Worked at a resort near the border a decade or so ago, the main restaurant was being remodeled so we ran a skeleton crew in the kitchen just to supply bar food to the bar. One of the laborers from Mexico used the kitchen bathroom one day and left shit covered toilet paper all over the floor and near the trash can. This was my first exposure to toilet paper habits of other countries. We had no official janitor at the time, again, skeleton crew. It fell to me to clean it but I noped the fuck out of there. I found one of the guys who spoke English and asked him to explain American plumbing to the guy. He was very embarrassed and ended up cleaning it himself. He would troll me sometimes after that, coming into the kitchen holding his stomach. Good dude, first time in the states, all’s well that ends well.
I'm a little confused, though. I understand that your coworker believed that soiled toilet paper was not supposed to be deposited in the toilet bowl. This part I get. I see how he could think that.
However, what I don't understand is how he thought the appropriate place for shitty toilet paper was ON THE FLOOR.
Yeah I mean the majority was NEAR the trash can…. I think it was an emergency diarrhea situation and he was worried about getting caught. The laborers were suppose to use the Porta Potty’s but I assume they were occupied.
U seem way to nice for shitty situations
I grew up with a bipolar/manic depressive mother who always escalated situations and made things worse. I can roll with the difficult and it’s still not as bad as what I’m use to.
Totally understand my friend
Resort laborers have to use the porta potty
What the fuck? That's fucked up on all sorts of levels.
Not really. The demolition of old buildings often means exposure to things that should never be anywhere near a kitchen. They were not employees of the resort. They were hired by the contractor in charge of the remodel. I’ve worked in construction, porta potty’s are industry standard.
Oh no. I’m the janitor and let me tell you about construction workers…they can use the porta potty.
In my country they don't want toilet paper in the toilet either. They almost provide trash can, but they often stash it behind the toilet and they always, always the kind you need to step on a pedal to open the lid. The positioning makes it almost impossible to do from a sitting position.... which you would be wiping in...
There was a time when the innocent me would resort to open the lid with my hands. These days? They pull that crap on me I'll shove the paper in their fking toilet.
But not the floor.
They should provide a bidet toilet seat. It’s like $18 for a basic one. The savings on TP would pay for it.
We are nasty when it comes to taking a shit on a public toilet, for some reason there's always shit all over it like if we don't know how to shit on a public toilet. Sometimes I wonder if this is how people take a shit in their house.....proced to spray the back of the toilet as if they're doing a Picasso and then just walk away as if it is normal
He was getting Schwifty by shitting on the floor
Other countries sewers run into ocean. They don’t flush their TP.
In those countries, do people throw the shitty toilet paper on the floor?
Because that's what the person did in this story, and that's the part that I don't understand.
Outside of Europe, North and South America, in most of the countries they wash their ass after taking a shit. Toilets are built to ensure washing is done.
He was very embarrassed and ended up cleaning it himself. He would troll me sometimes after that, coming into the kitchen holding his stomach. Good dude, first time in the states, all’s well that ends well.
Lol he does sound like a good dude that can laugh at himself 😂
Lol no he sucks. Putting it in the trash is one thing leaving it on the floor for someone else make you a bad person regardless of your "culture"
I'm from Mexico but most of my family are from, or used to live in the us, so we flushed the toilet paper at home, I thought that was normal until someone told me, back when I was in elementary school, that I was not supposed to do that, due to some problem with plumbing on old buildings or something like that, pretty funny having a culture shock moment in your own country.
I don't understand how people in the West use only toilet paper to use your shit. No matter how much you try it will be impossible to clean plus your toilet will smell like shit. How is it you people have not learned to use bidets or bum guns like us in South East Asia?
I’m confused how using only toilet paper is going to make your toilet smell like shit?
Funny story, I installed a bidet on my toilet at home about a year ago, I can’t go back now. It is 100% better. As a bonus I end up using way less toilet paper because the water does most of the work. Even the cheapest bidet is better than dry wiping. I now fear having to shit in a public toilet due to the lack of bidets. They are slowly becoming a thing in the west, but I agree with you, they need to become ubiquitous.
Believe it or not I had never used a bidet myself- in India and Saudi Arabia we use Shataf(bum guns) which are far better in my opinion cause you don't have to shift your butt like with a bidet. When I went to Turkey recently which is mostly Europen style bidets where a hard pill to swallow initially but much better than in Serbia where I had to use a bottle secretly.
Cousin of mine installed one of those fancy Japanese Bidets at his house, it’s crazy. It like, senses your anus or something and aims the stream perfectly at it, with like 9 different options for spray patterns. He spared no expense. I’m good with my cheap ass bidet though, seems like the law of diminishing returns at that point.
Lol. Only the Japanese can come up with stuff like AI powered toilet seats and still use ancient technology like fax machines.
It's not plumbing, all plumbing that can handle a _turd_ can handle TP. It's because of the prevalence of septic systems. If you don't want to have to pump your system every 1 or 2 years you don't put TP in them. Getting your system pumped is more costly in situations where it doesn't happen as often.
Nope, there are plenty of countries where the plumbing can handle shit, but not TP despite being connected to a sewer system and not a septic tank. When I was in Thailand it was pretty common to not be able to flush TP and have to put it in a little trash can next to the toilet
When I was in corfu, Greece the hotel I stayed at had a tiny garbage can to put poopy paper in and signs to not flush the toilet paper.
Thats what happens when you use small pipes that can barely handle shit. A trash can full of shit stained paper from numerous people is what's called a biological hazard. May as well use a communal sponge dipped in vinegar at that point.
No. TP is designed to break down. It’s all of the other things that get flushed or washed down the drain that force you to eventually have to pump the tank. Food scraps, feminine products…things you shouldn’t be flushing anyway
Fukking LMAO “PoopSlinger23” I can’t even concentrate on the original post now LOL
I can think of no one better to trust on the topic, honestly.
The guy knows his shit.
This guy poops
It will break down, but your septic tank will fill up faster if you throw it in the toilet versus put it in a trashcan and throw it away every day. I’m from what I understand emptying a septic tank is pretty expensive. Not sure how true that is though.
It’s like $250 every 3-5 years
I’m not an expert but is a septic tank not part of the plumbing?
Yeah it is but it doesn't connect to a city line. It's literally a tank of shit sitting in your back yard a few feet underground. It can overflow and flood your yard with shit water so have it checked every few years to be safe. It's far cheap to maintain then to repair your yard and fix the problem.
If you had to fix the connection to said shit tank would you not hire a plumber? Via the transitive property would that not make it fall under the category of plumbing?
Depends on where the problem is but you don't call a plumber to suck out your tank. You call a septic service company. They also do replacement/repair of septic tanks not your average plumber. Plumber would mostly be in house and septic would be anything outside of the house for basic understanding. If you wanna know more call a plumber and a septic service and see what they say.
So glad I don’t live way out in the sticks. Everything I know about septic tanks makes me thankful for city sewage systems.
Haha its honestly not that bad. I've had mine for years and never had a problem. I just get it cleaned out very 3-5 years.
This is common in many third world countries
TIL that Greece is a third world country
I've visited Athens recently, and many places had this poster saying, "Don't throw paper into the toilet." I'm still not sure what kind of "paper" they meant. We thought it was just for women's products, which are usually forbidden to throw into the toilet everywhere. But toilet paper? I have a very strong aversion to putting that anywhere else but the toilet.
Greek's plumbing can't handle the paper in the toilet, so yes, the clearly stated paper meant to direct you put your toilet paper in the garbage bin...
Do they use bidets then or just throw it away?
Why don't they just write "toilet paper"? It's only one word longer.
I started to realize the situation when I saw the same poster in a restaurant, and beneath it, a bin full of dirty paper. Even the wall around the bin was brown after years of people throwing their waste on it. Guys, really? This is freaking gross. Use a bidet, fix the pipes, or something. There has to be a solution. It's 2024.
Ehh don't ask me I'm not even remotely Greek, but most sane people think toilet paper is also paper :P. So probably that's why they wrote paper, since everybody understands what paper is.
Not everybody understands it, because I didn't understand it. And I'm not stupid for sure.
E.g., if you see a poster above a sink that says, "Don't drain water into the sink," what would you think? You'd think there must be a misunderstanding, and this can't be taken literally.
Yep.
Palmerola International Airport is the brand new airport for the capital of Honduras.
It's exactly like every new large airport in the US, except that every toilet stall has a sign like this, along with a little trash can.
Jollibee is top tier though!
not their bathrooms. fastfood bathrooms are always filthy.
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It's Filipino-style which is kinda sweet as opposed to the conventional one. Filipinos love sweet things, you see. It's a culture thing.
That’s because its made from bananas and not tomatoes 🍅
Pretty sure Jolibee isn't known for their spaghetti but their chicken.
That one I would genuinely give a 9/10 for a fast food chain.
Both apparently
I’m not a fan of their spaghetti it their chicken is probably top three fast food fried chicken I have ever had. The spicy one though, I find the regular a little lacking in flavor.
The fucking corn beef sandwiches!!!! My white trash ass loves em. Simple but perfectly done.
Pretty sure Jolibee isn't known for their spaghetti but their chicken.
That one I would genuinely give a 9/10 for a fast food chain.
In most 3rd world countries as well as Southern Europe they wash their ass. About 70% of the world wash their ass.
Yes it’s more hygienic. I’ve incorporated it in my house. I use tp just to dry.
And first world, in a lot of Europe this is a thing.
Where in Europe is this common?
Italy and Greece both are like this.
Was a thing when the Olympics happened, lots of people got a surprise when they couldn't flush anything they hadn't eaten.
https://www.upi.com/Archives/2004/04/26/Athens-plumbing-may-not-hold-for-Olympics/4391082952000/
Also Cyprus
I’ve also seen this in the Azores Portugal… it’s always PIGS
it's countries that have been around for 500+ years. their sewage systems are old in certain areas. it's not just PIGS. areas all over Europe are like this. the amount of paper that would be pushed through the sewage system would create blockages.
No shit but you see it more in PIGS because they don’t have as much money to upgrade as much
Greece.
Im in the UK, encountered TONS of bathrooms with that sign. Sewage here is a nightmare
In the UK? I live here and have never once had to use a bin to deposit used toilet paper. Only place I've ever done that in Europe is Greece
I guess it depends in the city you live and how new/old your plumbing is? Im not lying when I say Ive encountered this here many times. Bars, my faculty, Im even right now in a house cat sitting with a toilet that does not flush toilet paper, its very old. In what part of the UK do you live? Also sewage spills make the news all the time. Literally from google just now: ''In England and Wales, raw sewage is being dumped on beaches and in rivers on a daily basis, leaving the UK ranking 25th out of 30 European countries for bathing water quality'' There is a sewage crisis here, I just imagine that if you are not the town affected by it, you dont know how bad it can get.
Why?
Pipes will get clogged. Too small.
Seems like a major oversight to use small pipes for toilets.
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It’s due to smaller diameter (2” vs 4”) pipes that clog easier in a lot of the world. TP can clog a 2” drain a lot easier than a 4” one. It’s not to punish janitors, that much should be obvious.
Wow, 2” pipe for a sanitary is insane. The minimum for code is 4” with 4” clean outs as well where I am.
I feel like one good crap would take out their system.
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You do realize that in those countries people also don't throw toilet paper in their own toilets at their homes either right?
And it's not like there's a home janitor to clean
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Maybe you do, no idea what your setup is. But why are you so aggressively push a notion that's simply not universally true? In many places, people indeed do not throw toilet paper j to the toilet even at home and it's generally accepted and nobody makes it a big deal.
No the fuck we don't if you want to keep your toilets unclogged
Thorw it in the trash can
Source: Am Brazilian, mané
This is not accurate. Be mindful of where you are.
I am not being hateful I adapt to cultural norms but I have lived in Panama, Philippines, Honduras and Thailand. And in large part they are all like this. I spent four years in the Philippines and the reason they don’t use toilet paper often is due to bidets which in fairness gives a better clean. It’s rare to find toilet paper in certain establishment or you can buy from the concierge for restrooms in certain malls (usually Ayala malls. But if you are in certain sm malls like sm bacoor you may not find toilet paper or bidet. So I would keep a small of wet wipes and plastic bags in my pockets in case something didn’t agree with me and I would just throw the plastic bag away when I was done. It’s all adapt and overcome.
No, I did the research.
It's because of the prevalence of septic systems. If you don't want to have to pump your system every 1 or 2 years you don't put TP in them. Getting your system pumped is more costly in situations where it doesn't happen as often.
Nothing to do with pipes, or anything else, this is the explanation and some folks will call you racist for saying it. Then again, it's the internet.
How often do you have a fast food joint in an area without central sewage? Like I've never seen a McDonald's with a septic tank to my knowledge, they're usually built where people live, and therefore have plumbing infrastructure
Explain why this place, which is brand new and huge does the same thing.
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Leave it to white people to randomly inject race into any discussion
There should not really be any situation where you should be able to put turds in a toilet but not enough TP to clean yourself with. Not a whole roll, or diapers, or a roll of paper towels.
Doc Brown voice What sub is this?
So long future boy.
This is common in the Philippines. Septic tanks are common, clogging is common. People use water; bidet, dipper or make shift dipper. This sign is common in most bathroom/ toilet. Before anyone says anything, I’m originally from there and so is Jollibee. Imagine my surprise when I moved to the US.
There will never be satisfaction in using TP. I want mine always clean and shiny. Non-Filipino should know that we don't just wash our ass with water. It's the whole shebang. Rinse-soap-rinse is the way.
Lol not sure about shiny. I just want mine clean. Bidets are awesome! I remember my first year here; always jumping in the tub after wiping with TP.
Please don't thow it on the floor and in the urinal either. You know who you are.
It must be placed in the toilet very gently, never thrown in carelessly…
KOBE!
Do they want you to throw it in the garbage like the home country
But my hand is right there. Okay, I’ll abide. It’s your house after all.
I’m gonna shoot my shot and guess….. Delano?
This is the way it is all over asia. Most asian countries dont use toilet paper like we do in the west. They use the bum gun.
Cue malicious compliance!
Greece?
Probably not, Jolibee is a Filipino fast food chain
Must have a septic system, it will load up quick.
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They must have narrower turds.
Congratulations you're smarter than most of these folks.
This shit is nonsense.
It's not plumbing, all plumbing that can handle a _turd_ can handle TP. It's because of the prevalence of septic systems. If you don't want to have to pump your system every 1 or 2 years you don't put TP in them. Getting your system pumped is more costly in situations where it doesn't happen as often.
Jollibee is Filipino with some in Canada.
There’s one in metro Detroit as well.
And all over the US as well. OP is in California most likely, given CA plates in their other posts.
This is common in the Philippines. Septic tanks are common, clogging is common. People use water; bidet, dipper or make shift dipper. This sign is common in most bathroom/ toilet. I’m originally from there and so is Jollibee. Imagine my surprise when I moved to the US.
Based on Jollibees, Phillipines.
One in London UK
Sure, but London has a sewerage system built for toilet paper and the Philippines doesn't.
Not to mention Jollibee was founded and is ubiquitous there, so pretty safe to make the assumption.
It's not plumbing, all plumbing that can handle a _turd_ can handle TP. It's because of the prevalence of septic systems. If you don't want to have to pump your system every 1 or 2 years you don't put TP in them. Getting your system pumped is more costly in situations where it doesn't happen as often.
Sure, so as I said the sewerage system in the Philippines is not designed for it.
Very true, Jollibees is in lots of places. I wish I had one closer than California, but most of their locations are in the Phillipines.
Several in the US.
Texas?
In Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and other SE Asian countries they have the "bum gun" next to the toilet. You know that thing you rinse dishes with at your kitchen sink? That's the one. Only you spray your filthy arse rather than smear the Klingons across Uranus. Works wonders and it's nice and cool, b/c in those countries it's a bazillion degrees outside. You are supposed to rinse yourself so clean, there's nothing for the TP to do but dry your little sphincter. Then they want the TP in the garbage can. Who knows why. But I did see a package of "recycled" TP at Trader Joes. Made me wonder ...Hmmm.
Lived in Ho Chi Minh City over 2 years, very rarely saw bum gun only bathrooms and never restrictions on flushing TP. But that's the largest city, so small-mid sized cities may be different.
Incidentally, bum gun and TP is far superior to either alone
I've visited HCMC a couple times and both hotels had high pressure bum guns. They certainly bring civilization to the rear ender nation : )
The one problem I had was when I was in the hospital. No TP and pathetic pressure on the bum gun. In a hospital where most of the patients are old, and all are unwell...
Ok let me be the first to say....eeeeww. I do know some people who bring "flushable" wipes when they travel. I may start that practice .
It's because of the prevalence of septic systems. If you don't want to have to pump your system every 1 or 2 years you don't put TP in them. Getting your system pumped is more costly in situations where it doesn't happen as often.
Not putting tp in the toilet always reminds me of Cyprus and it makes me happy haha
Ok, I’ll just put it in my pocket or purse
Ok fine I’ll just gently place it in the toilet instead of throwing it
Just got back from Costa Rica and that is the norm there.
Just place it in gently…
Maybe it's a bidet?
Did they buy a European toilet?
They're tired of y'all's shit!
How’s your day going?
Same Toilet Paper, Different Shit
PLEASE GENTLY PLACE TOILET PAPER IN THE TOILET. YOUR AIM SUCKS. THANK YOU.
-Management
I’m currently on vacation to see family and I finally went to a Jollibee for the first time and holy cow that place was BUSY. As a Filipino person, their food was pretty good.
This will lead to shitty garbage. No fun smell.
Pretty standard in a lot of the world
Visited Greece last summer and those signs are all over the place. You throw your used tp in waste bins as the plumbing isn't built to handle excessive toilet paper.
Janitor is probably the one who put up that sign. Ever heard of a septic system?
What makes this different between countries? Is it about the plumbing radius used in each place?
What big toilet paper doesn't want you to know
Rip the sign down lol
A 2kg turd is fine but a sheet of toilet paper is not?
who…does…number…two…work…for?!?!?
Your ass of course.
If I went in a placevlike this I would flush toilet paper. Maybe extra.
You run a business, fix your shit.
Do they actually mean that literally? I would literally not ball up some toilet paper and start shooting some jays into the toilet. Or do they literally mean "not to throw" as in "gently place the toilet paper into the toilet?"
Just put it in your pocket
thought this was common sense
I’m all for recycling, but geez…
It's sad that we had to do this reminder pa when it should be common sense/common courtesy NOT to loiter and throw stuff on the bowl because it will cause clogging. Yet, here we are, reminding people with this kind of stuff because some people are still dumb... or just plain evil.
My workplace (it's a large organisation) has hundreds of toilets with signs reminding people to not use paper towels as toilet paper.
Make it make since. That's all I will say
...they mean the entire roll I'm assuming
No, they mean the paper. This is almost certainly in the Philippines where bidets or similar are necessary.
Ohhh thats a Jollibee logo, I processed it as Buc-ees 🤣
It's not the prevalence of bidet's, although that does contribute to misconceptions, it's because of the prevalence of septic systems. If you don't want to have to pump your system every 1 or 2 years you don't put TP in them. Getting your system pumped is more costly in situations where it doesn't happen as often.
Mate, you keep missing the point. The bidets/septic systems are cause and effect, not two mutually exclusive arrangements.
Edit: so I can see you are spamming this everywhere, so not actually comprehending what you are reading.
You can make this comment as much as you’d like, but it doesn’t make it true.
Yeah, when I was in a homeless shelter I saw people doing this all too often, even the cardboard core by itself can block the pipes.
No, it's a misconception about modern plumbing and mistaking it for a septic system because mom/dad/grandparents told ya so.
Yeah, my local Subway used to have problems with people putting while rolls in the toilet, then flushing them a bunch of times, causing them all sort of problems. So that's the sort of thing I would assume this is talking about.
Tell me you’re a dimwit without telling me you’re a dimwit. That’s a normal thing in Southeast Asia, dumbass! 🙄
The subreddit should be about something that’s obviously funny for everyone, and not just for OP.
Nothing is funny for everyone.
Most of the western world is unfamiliar with that practice so the idea of not putting toilet paper in the toilet (without directions where you should actually put it) coupled with the thought of some poor janitor having to clean it up is funny to a lot of people. It's literally toilet humor.
Is it the funniest thing I've seen today? Of course not. Is it the least funny? Not even close. (Your comment wins that contest by a mile.)
Stayed one night at church retreat on the N. Calif. coast and had a similar sign in the bathroom. Noped night out of there. There was a murky pond outside the window. Plenty of nicer places to flush the toilet on the Calif. coast than that.
This is common in the Philippines. Septic tanks are common, clogging is common. Mostly people use water; dipper or bidet. Before anyone says anything, I’m originally from there and so as Jollibee. This is a common sign in every bathroom/ toilet. Imagine my surprise when I moved to the US lol.
This is common in the Philippines. Septic tanks are common, clogging is common. People use water; bidet, dipper or make shift dipper. This sign is common in most bathroom/ toilet. Before anyone says anything, I’m originally from there and so is Jollibee. Imagine my surprise when I moved to the US. There are Jollibees in different countries.,
I've a feeling Jollibee doesn't have janitors, more like either of their minimum wage workers most likely.
toilet paper goes in the TOILET hole
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