Courtesy Flush

Posted by DavidPfitzner Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:15:05 GMT

In Japan they bring a whole new level of courtesy and resoucefullness to their culture. The first time that I sat down to squat over a porcelain hole in the ground is another story in itself, but my point is about this little round button next to me on the wall. I looked at it and thought maybe this is the flusher, but it seems to be in the wrong place. Long story short I pushed it and the toilet flushed or so I thought. In fact the toilet did not actually flush, but it was a button just to sound as if the toilet had flushed. Do you know what I am talking about when I say courtesy flush, obviously Japan does. I guess the theory behind it is that so many people were doing the courtesy flush when they went to the bathroom that it was wasting large amounts of water. So the school decided that it would be cheaper and more beneficial to the water supply by putting in a fake courtesy flushing system. I thought to myself this is hillarious and I would push the button over and over again .

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  1. YokoKelley replied: Avatar It now sounds automatically I heard about the ingenious Japanese invention in 1990s while I lived in Hawaii. So, I was curious how the contraption looked like, and I was impressed when I saw it in Japan. The mechanism is now automated, that is, the sound goes off in regular intervals or in response to motion, at least in some large buildings in Fukuoka.
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  2. MelHaraguchi commented: Avatar That's interesting about the courtesy flush. When I was in Tokyo, there is also that button you press for emergencies, if say, you get stuck on the can or you needed assistance. I thought this button was the flusher too. Then moments after pressing the button, a guy comes knocking on the bathroom doors yelling "daijoubu... daijoubu desu ka?!" That was an ambarrassing moment I had in Japan.
    Posted: 4 months later.

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