Week Three: Bidets and Bidet Sprayers.

I'm pro-bidet.  Like inoculating for Small Pox in the 1700's--they are a sensible, commonly used practice in the East that has failed to catch on in the Western world.  Bottom line: they've revolutionized my bathroom experience.  

The bidet in our master bathroom

However, I don't totally have a grasp on bidet accessories.  Next to our bidet there's a towel rack and a soap dish.  I assume they are meant to make bars of soap and towels accessible for bidet users. . .multiple bidet users.

Personally, I don't have any issues using a random bar soap designated for public use.  I'm straight-up gross.  That's been well established.  But I love my wife too much to expose her to any soap that I've contaminated.


In review: bidet--thumbs up, bidet accessories--undecided.

The bathroom in the staff lounge

At school and in other public restrooms, there isn't room for bidets, soap dishes, and towel racks.  Instead they've installed sprayers, which are similar to those you'd find next to your kitchen sink.   I'm pro-sprayer.  Again, they make sense.

Using the sprayer, on the other hand, is going to take some practice.  I assume it is a skill you have to develop from early childhood-like speaking Chinese.  My first attempt didn't go so hot.  Again, I won't get into specifics but it was a lot like that prank people play where they put a rubber band on the kitchen sprayer.  Basically, it was unexpected, hard to control and messy.

A close up of the sprayer

In review:  bidet sprayer--thumbs up but need practice.

That is all for now, I hope you've appreciated my deep insights into the rich culture of Saudi Arabia.