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Yikes. My mother in law is from Thailand. I am not kidding when I say her bathroom resembles that. I honestly do not know if she has ever really cleaned it. How she managed to raise two boys without killing him is beyond me. Luckily, she lives in another state.

But, get this---she is a nurse.

These things are all over the rest of the world. This is actually a "good" one.

Most are just a ceramic hole, and yes, all are NASTY. The don't get the hygiene issue much.

My company is in the process of building a Chinese factory(something I personally oppose but have no say in the matter). There was one real toilet put in and 4 of these abominations put in for the factory workers.

True story. I used to work for John Wiley and Sons. Take a look at bookshelf with science or college books and you'll see see Wiley books there. Anyway, they once hired about 20 fresh off the boat people here in the states. This happened maybe 10 years ago.

After several days, someone reported a "problem" with the floor worker's bathroom. A staffer went in there and saw something that was incredibly unhealthy and caused the factory to go into shutdown.

The workers had no idea how to use a toilet. They crapped all over the seats, and never flushed. EVERY toilet was plugged with uhm, well you can guess. They had to call in a septic company to pump them all out. They were squatting over the toilets and aim was bad. They didn't know they flushed. Some even crapped in the urinals. They've since learned to teach these folks how to use the bathroom. Toilet paper use also wasn't something these folks knew. Hands as a replacement = stall knobs uhm covered as well. Not good.

The rest of the world uses these toilets daily and it's inconceivable for us born and raised on a good ole American Standard.