Site Search:
 
Speak Korean Now!
Teach English Abroad and Get Paid to see the World!
Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index Korean Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!"
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

I have to bring my own toilet paper to school now
Goto page Previous  1, 2
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
T-dot



Joined: 16 May 2004
Location: bundang

PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You mean all schools dont have bidets and unlimited TP

Very Happy
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
liveinkorea316



Joined: 20 Aug 2010
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also agree with the OP. My office does supply toilet paper but it is also kept in the teachers office so students would need to bring tissues.

They have tissue vending machines in the toilet too. Why don't they just charge for the water, use or air? That is total BS. If you are gonna supply a toilet you should supply paper. No question.

Many public toilets also have no paper. It can just depend on when they are filled but there are some that never have any.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Illysook



Joined: 30 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What are they buying with the money that they must be saving by not providing toilet paper in these schools?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

T-dot wrote:
You mean all schools dont have bidets and unlimited TP
Very Happy

I once worked at a school that had a private teacher's bathroom with a bidet, hot water, unlimited TP and heated toilet seat. Unfortunately, it didn't have heating in the winter. So while my @ss was warm, I was shivering cold. But, I think that is the closest to heaven I can get before I croak.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
JBomb



Joined: 16 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mine is often absent of tp because the kids always seem to trash the bathroom with it. It is always on hand everywhere though as they use the stuff as all purpose hand towels anyway.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message MSN Messenger
randall020105



Joined: 08 Apr 2008
Location: the land of morning confusion...

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:41 pm    Post subject: no paper??? Reply with quote

ok... so what happens if you've done it already and then realize that there's no paper?? would be an interesting situation!! for some reason my gyroscope
is tuned in to ONLY take me to my little corner of comfort at my home... never at school.

R.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
chellovek



Joined: 29 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 5:44 pm    Post subject: Re: no paper??? Reply with quote

randall020105 wrote:
ok... so what happens if you've done it already and then realize that there's no paper?? would be an interesting situation!! for some reason my gyroscope
is tuned in to ONLY take me to my little corner of comfort at my home... never at school.

R.


The trick is that before you launch the torpedo you need to spread your cheeks nice and wide, it helps to minimise the clean up afterwards. Also eat pleanty of peanuts, makes for a cleaner, tighter log.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
machoman



Joined: 11 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

last year my school didn't provide tp, and it bothered the hell out of me. this year, for some reason they do. finally.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Hotpants



Joined: 27 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 4:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
ok... so what happens if you've done it already and then realize that there's no paper??


You could use your socks or your vest. Of course, you will have to discard them there and then, but they are easily replaceable.

I remember my horror the first time I discovered government schools in Hong Kong not supplying any paper. I thought that it was a god-given right that every school had toilet paper. The kids were supposed to bring their own, but I didn't trust that. I would avoid touching any washroom handle at all cost.

I, too, carry a handy supply of 'personal items' for the workplace - tissues, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, soap, spare set of clothes, hand warmer, hand cream, toothpicks, deodorant, a whistle (you never know), earplugs, a plastic bag, a face mask.

You gotta be prepared ...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
shcforward



Joined: 27 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your principal probably caught one of the cheap older teachers stealing dozens of rolls of toilet paper from the school and thought that the new policy would be the most face-saving way of dealing with the situation.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
olsanairbase



Joined: 30 Aug 2010

PostPosted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I still remember foot prints because this guy didn't know how to sit on the toilet seat and wanted to squat instead on the seat.


It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks; particularly in Asia. Got to love the bathrooms that are not heated and wear you can begin to watch your own urine crystalize in mid-air and the toilets that still don't put a curve in the pipes so you don't have to get that outhouse aroma effect when you go.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
goniff



Joined: 31 Dec 2007

PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tough s&*t ...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Epik_Teacher



Joined: 28 Apr 2010

PostPosted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One school has been like that the whole time I've been there. It was so bad, I even had to bring bars of soap for the bathroom. Almost all of the male teachers, even the principal (and his boss on one inspection day) don't wash up after going. Needless to say, I never eat food that a Korean has touched, period. I was a medic and Med Lab Tech in the Army and learned to be fanatic about washing my hands. I learned very early in Korea to carry TP and baby wipes at all times.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
lithium



Joined: 18 Jun 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

chellovek wrote:
You might consider doing your poohs at home then, either before school or hold it in until afterwards.

I never crap at school, always prefer playing on home turf.


You are absolutely correct. Why create problems?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Goto page Previous  1, 2
Page 2 of 2

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe
TEFL Courses, TESOL Course, English Teaching Jobs - TEFL International