It hit me this morning in the bathroom. Ever since I began my travels in this part of the world, I have been baffled by the amount of water that is on the floor of every public restroom I have entered. I mean, we all see water on the floor occasionally, but this is a lot of water, like someone sprayed water all over the stall...every stall. It just didn't make sense to me. Of course, now I feel silly for not putting it together sooner.
In well-appointed palace restrooms and in homes of the wealthy, a bidet sits next to the toilet for use in cleaning after using said toilet. I believe the Arabs are keen on these fountain thrones because, in their tradition, the way we Westerners...well, you know...after we use the toilet, is unclean. I can follow this reasoning, and maybe they do have a point. But I'm not sure they've found a better solution just yet.
Get this. In less well appointed public restrooms here in the Middle East, kitchen sink sprayers have been installed next to the toilet. For weeks now, I have been thinking...hoping...that maybe, just maybe, the purpose of the sink sprayers is to clean the toilet. Or maybe they are to help flush...you know...because the water pressure isn't that great sometimes. I've actually wondered that, and once, when I couldn't find the flush lever, I almost picked up the sprayer to assist in the flush process. Oh my!
But this morning, as I tried to hold the hem of my pants out of the water as I, well...you know, I caught a glimpse of the white sprayer snaking from the wall by a dirty slinky hose. And the truth hit me. I had an "AHA!" moment. Is it possible that I knew all along, but could not allow myself to believe it? In any case, I have finally allowed my conscious brain to come to the conclusion that these kitchen sink sprayers are not as closely related to toilet cleaners are they are to toilet paper. And now I know how the floors get wet.
7 comments:
yummy.
-kara
I'll stick with good ole' toliet paper! Erin
Yuck! If I were you I think I would rather stay in the dark about the wet floors! lol - Staci
Ok, I know you don't even know me but we're all ready for another post. No pressure. Well, maybe a little.
An American friend of mine living in Japan was dismayed at the "toilet" she has in her new workplace there. It's just a hole in the floor, over which you must squat when you "take your break". Probably helps keep the newspaper-reading bathroom-dwellers from wasting too much work time!
Bidet was designed after cleanliness and physical hygiene. As a man behind this invention said, toilet paper wasn't enough to remove the dirt and water is needed for this kind of matter.
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- Norman
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