Having been in Japan for so long..i found that they are quite considerate...and sometimes too thoughtful that it seems so unnecessary...there was one day when i was walking to office, i noticed that there were a lot of metal drain bar protectors on the ground...hhmm..not sure how to call it...anyway, the protectors have holes in between of each bar and someone thoughtfully put rubber caps on the holes so that ladies with high heels would not be stucked, or coins will not be dropped into the drain etc etc etc....didnt take a picture of that thing...SAYANG...anyway, i have something more interesting to share...this normal looking thing is found in toilet...and it has a speaker if u look at it closely...oh well, the first time when i was there, i read the Kanji (ie the chinese characters) on the notice...it sounds like bla bla bla save water bla bla bla..so i thought, oh, you can save water by pressing on it...and what is weird is that it makes a lot of noise...i heard a lot of ladies pressing it, so i just followed...and it says, it will just take 12 seconds...so my steps go like this...first, i enter the cubicle, close the door, do my business and then press the button...when the sound finishes in 12 secs, i flush and leave....so this has been going on for 6 freaking weeks until the 2nd time when i visit....
I was chatting w my japanese colleague about how unncessary some of the things in japan are...and he agreed w me...then suddenly, i thought of asking him abt the thing...so i did...he told me that actually in Japan, a lot of ladies don't like other people to hear the sound of "water" when they relieve themselves, that's why the incredibly intelligent japanese develop the device to try to cover the NOISE...which also means tat i have always done it wrong coz i only pressed after or during my business....WALIAO WEI...i just couldnt believe it....u rather hear bbzzzzzzz than the water sound? what are they thinking? ok, don't laugh at me...u try reading the sign and see if you could really figure out tat this is the main purpose...hehehe :)
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ha ha ha! this one i know! i read it from the newspaper before...actually i think it's very considerated, like my case, our office man & woman cubicles are just separated by a thin wall, so if both are occupied, it's damn embarrasing to hear the 'shh shh' sound or 'poo tong' sound either from ownself or the other cubicle...although it's quite fun to guess if the next door is eating healthily or not y'day.
haha lj, you are disgusting!
but i think my office toilets need a device that can cover stench. I'm sick of guessing what my next door neighbour had for dinner the night before.....
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