Takeaway Curry For Tea Tonight?

[joeluke]

Maybe not eh?


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3537652/Swindon-takeaway-chef-prepared-food-wiping-bottom-bare-hands-doesn-t-use-toilet-paper-cultural-reasons.html

[237SJ]

Yuk. I found out that my local curry house only has a 1 hygiene rating. They own 5 restaurants and they are all only graded at 1. One of them was raided by Immigration and there were 6 illegals working there. Needless to say, I tend to make my own curries these days.

[mushroom25]

i've googled but i can't find any cultural reference that might forbid the use of toilet paper. does anyone know which culture doesn't permit its use?

[237SJ]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_cleansing I guess he chose the liquid method over the loo roll method

[retrocop]

It is in the link.




NO LOO ROLL: HOW MUSLIMS, HINDUS AND OTHERS USE WATER WHEN THEY GO TO THE TOILET
A jug, called a lota, is filled with water to wash after going to the toilet
A jug, called a lota, is filled with water to wash after going to the toilet
Muslims, Hindus and others in India and other South Asian countries, as well as in the Middle East, use water to clean themselves after going to the toilet.
A jug, called a lota, is filled with water, or a hose is sometimes used. Traditionally, the left hand is used to wash after going to the toilet, while the right hand is used to eat.
In Islam, there are a set of practices laid out regarding toilet etiquette.
Although they are not compulsory, many devout Muslims follow the teachings.
The Qadaa' al-Haajah code states that one should clean their private parts using water and their left hand, or three stones.
In Hindu scripture, there are also detailed instructions about purifying rituals that should follow urination and defecation.

[Peter Pedant]

mushie
Mahbub his name is arabic so I conclude muslim
and yeah you would be right to say the Quren does not mention bog paper anywhere - as I understand the New testament is similarly bare

but they wash their bottoms - usually I have to say not with a faeces encrusted milk bottle. Bidet attachment on the bogs - works very well actually

[Peter Pedant]

and retro is right

left handers - really bad news - in the end we lefties told the righties to pay for everything as mistakes afterwards were hard to rectify

I still have to actively think - pay with the r hand - pay with the right hand .....

[retrocop]

My wife,whilst training as a student nurse, worked in the Lindo wing at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington.
This wing was for private patients and nowadays the royals have their babies there.
40 years ago it was mainly used by Arabs who were rich enough to use it.
The single rooms were en-suite but the patients would just get out of bed and squat and do it on the floor!!

[Peter Pedant]

oh mushie also
as an anthropotoblist you will be the first to welcome the observation that all this is ritual cleanliness - retro's stones reminded me -

using sand to purify in the desert before prayer instead of a lota water is intended to have ritual significance and not be 'actually clean'

[joeluke]

Basic hygiene is the first rule of working in any kitchen, how many chefs like him could do with lessons in it?

[Old_Geezer]

Nothing wrong with washing. Although using paper to remove excess first would be a sensible act. But there is a massive thing wrong with not being scrupulously clean on finishing that job. Especially so if preparing food. How can anyone blame their culture for that ? I trust that this is extremely exceptional.

[Baldric]

I wouldn't be too sure about that OG.

[Peter Pedant]

erm no that is why there is so much delly belly in erm places like Cairo

oh just had a flash back to 1980 - market Cairo where a little dark putto egyptian boy ( aged three ) was picked off a pile of tomatoes by his mum he had been possing on ....
oh those were the days !
you cant even fly there now !

[mushroom25]

// the patients would just get out of bed and squat and do it on the floor!! //

probably because the toilets faced the qibla. imagine! whatever were the designers thinking?

[albaqwerty]

to hang with the botty washing, I just hope he scrubbed his hands clean

[mikey4444]

I use my bidet now and have done since I had it installed about 8 years ago. It beats using toilet paper every time. But I always wash my hands thoroughly afterwards !

[naomi24]

OG, //I trust that this is extremely exceptional. //

It's not. From the link:

//Muslims, Hindus and others in India and other South Asian countries, as well as in the Middle East, use water to clean themselves after going to the toilet.
A jug, called a lota, is filled with water, or a hose is sometimes used. Traditionally, the left hand is used to wash after going to the toilet, while the right hand is used to eat.
In Islam, there are a set of practices laid out regarding toilet etiquette.
Although they are not compulsory, many devout Muslims follow the teachings.
The Qadaa' al-Haajah code states that one should clean their private parts using water and their left hand, or three stones.//

Perhaps local councils should ensure that stones are provided in all toilets.

In a similar vein, efforts being made in some quarters to encourage people to sit on toilets, rather than stand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-16983788

[Arksided]

I'd have thought he'd have to be wearing gloves to prepare food.

[albaqwerty]

but is he wearing them when he goes to the loo Arky? :-D

[Arksided]

I don't think he gives a s***!

[mikey4444]

Can I point out that this chaps offence was not in using his hand and water to cleanse his botty, but not thoroughly washing his hands afterwards, before preparing food. After all, how many non-Asian men use their hands to assist with urination in Britain. My

Mum made a very strong point of instructing my 3 brothers and myself when we were kids, to always wash our hands after using the loo. But as any Mum with sons will tell you, it was an uphill task at times !

I am not suggesting that men deliberately loiter in toilets after they have widdled, but if they do, its obvious that an awful lot of men don't wash their hands afterwards.

I can't be the only non-Asian man in Britain to use a bidet.....I wouldn't want to go back to using just toilet paper again !