Same crap, different day

[Kristev]

I have a confession to make: I carry "Wet Ones" in my bag, for many reasons. Wiping down the toilet seat (if I wasn't the last janitor to clean it) when I'm in public is one of them.

Someone thought I was quite strange, hearing the wrappings opening and rattle, and see me dropping something on the floor (only temporarily so I could actually begin using the bathrooms.) Actually, I think he was security and thought I was a thief. Thankfully, I still had my receit in my pocket. So when I came out, showed the receit, then I explained that, "Oh, I carry alcohol pads around and wipe down the seat before I . . ."

"Say no more. That's actually pretty clever. I'll have to suggest that to my wife. She's kind of phobic, too."

"Can you blame her?" That was that.

[Magpie]

The other weird thing about this bathroom was that there were showerheads sticking out of each wall and a drain in the middle of the floor. When you turned this control on one wall, the entire room turned into a gigantic shower stall. Never saw that anywhere else either.

It sounds like what my in-laws reported about the Korean bathrooms. (They use squat toilets there too, but except for one mad dash my in-laws always had Western-style toilets available. I know that squat toilets are considered better for you, but once you already HAVE a back/leg condition you really don't want to use them.)

My husband's cousins were in Korea for a year (hence my in-laws going for a visit), and she commented that it was odd, but it actually worked out really well, as the bathroom apparently doesn't need the same amount of cleaning as our dry ones do.

[Pagan]

Oh, and down low on the wall where we'd expect to see a roll of toilet paper, there was a shower control with a hose, presumably to be used for purposes of personal hygiene in lieu of paper.

But you still have the drying-off of said area issue.

The other weird thing about this bathroom was that there were showerheads sticking out of each wall and a drain in the middle of the floor. When you turned this control on one wall, the entire room turned into a gigantic shower stall. Never saw that anywhere else either.

I just don't get that. Did they have it separated from the sink and everything else that an American-style bathroom has?

[Seshat]

Another reason for drips on the seat is incontinence - and not every woman is aware she's incontinent, not if it's small amounts.