Another Chocolate in my Ears Experience July 2012

Seoul, Korea, within ten minutes of me arriving at our office I had a crisis on my hands.  How do you flush this toilet?

So many buttons, what do I do?  I pressed the pink one on the side. I hear a buzzing sound, HHHUUMMMM, a pipe-looking tube extends from the back of the toilet and begins to spray water at a 45 degree angle.  OH NO….I quickly dart to the side of the stall while water shoots on to the door.  I feel like I’m in an episode of I Love Lucy.  I’m trapped on the side of the bathroom stall, while a fire engine hose of water makes a mess.  I guess I chose one of the bidet functions.

Quickly I press the button again and again to try and make it stop.  Thank God I moved out of the way or my new dress I had made in China would have gotten all wet.  Instead of stopping it, pressing the button reactivates it and the water sprays for an eternity.  This time I wasn’t laughing.  What should I do?  I found the power button and thank God it stopped.  I look down and I’ve created a flood.  I open the door and there are two rags on the radiator.  Who knows what these rags have touched but I sop up the water (not very well).  I grab a million paper towels and hoist them in to the garbage pail sopping wet. 

Should I tell one of my co-workers?  Hell no, I run out of there after washing my hands with a lot of soap and stride in to my first meeting.  Throughout the next two days I see the cleaning lady in the bathroom a lot so I guess she mopped up my mess.  Thank God no one knows ---- except you.