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.

[davidc4430]

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@tezza2844 wrote:

"It starts with toilets and ends up costing us our Australian way of life."

Guess who

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/pauline-hanson-just-a-case-of-right-place-right-time-2016081...

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i wonder how many times pauline has been forced to use a squat toilet.

have they been installed in parlement house?

[icyfroth]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

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@tezza2844 wrote:

"It starts with toilets and ends up costing us our Australian way of life."

Guess who

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/pauline-hanson-just-a-case-of-right-place-right-time-2016081...

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i wonder how many times pauline has been forced to use a squat toilet.

have they been installed in parlement house?

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Probably just a matter of time, if the ATO has been forced to instal them.

[davidc4430]

i wonder how many pollies could 'squat' without falling over.

[englishrosegardens]

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@tezza2844 wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@tezza2844 wrote:

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

A few years ago we had a Chinese girl at work. She'd been here for around 8 years at that stage. She was one who used to stand on the toilet seat. Thankfully she was only with us for 6 months because she kept breaking the seats and the mess was unbelievable. Everyone, including the bosses, knew who was doing it, but nothing was ever said because they thought they'd be accused of being racist. Instead, the cleaners would have to come for the 50th time that day, followed by the maintenance men to replace the seat.

I agree that squatting is much better healthwise, but I can't imagine a 90yo who's got hip or knee replacements being able to cope real well. If you bend the joints too far they dislocate. It would be rather embarrassing to have to go to the hospital everytime you'd used the bathroom!

I don't have an issue with workplaces and buildings installing squats as long as regular ones are also available. However, I have to ask, would the countries that use squats install regular toilets to cater for their western employees?

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What a load of C**P !

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What a load of C**P !

Why? I think it's a perfectly good post and makes good sense!

Actually the "practice" is called kangaroo-ing and usually is found when the perpetrator's does not wish to place his/hers buttocks on an "unsanitary" toilet seat and tend to plaster the  seat with toilet paper , squat or crouch over the seat hoping not to come in contact with said unsanitary seat. I've never ever heard of anyone actually standing on the seat but have definitely seen the results of plasterers, squatters and crouchers.

The other disgusting "habit"  in mens toilets is when a bloke does not want to dirty his hands lifting the seat before urinating(usually has extremely bad aim)

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According to my ex-husband, kangarooing involves squatting while having one's feet on the seat.  It makes sense because you look like a kangaroo, as in stawka's pictures.  My ex told me over 30 years ago that almost 60 years ago his father caught him out for doing it because it was in the dark and he hadn't realised the lid was down.  This was at their private toilet on the farm, not a public one.  His ancestors were primarily English, Irish and Scottish, with absolutely no Asian blood in him, so it's not just the Asians who do it!

[nicnacs_4u]

The public loos at the Caribbean Market are a disgrace most of the time by women who do not do their business in the bowl..I feel very sorry for the cleaners having to clean up their mess...I noticed on Wednesday there are now flyers on the inside of the loo door showing how to "use" the toilet properly!!

Disgusting ferrels IMO

[davidc4430]

why is it the poor buggas that do the worst jobs usually get paid the least

[esayaf]

Cause axeholes run the world