha Edit: nothing wrong with squatting toilets, just using a sitting toilet as a squatting toilet is the issue.

axaxs 5y ago
Ah, squatting toilets...reminds me of my first time in Japan. Was waiting to land so I could uh, unload. Finally deplaned, and hurried to the restroom. Saw what looked like a urinal buried sideways into the floor. As a tall person with bad knees, I cried inside and scurried away. It's just not something a person thinks about or assumes, does this country have toilets like mine? Oddly enough, by my second trip, that same bathroom(I assume, but can't be positive) had at least 2 functional western toilets, bidets and all. First time using one of those, and not what I'd describe as pleasant, but story for another time :). On another note... in my wife's country many people actually do use western toilets as squatting toilets. People typically have just a typical western bowl, with no tank or seat.
- philliphaydon 5y ago
  I have a bidet. When I eventually move back to NZ I’m gonna make sure my house has one!
  - axaxs 5y ago
    So...gross question. Let's just say I expected a drinking water fountain type thing, and got what felt like an enraged eel trying to find warmth inside me. Is that uh...typical? I've never tried one since.
    - _ZeD_ 5y ago
      What??? Do you think of "enraged eels" when you whash your hands?
      - axaxs 5y ago
        No, of course not. This was much more invasive than a tap.
    - noisy_boy 5y ago
      The water pressure isn't the same for all the models so some are gentle cleansers and other could be.. enraged eels. The trick is to start with a light press on the button to gauge the pressure and calibrate from there.
    - philliphaydon 5y ago
      It really depends on the Toilet or Bidet. The house I'm in at the moment has a bidet hose, depending on how much you press the button dictates the pressure of the water. The Japanese style toilets have a little button, there's 2 versions. The first uses the water pressure to function, so when you press it, the water causes it to come out and spray, these don't have any control, it's dictated by your taps water pressure. The other is the fancy eletric ones that can go from very basic, to multi adjustment, temperature, self-cleaning, etc. When I first saw these in Asia I thought they were absolutely stupid and pointless. But one night I got food poisoning and ended up on the toilet, a bit messy, and i used the bidet to clean myself and... Ok when I got gastro living in australia, I went to the toilet so many times i made my bum raw with toilet paper that it hurt. After having food poisoning in Asia and cleaning with the Bidet then just drying off, even tho I went to the toilet many times, I didn't get a sore butt. This convinced me that they are awesome, and I've used ever since.

rodgerd 5y ago

It's certainly telling when there's a reorg and after a team moves, it no longer looks like someone let off a shit-bomb in the toilets every day.

looooaway 5y ago

This sort of thing is why I like to explore the areas around where I work. Health and safety says to go for a short walk every hour or two, anyways. Sometimes you find a relaxing park. Sometimes you find a stairwell with a pointless top landing where you can hide and do frustration pushups. Sometimes you find a cheap hole-in-the-wall. And sometimes...sometimes, you find a hidden bathroom. It's easier with big companies in urban centers, because your badge often lets you wander into a bunch of random downtown buildings.