#becausechina
11|14|15: a story about poop
YOU GUYS. China's potty training method is SO NASTY 100% of the time. I have been peed on mid-bus ride. I have watched parents stand their kids on trash cans in the mall to pee with a bathroom 10 feet away.
Diapers? Who can afford them? Bathrooms? Who needs them? The ground underneath everyone's feet will suffice. I am so used to this cultural reality of children and adults alike relieving themselves WHEREVER AND WHENEVER.
HOWEVER. Today was the one (& only) exception. Context: waiting to get my nails did & my nail lady's son dropped the kids off right. outside. the. door. 💩💩💩💩💩 #becausechina. But alas, he forgoteth the ever useful TP. And so the yelling for his Mama began:
Boy: Mama! I'm done! I'm done! Come help me! M: (finishing a nail): Just a minute.
Boy: (sqatting, with pants down to his ankles) Mama! It's cold! It's cold! (Boy has a point. It's straight winter up in hurr. No hot crossed buns up in this joint).
M: Be patient!
B: MAMA! 你来不来!? 你来不来!? (Are you coming?!?!?!)
M: (continues to do nails) 来！(I'm coming!)
. . . A few long minutes later, TP & Mama finally came to the rescue.
M: Be patient!
B: MAMA! 你来不来!? 你来不来!? (Are you coming?!?!?!)
M: (continues to do nails) 来！(I'm coming!)
. . . A few long minutes later, TP & Mama finally came to the rescue.
The fact that I found this entire interaction outrageously hilarious is proof that 1) no one can call me a diva because this is MY NORMAL, y'all, and 2) when in China and/or the entire continent of Asia, walk softly & always carry some TP 💩
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