tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post5827318973514137877..comments2023-05-11T22:03:14.850+09:00Comments on Green-Eyed Geisha: I would also like to ask...Green-Eyed Geishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11947626500845582990noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-82483414977153658582010-03-27T09:21:36.619+09:002010-03-27T09:21:36.619+09:00I had to do that when cleaning the bathroom at my ...I had to do that when cleaning the bathroom at my short restaurant gig in Kyoto... but I thought it was just my sad little minimum-wage self shouldering the burden! Maybe Kansai women in general aren't as worried about their toiletries... I'll have to investigate this further.Edohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01817104410299836545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-19563374214857558212009-05-20T19:15:09.919+09:002009-05-20T19:15:09.919+09:00They learn it from the same person who decreed tha...They learn it from the same person who decreed that every lady must carry a delicate washcloth in their purse for blotting their hands after washing. <br /><br />I enjoy your site, thank you!selenahttp://expiring.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-9933695158639843162009-05-20T18:40:00.999+09:002009-05-20T18:40:00.999+09:00selena- Thanks for commenting and reminding me tha...selena- Thanks for commenting and reminding me that my research is not done! If you start to think about it from a "someone touched my TP" perspective, then yeah, it gives me the heeby jeebies. I should ask around more but I think it is just seen as a polite way of leaving the toilet, the way you would make sure everything flushed or the seat is clean for the next person...but how do they KNOW to do it?!?!Green-Eyed Geishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11947626500845582990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-49322064584861688822009-05-19T15:15:00.000+09:002009-05-19T15:15:00.000+09:00Hi, first comment, and on an old post!
I talked a...Hi, first comment, and on an old post!<br /><br />I talked about this phenomenon with some of my corporate lady students who say that they do this. <br /><br />I can (sort of) see the logic of it when the cleaning staff has been in, as a "this toilet has been cleaned" sign. <br /><br />But... it kinda weirds me out when the other folks do it because... they've finished using the toilet. They've probably touched the flush handle, if there is one. But they haven't yet washed their hands. And they're handling the toilet paper. I'm not a germaphobe. But ew.<br /><br />My ladies had no answer for this. You?selenahttp://expiring.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-12268001254970921772008-09-14T00:28:00.000+09:002008-09-14T00:28:00.000+09:00Really interesting that I hardly see it, living in...Really interesting that I hardly see it, living in Tokyo as well... Maybe your environment is more Japanese??<BR/><BR/>Those women should go to Mexico to learn. Check out the 4th photo. <BR/>http://boyoboyo.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2008/04/post_da70.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-75698424448467592232008-09-11T18:26:00.000+09:002008-09-11T18:26:00.000+09:00I'd like to think so, but I've seen enough of it i...I'd like to think so, but I've seen enough of it in domestic/more private situations and public situations where the person before me wasn't a maid. Or a hostess. If women are going to take the trouble to fold the TP I'd like to see some more creativity in their choice of origami shape.Green-Eyed Geishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11947626500845582990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129942056638738431.post-59456832133161974832008-09-10T23:24:00.000+09:002008-09-10T23:24:00.000+09:00Isn't TPT just a sign that it's cleaned so that on...Isn't TPT just a sign that it's cleaned so that only cleaners and maids do? On the other hand, I heard hostesses (like in Ginza) practice it to make it to look like it's cleaned . To me, it seems to be what some people believe to be a ladylike manner like keeping one's little finger straight up when holding a tea cup or whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com