Do Men from Peru Know Where to Pee in a Bathroom?
I recently visited a bathroom in Peru.
Check out the sign I saw.
Not to be rude, but do men from Peru know where to pee in a bathroom?
After snapping my photo and pondering if Peruvian men truly need that much guidance, I left the bathroom and mentioned what I had seen to my wife and mother-in-law.
It is without a doubt true that in Peru many public bathrooms –if not most– are disgusting. The threat of toilet paper and soap being stolen from bathrooms by impoverished individuals leaves many public restrooms without these highly important supplies. This fact, as well a lack of initiative to clean bathrooms, often results in unsanitary conditions. It has a large ripple effect, from contamination of foods, to the pollution of water, to the spread of disease. It also creates a feeling of low national self-esteem that does not inspire people to cherish landscapes in both natural and urban environments (of course, this later statement comes with considerable exceptions).
But why would men pee on the floor purposely? If they are going to pee on the floor, why enter the bathroom in the first place?
I don’t know the answer, but I do know one thing. My mother-in-law summed it up defensively and concisely: “In the U.S. I saw pee on bathroom floors too!”
Touché.
So perhaps for a future article I should ask: Do people in the U.S. know where to pee in a bathroom?
Photo Credit: © Levi T. Novey
No creo que sea un problema sea de nacionalidad (ni peruanos ni estadounidenses), creo que es un problema de punteria de las personas, tanto hombre como mujeres…mi experiencia en baños de hombres en nula… pero cuando me ha tocado entrar a algun baño unisex en USA y tambien a baños de mujeres en cualquier parte del mundo y he encontrado esas sorpresas en el piso… no he generalizado esa pregunta basándome en el origen o en el género… porque en todos lados se da…el problema ahí es que la frecuencia de limpieza no es la adecuada… y pasa en todo el mundo.. cuando la zona a la que se va no tiene los cuidados necesarios (zonas pobres, zonas olvidadas, mala administración, mal mantenimiento, etc.)
Estoy de acuerdo que muchos baños en Peru no son los de la gran realeza, pero me parece que estas generalizando demasiado mi pregunta es en que baños estuviste y viste eso???? o es que has estados en todos los baños de aqui en Peru, te lo comento porque como sabras nosotros somos un pais de muchas razas y culturas y lamentablemente notodos llegamos a pensar igual depende mucho del lugar y no slo pasa esto en Peru, recientemente anduve por Colombia y tampoco era la excepciòn no lo veo mas como un problema sino como parte de la cultura que tiene cada uno y dejame decirte que en USA existe personas que no solo orinan en los pisos sabiendo con mucho mas razon que en estados unidos exite mas de 1 culturaa metida ahi!!!…
Everywhere you’ll find this kind of things happening, even more in public services. Being in Perú or in any other country. It’s not a matter of nationality or dirty habits proper to a country. It’s true that it’s really hard to maintain certain standard levels of hygiene in places that are common to all kind of people that doesn´t respect others…or simply are careless about it. Anyway, we can at least find a laughter when we see they´re trying to generate consciousness by a direct and creative sign.
Aca no hay un tema de nacionalidad o de sexo, es un problema de educacion, porque en casa, en el trabajo o lugares privados los baños son muy bien cuidado (apuntan mejor) porque entiende el usuario que lo que uno encuentra asi lo debe dejar, en caso del baño de mujeres(no especificare la circunstancias)diria que es mucho mejor cuidado (no hay opcion a fallar) asi que aqui se analizaria el tema de como te educan en casa, los lugares publicos son accesibles a toda clase de personas, desde limpias, cochincas, al final todos somos un reflejo de la casa aca en Peru como en EEUU
Peeing on the floor is fun especially watching the look of disgust on the next person who walks in’s face
It’s a self-perpetuating problem — Person A walks in and puts forth a good-faith effort to use the toilet responsibly, but dribbles/splashes/misses a little. Person B walks in later and stands back further than he usually would so as not to stand in person A’s mess…which causes him to miss a little bit too. This goes on until there’s a disgusting puddle around the toilet and you can’t get close to it.
I love pissing on the floors and the walls, whilst laughing. But I’ve been to the pysch ward twice….
because its funny - i really like going over to my friends house and peeing in his trash can - oh good times
Wait, what was you mom doing in a mens restroom in America?
Part of the problem is with the design of urinals. I am uncut (that is, uncircumcised) and when i pee, it comes out in a large stream that has a wide spray width. Modern urinals provide a tiny little target area that simply doesn’t catch all of the stream, so some of it ends up on the floor.