Thursday, October 09, 2014

Toilet Problem in Hong Kong

I hate it when running into the lady's in Hong Kong and found that the toilet seat is wet.  You can tell that is because the lady who was using the toilet before didn't sit down but semi-squat so that her precious bottoms are not touching the seat.  I am pretty sure she was taught by her mother not to sit in public toilet because of the fear for gems and virus.  I was told the same.  However, now thinking about it, the wet toilet only encourages next user to squat (you need strong legs to do that, not a problem for yogi).  The vicious cycle starts - no one can actually sit and relax and the toilet seat gets filthier and filthier.

Thank Goodness many toilets are now equipped with alcohol dispenser so I can clean the seat and (I purposely make some noise to squeeze the alcohol spray and make sure people outside the stall can hear that I am cleaning the seat).   If there is no alcohol provided, I will pad the seat with toilet papers before sitting down - after all, sitting on someone's piss is not a pleasant thought.  Please Chinese Mothers, tell your daughter to sit down on the toilet when going pee.  If that's not hygienic, let's make it clean and nice, there is nothing wrong to do a bit of dirty work and start a clean toilet.  Besides, I think the lack of community sense and selfishness are more harmful than gems on the toilet seats.

I also hate the white tissue papers Hong Kong people love to use everywhere, at the beach, at the hiking trail (wiping their shoes?!?!?) and discard the used tissues anywhere but the garbage bins.  Mmm, I am not sure they are being cleaned and sanitized, I think that's pretentious (you are hiking and you care about how clean your shoes are???) and stupidly environmental unfriendly.  I refuse tissues, I prefer to wipe my nose with my shirts (or Jon's).

No comments: