Monday, March 30, 2009

Chinese Public Bathrooms

Chinese Public Bathrooms
A few things I have learned about Chinese public bathrooms:- Hold your breath (that's all I'm going to say about that).
- Look in every stall before you select one. You may get lucky and find a western-sitting-toilet.- McDonald's in China still has western toilets!!
And sometimes Wal-Mart
- Bring some tissue in your pocket (just in case TP is not supplied). It’s never supplied!
- Turn on the water BEFORE you put soap on your hands. Walking around with a blob of soap in your hands because the water doesn't turn on... UGH!!
- Have sanitizer handy (in case there is no soap at all).
- The "No Smoking" sign really means "Please, come smoke in the bathroom!"
- Don't worry about bad words being scribbled on the stalls -- if there are some, I can't read them! (One of the ONLY times being illiterate is a plus!)
And…Just don’t go to the bathroom at lunch time. The lines are too long and they are washing their lunch dishes!!!

8 comments:

Jill said...

ditto for Japanese bathrooms!!

The Wells said...

AHH, that brings back some memories.

Julie J. said...

Interesting... Those are the kinds of experiences I'm not jealous of. Every thing else sounds fabulous.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like fun!

Kathy said...

very funny!

AmyCurtis said...

I like your additions =) I guess this is a mutual experience among all us China-dwellers, huh? =)

Gaylene said...

Oh my.... isn't America great!!!

Paul and Susan's NY Historic Sites Mission said...

Man...posts like this make me love the U.S. even more. Those were too funny.