In a country as technologically advanced as Japan, one might expect the populace to have long ago cast squat toilets into the abyss of defunctness (yes, apparently that is a word) along with their malnourished Tamagotchi and mini-disc players. But no, it would seem that the affectionately named "squatty potties" are, in fact, all the rage. How exactly one uses such a device without messing themselves up real bad remains a mystery as old as time. Actually, there are probably tutorials on YouTube, but I don't care to watch them. No, squatty potties are against God and man and that's the end of it.
Incidentally, my workplace only features such receptacles in the men's toilets (they have nice, sit-down affairs in the ladies' staff toilet, but I've only been working there for two weeks and to be caught using the ladies' might have a significant impact on future working relationships). This is a most undesirable development indeed.
UPDATE: It has subsequently come to my knowledge (upon looking in a second cublicle) that the men's bathroom DOES in fact have a non-squat toilet. So I won't be shitting all over my own pants any time soon then (phew).
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