Posted on 07/24/2005 11:49:45 AM PDT by devane617
VANITY --- VANITY --- VANITY
During the past few weeks I have traveled via air and passed through several major U.S. airports. I noticed in almost all cases the word "Restroom" has been replaced with "Toilet". I spoke to a courtsey person in two airports and both said that they were "requested" to change to a more international word such as "Toilet".
Good point. While traveling in Germany several years ago, my friend and I asked the clerk at a train station where to find the restroom. He thought we were looking for a restaurant and kept pointing us toward a snack bar nearby. It wasn't until we asked for the toilet that he pointed us in the correct direction.
It may be a bit vulgar, but it works, and that's what counts at moments like that!
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