Famous Thai Temple to Build Separate Toilets for Non-Chinese

[Lite Beer]

Famous Thai Temple to Build Separate Toilets for Non-Chinese

By Khaosod Eng.

BANGKOK (DPA) — A famous temple in northern Thailand will build separate toilets for Thais and other non-Chinese tourists, officials confirmed Saturday.

Wat Rong Khun, better known as the White Temple, in the province of Chiang Rai will add the new toilets as a solution to complaints about the lack of bathroom etiquette by Chinese tourists, temple officials said.

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-- Khaosod English 2015-02-28

[ExPratt]

The Future of Tourism , lovely

Anyone who has spent a bit of time in rural China will be familiar with that kind of behavior

[tomacht8]

Then so are the prices for toilet use the same for every nation?
Or will it then exist there also a price differentiation?

[trogers]

And the toilet signs shall be 'Ours' and 'Theirs'.

[ExPratt]

Yes a Farang cubicle wouldn't go a miss

[Rob8891]

Build a separate toilet for the Chinese, it'd be cheaper.....a hole in the ground & parasol.

[Costas2008]

Then so are the prices for toilet use the same for every nation?

Or will it then exist there also a price differentiation?

Toilets are free at the White Temple.

But may be, he will charge the Chinese to teach them how to wipe their asses properly and don't throw the paper everywhere.

And I wouldn't blame him.

[Beetlejuice]

This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

[ExPratt]

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This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

I think the Chinese will jump at the chance of their own toilet

[Thai at Heart]

Apartheid is alive and well. At a temple.

Sometimes you can't believe these people.

[halloween]

This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

Do you think the locals would object if the tourists decided to piss off (rather than on); to take their crap somewhere else.

The main purpose of a temple is not attracting tourists.

[HooHaa]

This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

no, its not. nice try though.

this is about hygiene, nothing else, get off your high horse

[Sviss Geez]

This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

The OP has none of those tones, they are just in your controversy-raising mind.

The temple's officials decision is logical, reasonable and acceptable in every way. If you don't like the decision you should, if you do ever go there, show your support for the insanitary individuals who caused the problem by using their toilets.

Edited February 28, 2015 by Sviss Geez

[Sviss Geez]

Apartheid is alive and well. At a temple.

Sometimes you can't believe these people.

Sometimes it's difficult to believe that some people don't know what apartheid really is. It's certainly nothing to do with toilets.

[BMF1960]

This is not going to end well.

[Kaalle]

Thais don't know what apartheid is, and they don't know there is nation called South Africa, and so forth.

Racism is something completely natural here, so why bother with indignation?

[Bluespunk]

This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

no, its not. nice try though.

this is about hygiene, nothing else, get off your high horse

No. I'd say this is about bigotry rather than hygiene.

[lungmi]

racism in the name of the Buddha

[HooHaa]

This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

no, its not. nice try though.

this is about hygiene, nothing else, get off your high horse

No. I'd say this is about bigotry rather than hygiene

Make it about race if you want, i still say its about shit-smeared toilets.

you make a mess at my house and you are not coming back, period,

I dont care what colour your skin is

[Blackfish64]

Yes, racism is in fact quite natural here. There is racism even among the same races in Asia.

After 13 years of marriage, my sister in law still refers to me as "farang" and does not consider me a part of the family. I don't think she even knows my name. I live within a few feet of her, and we have not spoken a single word to each other in well over a year. This sort of thing is normal in Asia. So much for Buddhism and the enlightened state here in Thailand. Just because it's a Buddhist country doesn't mean that everybody in the country has reaching the enlightened state, of course. Very few ever do. Like most religion, Buddhism isn't practiced as it should be, as spiritual awakening and enlightenment, but is instead reduced to Dogma, useless prayer and worshipping idols, and sheer nonsense.

This rest room fiasco at the White Temple does not surprise me in the least.

[chainarong]

To save money it would be cheaper( Quieter) to put up signage asking them to stay away.

[Squeegee]

For once a thread comes along where the dull-witted saps could have made reference to their "Quality tourists" cliche and possibly been relevant to the topic and none of them had the wherewithal to have noticed.

So I'll say it: how the mighty have fallen, those who looked their gift horse in the mouth and said it wasn't good enough now have to pander to tourists who can't even take a dump without making a mess of it.

Som nam na.

[Bluespunk]

This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

no, its not. nice try though.

this is about hygiene, nothing else, get off your high horse

No. I'd say this is about bigotry rather than hygiene

Make it about race if you want, i still say its about shit-smeared toilets.

you make a mess at my house and you are not coming back, period,

I dont care what colour your skin is

Yes but this measure is saying all Chinese are the same. That is judging all by the alleged actions of one. That is bigotry.

[Blackfish64]

It's going to be interesting to see how they enforce this.

[Beetlejuice]

If I was stereotyped by the Thais because of my race as having certain undesirable habits and then imposed to use separate facilities in tourist attractions and temples, then that would be the day I would seriously consider calling time in Thailand.

Imagine going to the bog with signs that display; women, men and farangs. Come on everyone, get real, this is insane.

[Strangebrew]

Good Idea getting tired of wiping piss off the toilet seat and foot prints, can't teach people how to use toilet properly.

[mikemac]

Yes, racism is in fact quite natural here. There is racism even among the same races in Asia.

After 13 years of marriage, my sister in law still refers to me as "farang" and does not consider me a part of the family. I don't think she even knows my name. I live within a few feet of her, and we have not spoken a single word to each other in well over a year. This sort of thing is normal in Asia. So much for Buddhism and the enlightened state here in Thailand. Just because it's a Buddhist country doesn't mean that everybody in the country has reaching the enlightened state, of course. Very few ever do. Like most religion, Buddhism isn't practiced as it should be, as spiritual awakening and enlightenment, but is instead reduced to Dogma, useless prayer and worshipping idols, and sheer nonsense.

This rest room fiasco at the White Temple does not surprise me in the least.

I was going to say I feel sorry for you having a sister-in-law like that but then I read your line - "This sort of thing is normal in Asia" and thought maybe it is your attitude that is to blame.

Your comments about Buddhism confirmed it.

I would not mind betting the posters making all the comments about racism and apartheid have never been to China and experienced their toilet habits first hand. It is nothing short of disgusting and if I owned a tourist attraction anywhere in the world I would not let them in the gate.

They spit all over the floor even in restaurants, can you imagine what they do in toilets ?

[Beetlejuice]

This has all the tones of the Southern American state and South African apartheid days.

Not acceptable in this day and age and hope tourists boycott this place.

no, its not. nice try though.

this is about hygiene, nothing else, get off your high horse

No. I'd say this is about bigotry rather than hygiene

Make it about race if you want, i still say its about shit-smeared toilets.

you make a mess at my house and you are not coming back, period,

I dont care what colour your skin is

A totally irrelevant issue from the OP.

For example, if a Malaysian guy visits your house, gets diarrhoea and accidentally peddle dashes your toilet room walls, than you would further ban all Malaysians from your home or provide a separate toilet for them? As this is what the issue is all about.

[ratcatcher]

All you need to know about Chinese latrines. Do not view if you've just eaten.

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=chinese+toilets+pictures&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=mo_xVOOZJsOWuASlm4CICg&ved=0CCUQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=615

[ratcatcher]

no, its not. nice try though.

this is about hygiene, nothing else, get off your high horse

No. I'd say this is about bigotry rather than hygiene

Make it about race if you want, i still say its about shit-smeared toilets.

you make a mess at my house and you are not coming back, period,

I dont care what colour your skin is

A totally irrelevant issue from the OP.

For example, if a Malaysian guy visits your house, gets diarrhoea and accidentally peddle dashes your toilet room walls, than you would further ban all Malaysians from your home or provide a separate toilet for them? As this is what the issue is all about.

Not a good anal ogy. If a Malaysian football team came to your house and left your bathrooms in an Augean mess, I think you may decide that it is a cultural problem rather than a bowel problem.