You've gotta respect the customs of other countries *sigh*

So I was in Lithuania recently and, I don't mean to offend any Lithuanians, but I felt a bit uneasy when it comes to toilets. I mean, there was this big restaurant. The place was really huge and the food was big as well, but the place had only two toilets - one for men, and one for women. Normal, you say... Well, not if each of those bathrooms can have maximum one person in it! I'm glad I'm a guy, since the line to the ladies room was lo-oooong! To make matters worse, there were holes in the ground instead of regular seats, which was really uncomfortable since they served BIG portions... :eep: And there's one more thing, which I noticed they do everywhere in Lithuania. Well, instead of flushing their stinky toilet paper along with the poop they throw it into a bin next to it, which makes it hard to last in the restroom for more than five minutes...

The topic! What customs of countries you've visited were the hardest for you to understand?

It's almost as if that ONLY happens in Lithuania.

In Spain there were signs about toilet paper, and it not being allowed to be flushed. I ignored it a few times, and forgot sometimes.

I've yet to experience other peoples customs but I will.

My dad says in Bahrain that in the traditional resturants all food is served on big leaves and you eat with your hands. He had said something about waving too but I don't remember what it was, it was something about showing the palm of your hand being a bad thing.

At home, we're on a septic tank (two or more of them :O one of which is under my parents bedroom apparently) so we have bins for paper waste by both toilets. I've never noticed any smell from that. A bad smelling bathroom session will linger in the air regardless of whether you flush the paper or not.

Well, if the bins have lids, then it's acceptable. If they don't, however (and they mostly did NOT), then the stench from the remains on the toilet paper is present...

rubah, you can flush paper into septic tanks. I've never heard of this not flushing toilet paper. Interesting. I do assume it would be pretty stinky, though.

I'm Lithuanian! But I've never been there. :choc:

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Originally Posted by Fire Breath Bowser

I'm Lithuanian! But I've never been there. :choc:

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Well, that means I've been to a sucky part of Lithuania... :mad:

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Originally Posted by The_White_Wizard_of_Fynn

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Originally Posted by Fire Breath Bowser

I'm Lithuanian! But I've never been there. :choc:

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Well, that means I've been to a sucky part of Lithuania... :mad:

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I think he may have meant he was Lithuanian, but part Lithuanian, not actually born and raised there all his life, hence he said he's never been there.

You seemed to have had a really bad time over there dude. xD I mean I'm willing to wear a scarf when I go to the middle east just to respect culture's and I have no complaints. :(

Just be glad you HAD toilet paper. In Peru, even in the big cities people have to carry their own or do without!

Oh, the joy of squat toilets. They had a lot of those in China too, I hate them.

In Japan, there are almost no paper towels or manual urinals. Everything is clean and automatic. They even have motion sensor soap dispensers. No matter how much time I spend there, I'll never get used to that.

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Originally Posted by The Unknown Guru

In Japan, there are almost no paper towels or manual urinals. Everything is clean and automatic. They even have motion sensor soap dispensers. No matter how much time I spend there, I'll never get used to that.

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They're just being sterile and I believe they could teach Lithuanians (no offence, please!) a lesson or two...

*shrugs* it's just how I was brought up foa!

No there are no lids. Dry cow poop does not stink and neither does dry human poop. It's just one of those things. (and if your poop is watery enough to stay wet and invite bacteria, perhaps you should get checked out for dysentery :D?)

I don't like automated things. They don't work a lot of times, or they work too well, and I reckon if we had more germs we wouldn't be worrying so much about super germs after we fail to kill all the weaker ones :p