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« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2007, 02:50:19 PM »
At times like these, I could almost feel sorry for women......almost!! th_ah th_ah
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« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2007, 02:55:42 PM »
At one of our NZ universities we had to put notices up in different languages telling people not to squat on the 'western loos'- they ended up building some squats.
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« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2007, 06:13:13 AM »
They pee all over where your feet should go and then they also walk out with the tattle-tale dribbles down their trouser legs. Daughter and I used to laugh at it when we first came, but now it's just part of daily life. It's like the men with their fly down - it used to make us glance aghast...but now it's normal.
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« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2007, 08:06:33 AM »
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Imagine how filthy the rim of a western public toilet could get here.

This is so true, i still find it funny when I've had a Chinese visitor to my home and used the bathroom after them, only to see their footprints all over the seat. They don't seem to like not squatting. It confuses some.
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« Reply #19 on: April 24, 2007, 10:17:10 AM »
I had absolutely never given thought that a local might stand on the toilet seat, that's quite interesting.  My TA would lift the seat when she used my loo.
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« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2007, 10:36:02 AM »
unbelievable.  We have one KFC here and that's it for western chain restaurants, if I have ta go when uptown, I use the KFC one.  Thank goodness the ladies side doesn't have urinals...eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww th_a
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« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2007, 03:33:50 PM »
Quote from: crippler on April 24, 2007, 10:29:53 AM
Last week in McDonalds in Guangzhou all the toilets were western.  One guy must have been so confused he filled the urinal with  th_bq th_bq th_bq

They do this a lot with small children. Just hold them up to the urinal. I'm sure it feels quite sophisticated compared to the curbs.
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« Reply #22 on: April 25, 2007, 05:30:27 AM »
Could be worse.

I once saw a man casually squat his little boy down on the floor in the middle of a KFC. th_ao

I made sure to stand there and stare at the guy in unabashed gaping horror for a full 10 minutes... th_ar
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« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2007, 10:29:51 AM »
That was your reaction.....what about the other patrons?  or the KFC Staff?  How did they react?
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« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2007, 12:57:16 PM »
I don't think anyone even looked up from their chicken "hamburgers". Lucky them. I happened to see it because I was entering the restaurant at the time. It was hard to miss.. th_aq th_a
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« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2007, 01:53:35 PM »
Oh, I've seen kids peeing and pooing in the middle of KFC and McDonalds quite a few times, especially 5 years back in Chengdu and Shenzhen. How did the staff react? They all laughed and giggled along with parents/caretakers/grandparents and the rest of the cheerful crowd that was enjoying their plastic burgers.
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« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2007, 08:03:04 PM »
So...is this a not uncommon occurrence in ALL restaurants?  Or only in the Western-style ones?  Would the parents be as quick to do the same in someone's Home?

In any case......... th_as th_as th_l th_l cb
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« Reply #27 on: April 26, 2007, 02:45:45 AM »
I haven't seen this in restaurants, although big chunky morning hacks directly onto the carpet next to the table are de rigeur in places - especially Guangxi and Guangdong that I have seen, which is URTI kingdom plus. This includes all the gnarly sound effects.

That was like, eeeeewwww!
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« Reply #28 on: April 26, 2007, 03:02:54 AM »
I haven't seen it up here, either. But daughter did see a baby pooping in a handbasin once.
And big chunky morning hacks happen, but mainly outside...inside, it's usually a delicate little dribble to the side - which is why nobody puts their bags on the floor.
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« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2007, 04:05:15 PM »
OK.  Let's see if I've got this right.....China is an Emerging Economic Power, whose sanitary habits are firmly entrenched in the Middle Ages!  th_bi
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