Cultural Anecdotes, Part III
In our ongoing series on cultural faux pas, a young American girl was visiting her German guy-friend’s family. Before sitting down to dinner, she asked where the bathroom was. Following their directions, she indeed found herself in the bathroom — but there was no toilet.
Too embarrassed to go out and ask where the toilet was, she — you guessed it — decided to just use the sink. No one would have ever known if the sink had not broken loose from the wall under her weight. Embarrassed now?