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First time I saw that sign I was baffled, as in most other countries I've been to it's illegal for employees to use the same facilities as guests. Then I got a bit grossed out thinking of the fact that employees apparently need to be reminded to wash their hands.
I saw a hand-written sign in a gynecologist office reminding employees to clean their equipment between uses.
Thankfully, I was only there for a prescription refill. I was so horrified that I switched doctors.
That's illegal in most places? Never knew that! In Japan, a lot of toilets in stores have signs saying "Employees may use this toilet too. Thank you for your understanding." I've always been baffled by these signs and considered them unnecessary because isn't it normal for employees to go to the toilet too? I didn't even know that this can be illegal in some countries.
There’s a ton of places that can’t handle toilet paper in their sewage systems.
Seems more likely this is because they have visitors from places with poor sewage who default to tossing toilet paper in the trash.
Far more common to see signs saying what cannot be flushed.
This was at a Dunkin' Donuts in Massachusetts.
America has some of the worst public utilities in the world.
Then again, they say do flush it, so I'm guessing theirs can handle it but they have a large immigrant population from somewhere that cannot who is used to not flushing it.
Rural people or people on septic too.
Reread the sign.
"MUST BE FLUSHED IN THE TOILET. PLEASE DO NOT THROW THEM IN THE TRASH CAN."
Idk if they're on septic or main, but regardless the issue on the sign is that it CAN, nay MUST be flushed NOT thrown in the trash.
Therefore, "nuh uh."
I read the sign and it is a great reminder for people who are not used to flushing toilet paper.
I am confusion, I must have misinterpreted your last reply, my mistake!
It was pretty vague so you’re not to blame.
No pictures for the illiterate/dyslexic people. I give them a pass.
The last air BNB I had that was connected to the sewer service and still demanded the visitors use the garbage can and "not flush anything that didn't come out of you."
I'm not going to pay for the privilege of smelling everyone's shitty paper, having to clean everything and still get ass fucked by fines.
Fuck that crazy shit air BNB got stupid, I'll never use that shit again.
Now think about how many are forgetting in countries where this isn't required.
What countries do you know of where that's the actual law?
It's usually preferred if there's room for separate ones, but at the same time I'm pretty sure in almost every country I've visited I can remember examples of little bars and cafés where there's a single tiny bathroom shared by customers and employees alike.
I only know for certain it's by law in Norway, and I suppose I just assumed it was for other European countries, too, since a shared bathroom is rarely to be seen.
That's interesting. I have never been to Norway. Why do they feel the need to separate the workers and guest bathrooms like that? Is it like a class thing? In the us we have that too in super fancy places but I always got the vibe it's because the clientele felt like they were better than the people who waited on them lol.
They don't need to be reminded.
It's just that all hand wash stations need to be marked. And while there might be employee restrooms. It's not outside the realm of reason that they might need to use the customer one. Hence it gets sign posted.
One must imagine employeed washing hands.