Surely this sign is unnecessary - Indonesia

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On a very small (but quite well-known) islsnd, but lots if tourists. Not much going on today, as you can probably tell, so I'm posting this sign in the hotel room bathroom.

Obviously crouching loos are common in some areas, but who really needs to be told not to crouch on a hotel loo seat?

I've seen this sign on loos in NZ, so yes, it probably is necessary.

Im more intrigued by the colour chart. Is this a common thing? I've not ever seen that in hotel bathrooms.

Why should we be careful?

If I want to share the tale of my cleaning job at à university where I caught a student squatting to shit IN A SINK, then I will do.

Because there are 'poo trolls' who get off on eliciting poo based stories from people.

Say what you want of course, but as you do bear in mind you might becoming a character in someone's wank fodder.

@PurpleChrayn because someone may well be getting very happy off the back of your story. Hairy hands and all that.

There’s a surprising range of pet subjects that people post about for wank fodder.

I lived in SE Asia for 10 years and these signs ae everywhere, for the reasons already mentioned

For work, I travel quite regularly to Singapore. You will find similar signs in almost every public loo, alongside signs threatening you with a fine if you don’t flush. Most of the larger public loo facilities there often offer a choice of toilets. Similar signs can be seen across Asia.

In addition, in the Netherlands you will find a variation of these signs showing you which way to sit; Dutch loos are different.

Some cultures are taught it is wrong to sit, do they will try all sorts of acrobatics to squat.

To conclude though, if there is a sign telling you not to do something, it’s because someone has done it.

They have those at the local uni

I thought this about road signs telling you to drive on the left in Scotland (I.e no where near a road port).

DH pointed out that it was possible to get to Scotland purely on motorways and those would be the first country roads they experienced so easy to forget.

What is obvious to usit obvious to everyone

Identical sign at Paphos airport, Cyprus. I only know because I took a photo too, so it must have amused me at the time (2019 apparently)!
Of course I know better now, than to think it’s funny, after reading this thread…

It is very necessary - just because it’s obvious to you doesn’t mean it is to everyone.

There have been discussions about this on here in the past. There was one in March this year.
Please remember that you are currently in someone else's country. You can question the need for the sign, privately, but it would be wrong of you to bring it to the attention of hotel employees or other locals. Be respectful of the norms in other cultures.

I'm surprised you've never seen one of those signs before. I've seen them in lots of European countries, including in the UK.

We used to have that in my workplace (head office for a large UK retailer) we were repeatedly having seats broken in the ladies.

Clearly they don't know the difference, hence the sign.

i used to visit our offices in peterborough. International company be with hq in the US and they had that sign. HR assured me that there was a reason for it… they’d had a number of broken toilets. 😵‍💫

One thing you can be sure about with signs and notices, whatever they are: if they've gone to the trouble of making one, it's because people do whatever the undesirable thing is enough to cause an issue!

Yes it is needed. A lot of institutional places (offices, universities) in London have these signs in the toilets.

Just remembered I saw one in the toilets at Brussels Midi station a few months ago.

The weirder thing is the dehydration chart in complex English, plus the fact it’s only in English at all - why not Bahasa?

I've seen them often in hospitals but have recently come across them in lots of public loos. I think they're quite a good idea actually - it's good to have some awareness that there is an ideal colour, especially in a country where dehydration might be more likely to happen to the unwary.

Chinese tourists

ROFL - I used to live in KL, and I've worked in companies in Europe with a large number of Chinese (as in immigrant, rather than euro of chinese ancestry) employees. Yes, the sign is needed, and yes, the toilet seats do break when yo stand on them - which is why the sign is needed.

Habit is very strong.

These signs also exist(ed) in my old university in the UK. I’ve also seen them in Paris.

I’ve seen this sign loads in the uk. Typically in tourist spots or universities. It’s obviously needed 🤷🏼‍♀️