You've Squat To Be Joking!

[icyfroth]

Australia forced to install ‘squat toilets’ in government building after migrants continually ‘made a mess’ by STANDING on Western loos.

A GOVERNMENT building in Australia has installed squat toilets because migrant staff kept STANDING on conventional Western loos.

The new Australian Taxation Office in Melbourne put in the conveniences after staff at its Canberra headquarters kept perching with their feet on top of the toilet seat.

As many as one in five workers at the ATO are immigrants from a non-English-speaking background, and bosses have said that they want to “accommodate for the different needs” of their staff.

The new office in Melbourne had squat loos installed after several complaints about the “mess” left by workers at the capital’s HQ.

The Canberra office even had to put up stickers showing people how to sit on the toilet.

Jeff Lapidos of the Australian Services Union said some immigrant workers would “put their feet on either side of the toilet seat and quite often miss.

“It wasn’t good for other staff who came along afterwards and would have to complain repeatedly about the state of the toilets.”

A large number of ATO staff are from south-east Asia and the sub-continent, where squat toilets are common.

He also said it was likely that more western toilets would be REPLACED with squats to accommodate immigrant workers.

“I can imagine it will spread throughout new buildings and I can even see them appearing in other places where toilets are being replaced”, he said.

Justin Untersteiner, ATO acting chief finance officer, said: “We are committed to maintaining an inclusive workplace that engages, informs and supports all our employees, whatever their background,” he said.

“This commitment includes building designs with a range of facilities that cater for the different needs of our employees.”

Australian Multicultural Foundation executive director Hass Dellal welcomed the squat loos — saying it was a sign Australia was catching up with the rest of the world.

He also argued the squat loos were better because they allowed for a “more natural bowel movement”.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if in 30 years’ time, all buildings had to have both styles”, he said.

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They're working in our Tax Office and don't even know how to use a toilet?

OMG!

Schitt hits the fan takes on a whole new meaning!

Erk blerk blerk.

[johcaschro]

Are these proposed squat toilets to be built in addition to or to replace some of the current facilites?

If the former, then I don't see any problem. If the latter, then it seems that the majority may suffer  in order to cater the needs of a minority who could learn to adapt and in the spirit of integration, maybe should demonstrate their enthusiasm for doing so.

Is this proposal an example of the creed that "integration is a two way street"?

[go-tazz]

Just put a couple of brick on each side,(or build a small platform on each side) and put the lid up.

That way they can be used either way and there is no need to build new ones.

There are a host of health issues with using a squat toilet,(any "garment" that has to be pulled down is in

danger of getting wet and "muddy",which in turn can cause issues)

Getting a cramp whilst squating wouldn't be real pleasant either.

[lyndal1838]

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@imastawka wrote:

Hear, hear David.

I'd rather they used their own, and left the ones I want to use, clean

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Amen to that.

I had to go to Hurstville for some Pathology tests and the only available public toilet was attached to the Medical Clinic on the ground floor.

All the waiting patients seemed to be Asian or Indian and there were a lot of children.

I was horrified at the state of the one toilet....the floor was afloat with urine and obviously used toilet paper.   I swore I would never ever use that facility again which means I now have to go to another collection point in a much more out of the way area but erk, there are limits to what one has to put up with (and in a medical clinic).

[viewmont1071]

Islamic Toilet Etiquette

Question: What are the rules and manners to be followed when answering the call of nature? ANSWER 1. When entering the toilet, one should say the A'udhu (isti'adha) and Basmala and then recite the prayer "Allahumma innee a'oodhu bika minal khubthi wal khabaa-ith." 2. When entering the toilet, one should not have in one's hand anything on which the name of Allahu ta'ala or any verse of the Qur'an al-karim is written. There is no objection if it is in one's pocket or covered with something. Similarly, when stepping into the toilet, one should not be wearing a pendant with the name of Allah on it. If one has, one should tuck it inside the neck of one's sweater before entering it. 3. It is permissible to enter the toilet with an amulet if it is covered properly. 4. One should enter the toilet with one's left foot and exit with one's right foot. 5. One should recite the prayer "Alhamdu-lil-laa-hil-la-dhi adh-haba 'a-nil a-dhaa wa 'a-faa-ni" when exiting the toilet. 6. One should not talk or sit for a long time or read anything like a newspaper or sing a song or smoke or chew gum in the toilet. 7. After cleaning one's private parts, one should cover them immediately. 8. One should neither face the Qibla nor turn one's back toward it while urinating or defecating. 9. One should remove the feces on one's anus with one's finger and wash one's hand. If there are still traces of filth, one should wash them with water. 10. When cleaning the private parts after answering the call of nature, men should wash them from the back to the front. Women should wash them from the front to the back. Thus, the genitals will not be smeared with filth, nor will it cause one to be sexually aroused by the stimulation of fingers. 11. One should dry one's private parts with a cloth after washing them. If there is not a cloth available, it is permissible to use toilet paper because toilet paper is produced to be used after answering the call of nature. But using other kinds of paper for this purpose is not permissible. 12. One should sprinkle some water over one's underpants after cleaning one's private parts. By doing so, when one notices wetness on one's underpants, one will not feel doubt as to whether it is urine or not. One should assume it to be the sprinkled water and should not fall into baseless misgivings (waswasa). 13. After cleaning their private parts, men should do istibra. Women do not do it. Istibra means not to leave any drops of urine in the urethra. It is done by walking or coughing or lying on the left side. 14. If a man exits the toilet without doing istibra, drops of urine may come out and soil his underwear. Therefore, he should insert a cotton wick as big as a barley seed into his urinary hole, whereby he will prevent urine from oozing out. 15. Istinka means a feeling of being sure and having no doubts that there are no drops of urine left, and one's heart is at ease about it. A man can make wudu' after this certitude in his heart. 16. One should not look at one's private parts or spit into the toilet. 17. One should not urinate while standing unless there is strong necessity for doing so and should not let drops of urine splash onto one's clothes. To that end, one should keep separate pajamas or tracksuit. It is mustahab to enter the toilet with separate pajamas and with the head covered. 18. One should wash one's hands after using the toilet. 19. One must not urinate into any water, on a wall of a mosque, in a cemetery, or on a road. 20. Cleaning the private parts with stones and similar materials is an acceptable substitute for cleaning them with water. Question: Is it better to have separate clothes to wear in the toilet? ANSWER Yes, it is better. Wearing separate clothes for the toilet and staying there with your head covered is mustahab. (Se'âdet-i Ebediyye) Question: I think that a western-style flush toilet is more comfortable to use. Is it permissible to use a western-style toilet instead of a squat one? ANSWER If one, when using a sit-down toilet, can clean one's private parts comfortably and spray from one's urine does not come back on one's clothes, there is nothing wrong with using it. However, using a squat toilet has many health benefits: 1. Cleaning filth is easier. 2. Spray from urine is less likely to come back on one's body and clothes. 3. As one's colon is emptied completely, the urinary bladder and bowels relax. 4. When one is in the squatting position, fecal matter does not remain in the tube along which it moves and is expelled from the body. Western physicians who studied why urinary tract- and colon-related diseases were uncommon among Muslims found that it was because Muslims did not use sit-down toilets. Urinary system disorders, especially prostate problems, are very distressing things, which have a negative effect on the happiness of a family. Men must not urinate while standing, and Muslims should choose (between squatting and sitting) the best one for health. Question: Is it mustahab for both men and women to enter the toilet by covering their heads? Can a woman enter the toilet by covering her head with an underscarf (hijab accessory) instead of a headscarf? ANSWER Yes, it is mustahab to enter the toilet with a covered head. A woman's wearing an underscarf suffices for this purpose. Question: What is the sunnat method of squatting in the toilet? Should one put both hands or one hand one one's cheek? ANSWER The right hand is placed on the right cheek and the left hand is placed on the left one. This is the sunnat method. When there is the need to use a hand, the right hand should remain on the right cheek and the left hand should be used. This is the proper way.

[viewmont1071]

^^^^^^^ then you do the hokey pokey and you turn around...that's what it's all about.

.....Ohhhh Hokey pokey pokey....that's what it's all about.... you put your left foot in and then your left foot out... then grab

your little willy and you shake it all about"

I dunno how a VB fuelled splatter pattern would go  on a squat...it's near impossible to contain when seated

[viewmont1071]

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@nevillesdaughter wrote:

A lot of people prefer not to sit on toilet seats because of hygiene concerns, and physiologically speaking, squatting is said to be better for us also. Washing hands etc is another issue altogether, but I seriously doubt that skipping this step is common to squat toilet users over pedestal users!

I've done some travelling and in international airports, on planes, in tourist hotels and destinations, a choice of toilet styles is usually available. Not to mention the unisex models!

With the diversity of taday's population I don't see the big deal about accommodating preferences. I would also offer no objections if those in power decided to increase the number of FEMALE toilets at venues - I'm tired of never-ending queues of women at concerts etc waiting to use a toilet while the guys file in and out of their facilities in seconds!  (Did we all wash our hands boys?).

Marina.

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Maybe you ladies could practice piddling standing up Marina ..then the powers that be would put a trough

in and accomodate/relieve 10 ladies at once

....problem solved....

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

Installing toilets for the disabled  to use is a very different thing  ......  These  loos are  for able bodied people who have chosen to work/live in Australia  but refuse to integrate .... More tax payers funds wasted imo

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What part of new Australian Tax Office and “I can imagine it will spread throughout new buildings and I can even see them appearing in other places where toilets are being replaced”, did you not understand?

[bushies.girl]

No, I guess I didnt, but then we cant all enjoy your "superior" intellect  .... thank goodness lol

[lloydslights]

Plumbing the depths of this subject, do these "squatters" know what the sanitary product disposal unit is used for?

[bushies.girl]

Am sure she el would be only too happy to explain it to them    ......