Tale of the Squat Pot??????

There are some things in life that you are very thankful for. With a family of six, you can imagine what the mornings are like when everyone has to use the toilet and you only have ONE! There's a lot of groans and shouting "Hurry up!!!" So when we moved into the hut I was preparing myself for many of those mornings. We had one regular toilet, aka a western toilet, and a squat pot.

The squat pots are installed in what they call the "Maid's quarters". It's a small bedroom with a very small bathroom, and pretty much all the Indonesians, men and women, use these. It is even rumored that they stand on the rim of a western toilet and squat. To each his own, I guess... So anyway, we knew when we got here, I would not be able to enjoy the benefits of a full time maid because we needed to use that room as an extra bedroom and bathroom. In order for anything to get changed in the house, you have to put in a request with Facilities Management and they then have the choice to accept or decline the request. It took a new friend of mine six months to get hers changed out. So when we put in our request, we were not expecting anything to happen for awhile. We were just going to bug them with a request once a week until it was done. But as it happens, the next day someone was here checking out our "problem" and by the day after that, they had a schedule for them to start the work! YIPPEE!!!!! So I have been sitting around the house for the last week waiting for all the workers to show up. Some days they did, and some they didn't. But we now have a second "real" toilet, and Mersades will get her own bedroom....lucky for her! :-) Here is the finished project...

So yes, I have given up my maid for a toilet. Life is sooooooo unfair. :-(

I wish I had taken pictures of all the work. The guys had to take out all the tile, take out the squat pot, dig a hole, put in all new pipes, and paint the walls. It was quite the process. And yes, I am very THANKFUL! Hope you all enjoyed the tale....

Happy sitting, standing, squatting, or which ever way you do it best!

Robin