It’s always discussed during Townhall meetings how our Center Director had been requesting our building administration if we can have bidets in our restrooms. We were allowed one bidet per restroom—but I guess our director persisted because just over the weekend, our facilities installed handheld bidets (Shattaf sprayers) on all of our cubicles!
My earliest memory of a bidet was at around 8 or 9 years old when I stayed at a cousin’s house (actually a cousin’s cousin) for the weekend. I noticed this slim tube attachment with a small valve and a nozzle on the side of their toilet bowl. When I turned it, projectile water came splashing directly to my face. Realizing what it’s for, I thought even then that it was a nifty idea.
Bidet installation is something that is often dropped because it requires additional plumbing. Add that to the water shortages that we experience every now and then. This is the reason why only a small percentage of establishments opt to have it on their restrooms. Most of us are left with no other choice but to use the next best (but very economical) alternative: The tabo (dipper).
However, even if it’s a fixture on most Filipino homes, public restrooms don’t usually provide tabo; sometimes not even clean water. You’d be lucky to even have a toilet paper available.
For this reason, I always bring wet wipes just in case. It is unsettling for me to do the number two and just wipe with a toilet paper. C’mon— if you accidentally touched crap will you just wipe it with a tissue? I don’t think so!
The thing with wet wipes—no matter how much they claim they're hypoallergenic—is that it can be irritating to our nether region.
Nothing beats that feeling when you are able to “release” and wash after. Personally, even wiping after peeing is just not enough because I don’t feel very clean.
And don’t get me started when it’s our time of the month! Washing when changing pads is a must and you can’t do that just by merely wiping as microbes can cause itching and infections like UTI.
This is why since that first bidet that was installed inside the WC cubicle of our restroom, I’ve always been one who’d wait for my turn for it even if the other cubicles are available. I feel that it’s just one of the few things that make everyday life a lot better.
And I know I’m not alone. Bidets are becoming popular that it might as well be mandatory on all public restrooms especially those that are found in the malls, terminal, train stations, gasoline stops, etc. It should not be just limited to upscale establishments because toilet hygiene is for everybody.
My earliest memory of a bidet was at around 8 or 9 years old when I stayed at a cousin’s house (actually a cousin’s cousin) for the weekend. I noticed this slim tube attachment with a small valve and a nozzle on the side of their toilet bowl. When I turned it, projectile water came splashing directly to my face. Realizing what it’s for, I thought even then that it was a nifty idea.
Bidet installation is something that is often dropped because it requires additional plumbing. Add that to the water shortages that we experience every now and then. This is the reason why only a small percentage of establishments opt to have it on their restrooms. Most of us are left with no other choice but to use the next best (but very economical) alternative: The tabo (dipper).
However, even if it’s a fixture on most Filipino homes, public restrooms don’t usually provide tabo; sometimes not even clean water. You’d be lucky to even have a toilet paper available.
For this reason, I always bring wet wipes just in case. It is unsettling for me to do the number two and just wipe with a toilet paper. C’mon— if you accidentally touched crap will you just wipe it with a tissue? I don’t think so!
The thing with wet wipes—no matter how much they claim they're hypoallergenic—is that it can be irritating to our nether region.
Nothing beats that feeling when you are able to “release” and wash after. Personally, even wiping after peeing is just not enough because I don’t feel very clean.
And don’t get me started when it’s our time of the month! Washing when changing pads is a must and you can’t do that just by merely wiping as microbes can cause itching and infections like UTI.
This is why since that first bidet that was installed inside the WC cubicle of our restroom, I’ve always been one who’d wait for my turn for it even if the other cubicles are available. I feel that it’s just one of the few things that make everyday life a lot better.
And I know I’m not alone. Bidets are becoming popular that it might as well be mandatory on all public restrooms especially those that are found in the malls, terminal, train stations, gasoline stops, etc. It should not be just limited to upscale establishments because toilet hygiene is for everybody.
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