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I Was Traumatized This Morning...

I went to the grocery store to grab a few things & nature called, so I went into the restroom to drop a deuce. I didn't hear anyone in there because I had earbuds in & I was jamming out to "More Bounce To The Ounce" by Zapp. Went directly for the first stall door...I open it..
And there is a very small asian man perched over the bowl like a bird, like squatting over it..taking a shit! Ahhhhh! My eyes!
I slammed the stall door & hurried out of the restroom, I could hear him cussing @ me in his language, sounded like an angry duck so I figure it was vietnamese.

Anyway...that sucked & now I don't want to use public restrooms anymore. I held it all the way home.
SW-User
Often Asian loos are a hole in the ground with foot positions each side. Once in Indonesia a new losmen (hotel) I asked where the loo was and the receptionist just pointed up the corridor. I went along and about half way there was a half -door (like a horse stall) and I was about to push it open when I spied the top of a little Asian woollen hat and realised it was occupied. I crept away and came back about five minutes later and still spied the little hat. Once again I tip-toed away. I returned again about five minutes later and this time there was no hat. I pushed the door open and there on the floor was an Islamic prayer mat! The guy had been praying to Allah! The loo was further up.
SamInAZ · 41-45, M
@SW-User very informative.
This sounds like a comedy sketch... I'd be laughing about it all day 😂
SamInAZ · 41-45, M
@BritishFailedAesthetic it is funny now...wasn't when it happened.
@SamInAZ Well as long as splashback didn't hit you in the eye 🤭
SamInAZ · 41-45, M
@BritishFailedAesthetic I'm all good on that front.
BOREDAFPA · 41-45, M
Toilets in Asia are very different thanin the western world.
SamInAZ · 41-45, M
@BOREDAFPA really? They are THAT different?
Apparently, you’ve never left the US. Many people around the world shit into a hole they squat over. It’s actually more healthy than a raised toilet. Squat toilets are all over Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

The guy you saw was trying to replicate what he was used to. I remember Chinese students in college asking “why are American toilets so high?”

 
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