Some Chinese nationals really need to be educated in the ways of the civilised world.
I’m so pissed (pun unintended!) with the way they use toilets. I’m not sure what the situation in the Gents is (and I sure as hell don’t even want to know), but these ladies from China really need a lesson or two in toilet etiquette.
You see, my office is next to this restaurant which has hordes of Chinese tourists coming every day during lunch and dinner time. Unfortunately, I have to use the same washroom as they do. These people really don’t know how to use toilets:-
1) They don’t lock the doors–Once, I opened three cubicles, and in each cubicle there was someone inside. Like “hello???? There’s a lock on the door! You just have to exercise some simple motor skills here!”
So now, to avoid any potentially embarrassing situations (obviously they don’t seem to see anything embarrassing in someone accidentally walking in on them mid-way in their business), I now peep through the small slit between the door and the wall, and look at the reflection on the tiles to see if there’s anyone inside before I enter the cubicle.
2) They stand on the toilet seats–I’m not sure if the adults do that (hopefully not) but I’ve seen a mother letting her daughter stand on the toilet bowl so that she can assume the squatting position while peeing. Like for goodness sake, teach your child how to use a toilet bowl!
3) They don’t know how to discard toilet paper properly–Instead of disposing used toilet paper in the toilet bowl and flushing it away, these people throw it on top of the sanitary napkin bin and make a big mess of the cubicle. The poor cleaner ends up having to clean up after these people every day.
4) They are forever looking for squatting toilets–Every time I happen to be in the toilet when a group of them are, I’ll always hear the word “蹲” (dun) meaning ‘to squat’ in Chinese. They’ll keep asking where the squatting toilet is, and resign in disappointment when they come to terms with the fact that they have to do without it at this toilet!
I suppose it’ll take a while before these people learn how to lock doors and observe proper toilet etiquette. Hell, the Singapore government has been trying to educate Singaporeans for the longest time, but we still get people behaving like barbarians. Annoying.