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Thursday, November 24, 2005

Don't pee on the seat...

Spanish women like cleaning. Not saying that spanish men don't like cleaning, I have just never seen any of them do it.
They like their detergents, soaps, chlorine, antiseptics and the stronger the better.
"Fuck the environment, I want a clean home where you can eat of the floor" they seem to say.

Which is why I get surprised every time I have to use a public toilet. Because it seems that the same rules dont apply here. First of all there is often a lack of soap and paper towels or other means of drying your hands . This has lead to me nicking a few soaps from hotels etc (sorry!) and then I can often have one in my handbag in case I have to use a public toilet and there again is no soap. You might think me a bit prudish, but after 5 years in Spain, that does account for quite a few occasions. And then by leaving my little soap, the next users of the toilet can wash their hands properly as well.

And then the peeing on the toilet seat. That is IF there is a toilet seat. In the more rural areas I have often come across toilets without any seats? Why? I mean, isn't that a sure way of assuring that you get piss all over the place? And with nothing to hold on to, you do get some quite acrobatic manouvers going.

But what annoys me the most is why people cant just put toilet paper on the seat rather than hovering over it, effectively overpissing it and ruining it for the rest of us? Why do these detergent loving women forget all about cleanliness when they are on public toilets?
Could it be that they are so sick of spending so much time cleaning, that they are determined to get even when it for once is not themselves who have to clean afterwards?
It really beats me. But do let me know if you know the answer to this oh so great mystery of Spanish women, toilets and detergents.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

If one is in a truly rural place, just squat. It's easier on the bowls and doesn't involve sitting on anyone's pee-stained toilet ring. Assuming there are some trees and cover available.

11:30 am  
Blogger The villager said...

Yes I prefer a bit of al fresco peeing rather than a dingy toilet.
Unfortunately I often find these toilets in more urban settings without the possibility of doing so.

11:38 am  

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