When nature calls

POSTED BY KYLE PULNER

One thing that none of can aviod while being in the Czech is having to use the various facilities while roaming around. We caught on quickly to the fact that most lavatories are marked by an unmistakeable WC. When ya gotta go, this makes the search much easier. However, that is only the beginning to one's bathroom adventure.

If the doors are not labled with a picture, we then have to discern which one is for us ladies and which is for the gentlemen. I have had to take a guess at times (thankfully, my womans intuition has been correct!).

Anyone can get confused, especially in a foreign country, right? What if you then had to pay? Yes, thats right people in America, we have paid to use the "toalety!"

This can't be as much of a shock to you as it was to us. The first time I encountered this, I was in the train station with Jessie. We tried to walk on by (sort of in a rush if you know what I mean) only to be stopped by an old lady asking for 10Kc. We searched our bags for change; luckily I had just enough. Then I briskly walk towards the stalls (by now its just getting worse), look in the stall and see there is no toilet paper dispenser. Not the common problem of toilet paper being all used, the dispenser is no where. I checked behind the door, anywhere the toilet paper could hide (remember urgency is ensuing).

I was going to go back to the little old lady that I had paid to try and communicate the need for toilet paper. As I turn around I see the dispenser!! I grab what I think I need, I think more is better in this case, then I finally go into the stall fully prepared.

That was my first experience with the culturally different bathrooms and I cautioned everyone to the possibilties. Now that we know what to expect, everything goes much smoother. Think of us the next time you mechanically go to the bathroom while out in public.