National Parks rest room signage

[wyocamper-WO]

One thing that always cracks me up is the sign NPS has put up in the public restrooms in every park I've been to in the past few years. Every time I see it I have to laugh a little that this was even needed. This was from RMNP in Colorado this week.

 

[Eagle5]

That is funny indeed!

 

[RayIN]

That is funny indeed!

Apparently there are some walking idiots that actually need such signs.
South of the border, in Mexico many places have a sign directing patrons to put toilet paper in the designated trash can instead of the commode. Those signs are valid, because it clogs up their septic tank.

 

[klook]

This is not funny. I know someone that has to work with the Somali immigrants in an office setting and the bathroom in the facility had these signs and was so bad she would not use them. This in not public bathrooms. They are behind locked doors for employees. Think again if you think they are just like us. Or have any intentions of assimilating.

 

[Poohbill]

Travel the world and you will understand. We have world-class National Parks and visitors are from many places with different sanitation. They come to see, as we go there. Try hitting a four inch hole while holding your jeans up and squatting.

 

[Morich]

Having done the bathroom thing in a number of places, it is not a surprise to me. The fun one for me to figure was the bullet train in Japan. Definite learning experience when hitting the curves at that speed when not planted on any surface! Not considered good form to plant your dirty rear end on the same surface as the last guy! Gives "hanging out" a whole new meaning. You want to clean up after? You bring your own and clean to your own personal standard!
But the ugly part was when we arrived and found how gross the general American public is and how much we trash so many places!

 

[klook]

Having done the bathroom thing in a number of places, it is not a surprise to me. The fun one for me to figure was the bullet train in Japan. Definite learning experience when hitting the curves at that speed when not planted on any surface! Not considered good form to plant your dirty rear end on the same surface as the last guy! Gives "hanging out" a whole new meaning. You want to clean up after? You bring your own and clean to your own personal standard!
But the ugly part was when we arrived and found how gross the general American public is and how much we trash so many places!

Please elaborate....

 

[Wmlunt-WO]

Become a world traveler and u will see the need.

 

[Morich]

Walking up the capitol steps in many of our states and certainly in Washington, DC will give a whole different meaning to "savages" that we might think we had outgrown!

 

[Porto-Chow]

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One thing that always cracks me up is the sign NPS has put up in the public restrooms in every park I've been to in the past few years. Every time I see it I have to laugh a little that this was even needed. This was from RMNP in Colorado this week

 

[Porto-Chow]

Thought it was funny in New Zealand, but found Chinese tourists broke toilet seats by standing on them to squat. This is a cultural phenomenon, not something to judge others by as a measure of intellect or value. Don’t be the ugly American and spout condescending judgements when traveling the world.

 

[chromeronzo]

The "necessary room" is different in every country. Being close to the Mexican border, I have seen some outlandish use and disposal of in our public restrooms. I am surprised that the "notice of rules" is not in 10 different languages...just keep to my own RV cube.

 

[Morich]

What is often missed is that we are actually one of the very new groups who have very little background to have built up customs. That certainly leaves us looking like ignorant savages when we go other places. Funny when I talk to new family members from Japan and mention something we consider "really old" like the 1700's and they have not considered why we call that old!
They have such respect for thier country, that it really shocked them when they first saw graffiti on so many public places. They are from a part of Japan which has not had much interaction with American service people, so did not know what to expect when they first saw it all over our country!
Watching the international soccer games this past summer, I noted that the Japanese groups were the only ones cleaning the seating when they left! On the bullet train, it was explained to us that we should be prepared to do the "correct" thing and restore our area to the condition we found it as we left. Seats to full upright, shades readjusted and all trash removed!
They were shocked that nobody followed the horses in parades to clean up the mess! I'm sure they went home to tell their friends how we let horses make a mess and then the crowds walked through it! Ignorant savages that we are! Perhaps we will know better as our society matures a bit?

 

[klook]

Being around for more years on this globe is not the definition of civilized. IF so we would all live like they do in Africa. Or Afghanistan. Having a bed to sleep in is not something all people are accustomed to either. Japan is an isolated island culture and had to modify behavior because of the lack of space. All types of waste had to be addressed as the population got to large. Think European cities during the Black Plague. That they do it different then wide open America is no surprise. It is just as surprising they think we should do it their way. My son doesn't sleep in a tube downtown to stay at work......

 

[Pointyears]

What is often missed is that we are actually one of the very new groups who have very little background to have built up customs. That certainly leaves us looking like ignorant savages when we go other places. Funny when I talk to new family members from Japan and mention something we consider "really old" like the 1700's and they have not considered why we call that old!

The perfect line I heard was a Brit telling an American, "My pub is older than your country."

 

[klook]

The perfect line I heard was a Brit telling an American, "My pub is older than your country."

Yeah, and I had one tell me that they did all the work and we came in and proclaimed victory in the World Wars.....my response was not polite. The education system in all countries, including ours, tells a different version of each story.

 

[CABender]

I had the "opportunity" to perform janitorial duties in public restrooms. The women's room was always the worst. At first I could not figure out why they had such poor aim at such close range. I was informed that as girls they are taught to never sit on a public toilet seat. Thus, a self perpetuating cycle persists. Guys always get grief about not putting the seat down, why can't the women leave it up instead of soiling it?