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Pax East Marker

by Derek on March 15th, 2011
Pax East Marker

If you’re wondering, no I didn’t write anything this sinister in the condensation collected on the bathroom mirror of my hotel bathroom after taking a shower.

As a kid I would always do this because I knew that it would show up later on when the next person would take a bath or shower. I didn’t do this for the longest time, but resumed this when Anna and I started traveling together and staying in hotels. Anything I write is in Japanese so in all likelihood the next guests wouldn’t be able to read it. All the same, I make sure to erase it all after my last shower before we check out of the hotel.

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Pax Lines

by Derek on March 14th, 2011
Pax Lines

This past weekend Anna and I were at PAX East. We’ll be writing up our reports later on, but this comic is indicative of the PAX environment in more ways than one. For one thing, PAX is about a lot of waiting in lines whether it’s to play a game demo or to get a good seat at a panel. Also, while there are a lot of girl gamers, the ratio is still very much skewed towards guys which means lines at the bathroom which is a site not often seen coming out of the men’s room.

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Bathroom Attendant Tactics

by Derek on March 9th, 2011
Bathroom Attendant Tactics

Yup, I felt like a total dick. In these situations it feels doubly bad because I’m perpetuating a stereotype about Asian people being cheap.

Here’s the question though, would you find it harder or easier to not tip a bathroom attendant if they were dressed well or dressed badly? On one hand, a well dressed attendant probably gets more tips because it gives the impression that people just have to. Then on the other hand if they’re not dressed well then it probably means the job is even crappier so maybe they need the money? I guess quality of service depends too.

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Bathroom Attendant Ambush

by Derek on August 16th, 2010
Bathroom Attendant Ambush

Last week I went to a bar/restaurant with a bunch of friends of mine. The bathroom setup was unisex with a communal sink kind of area with large sinks and a bathroom attendant. The first time I went I managed to take a faucet away from the attendant and just dried my hands on my clothes. The second time I went, she got to the faucet before me, had the soap ready and towels by the time I was done. I totally got ambushed by this attendant. I succumbed to pressure and gave her a dollar.

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Urinal Design

by Derek on August 12th, 2010
Urinal Design

The many times I’ve been to IKEA I’ve tried to remember the URL inside these waterless urinals they have there. Finally I remembered it and was able to look it up. You can see it here, but there’s no explanation page about the bee illustration inside it. You can vaguely see it in the photos on the website. It would be pretty brilliant if this was the actual explanation for the bee inside it. I think most people would have a tough time not aiming for it. Or is that just me?

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Urine Sample

by Derek on May 13th, 2010
Urine Sample

Ever since I was little I’ve been somewhat apprehensive whenever I have to give a sample at checkups. The reason being that one time when I was a kid I didn’t hear any specific instructions about what to do with it and ended up bringing it back to the office of the doctor instead of leaving it in the bathroom. My mom immediately told me that I wasn’t supposed to bring it back.

The doctor’s office I went to this time had this really cool yet simple thing which I had never seen before. The bathroom had this two-way cubby where the person in the bathroom could put the sample, then someone on the outside could open the door there and retrieve it. Apparently this is a common thing in Japan, but I had never seen one before. I feel kind of silly, but that was probably the most interesting part of going to the doctor for my physical.

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Bathroom Page Flip

by Derek on March 4th, 2010
Bathroom Page Flip

It happens.

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Union Square Best Buy

by Derek on November 25th, 2009
Union Square Best Buy

Circuit City used to have a public restroom, they had security devices there to make sure people didn’t take stuff into the bathroom with them. After a while though they closed their restroom to the public so this was the big question I had going into the new Best Buy. Sure enough, they made the restroom public again. That’s one more in the Union Square area. Make a note of it!


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Always Out Of Order

by Derek on October 20th, 2009
Always Out Of Order

I saw this sign on a bathroom door in 34th street subway station. I’ve never seen a bathroom in a subway station that was in use. In the book “Sidewalk” they talk about how difficult it was to maintain the public restrooms in Washington Square Park. One reason was that toilet seats kept on getting stolen. I imagine subway restrooms would have similar problems, plus the smell would probably be unbearable because homeless people would probably be the primary users.

If I had an iPhone I imagine one of the first apps I would look for would be one that has a list of all public restrooms and ratings for each one. Since the ads tell me there’s an app for just about everything that one is probably a no brainer. Some I know of in addition to Starbucks all over the city some good ones are Barnes & Noble and also Filenes Basement in Union Square. The reason being I usually end up taking the subway home from Union Square.


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The Toilet Framed Me!

by Derek on September 2nd, 2009
The Toilet Framed Me!

The place where I take my Japanese lessons has a toilet with a very powerful flush…


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