Sunday, September 21, 2008

Restrooms

I was walking out of the men's bathroom in a local mall as a woman was walking in. I thought that perhaps she had a gotten the wrong room by mistake and paid it no mind. The very next day I was entering the men's bathroom at the National Palace Museum in Taipei and again, there was a woman strolling across the men's bathroom. So i checked to make sure I was in the right place. Sure enough, I could tell my the general layout of the room and the presence of other men doing their business that I was. I later came to find out that the two women that I had seen were washroom attendants. This seems very strange to be taking a pee and then looking over and seeing a lady cleaning up the sink area or mopping around a toilet. Guess its a culturall thing. The Asian men seem right at home with the whole idea.

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