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I often find that I feel weird...for a multiple number of reasons. One of them can be having lived in a different culture, and having some of that rub off on you, but then, you aren't really from that culture, so you don't really fit in with either culture. I could go on about that, but...no.
Sometimes, you get some reminders of that. I thought this one was funny. It is "Correct use of the bathroom" and I saw it...in a bathroom at the famous pork rind restaurant near Comayagua
-Take the necessary toilet paper (you have to grab it before you go in the stall)
-Put the used toilet paper in the trash can
-Roll the toilet paper that has fecal material on it so that the dirty part is inside
-Don't put TP down the toilet
-After using the toilet, lower the handle (aka...flush)
-Don't leave the toilet dirty, nor with paper on the floor.
Recommendations...
#1 avoid throwing TP in the toilet
#2 don't put TP on the lid
#3 Throw it in the trash
Note: Rolling up the TP helps to contain the bad smells and germs
-Take the necessary toilet paper (you have to grab it before you go in the stall)
-Put the used toilet paper in the trash can
-Roll the toilet paper that has fecal material on it so that the dirty part is inside
-Don't put TP down the toilet
-After using the toilet, lower the handle (aka...flush)
-Don't leave the toilet dirty, nor with paper on the floor.
Recommendations...
#1 avoid throwing TP in the toilet
#2 don't put TP on the lid
#3 Throw it in the trash
Note: Rolling up the TP helps to contain the bad smells and germs
This was well done, funny, and instructional...but with one possible exception, seemingly all aimed at those not familiar with the culture in Honduras.
I took the picture when I was there because I could see why it was written, but it struck me that those from Honduras, and those not, might find it somewhat odd. That was even more amusing, to think about how a simple sign, isn't always so simple. And what we see as simple situations...often aren't quite that so simple.
All that to say, I took it as an unintended allegory to some bigger situations.
I wonder how you see it?
I took the picture when I was there because I could see why it was written, but it struck me that those from Honduras, and those not, might find it somewhat odd. That was even more amusing, to think about how a simple sign, isn't always so simple. And what we see as simple situations...often aren't quite that so simple.
All that to say, I took it as an unintended allegory to some bigger situations.
I wonder how you see it?