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you know what grosses me out? spitting.
you know what people from asian countries do a lot? spit.
it really revolts me, i don't know why. especially those hearty, deep from the back of the throat/sinus horks and the resulting "PTTTTEEEHHH" that comes after. i can't even look at it on the ground without feeling ill. one time my ex boyfriend and i were camping, and he forgot his toothbrush. he asked if he could borrow mine, and though that really grosses me out, the idea of kissing a nasty "i haven't brushed my teeth in 4 days" mouth grossed me out more. so i said sure. he brushed away, stopped, hocked a big loogey, then CONTINUED TO BRUSH HIS TEETH. i informed him he was now the proud owner of a used toothbrush, and we had a drugstore stop to make when we got back to town. i'd use my finger, thanks.
but anyway, the bangkok airport, though new and shiny, sucks ass. once you go through security to the gates, there is not a single store, not a single place to buy water, and you can't bring it with you. it's just this concrete bomb shelter. so i went to the one and only water fountain and decided to spend the next two hours there (i didn't realize it was like this past security, or i'd have hung out in the high end mall that is the rest of the airport. gucci, coach, fendi...they loved that i looked like a hobo and was groping their $2500 handbags, i'm sure).
so i took a big long drink from the ice cold fountain, then settled in to read my book/nap.
big mistake.
every asian person that visited that fountain SPIT in it. some rinsed their mouths and spitted, some just hocked big loogeys and rinsed. but EVERY SINGLE ONE DID IT. trouble is, i was so thirsty. i had been travelling all day on boats and buses to get up to bangkok and i didn't drink enough water, and i had to get on a plane where i certainly wouldn't get more than a dinky (plastic) cup of water after much hassle. it was torture. every time i got up for a drink, i ran the water for at least 20 seconds, sloshing it around the basin to clear out any remaining spit. it was revolting.
i always tried to keep in mind it's just cultural differences - i mean they found kissing in public disgusting and we find spitting in public disgusting - just different ways of transporting spit really.
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