Pinoy Worker Sacked in Australia for Using Water Instead of Toilet Paper

[chua_riwap]

So sa DownUnder pala, may mga di naghuhugas ang wetpaks nila pag pumupu. Papunas-punas lang ng papel, Bwe-he-he!........

Pero may punto rin eh. Burara yung Pinoy, kasi nagkalat nga naman yung "pinaghugasan" nya sa toilet flooring. Pero maiiwasan bang di magkalat yung tubig?

He-he! Ewan....kayo na humusga.


ABS-CBNNews.com
Jan. 27, 2009


http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-mig...-habits-report

Filipino worker sacked in Australia for toilet habits: report

A Filipino machine operator was reportedly sacked by an engineering firm in Australia allegedly for his toilet habits.

A Townsville Bulletin report posted on news.com.au said Amador Bernabe, 43, a Filipino machine operator was kicked out of his job by the Townsville Engineering Industries (TEI) for using water, instead of toilet paper, to clean himself during toilet visits.

The report said that according to Bernabe, he was sacked last week after his foreman saw him carry a bottle of water into the company’s comfort room.

The foreman allegedly told Bernabe that it was prohibited to bring water into the toilet. Bernabe told the foreman that "It's my personal hygiene. I didn't break any law. I didn't break any rules of the company."

The Filipino alleged that the foreman threatened to tell the management about his toilet habits.

Bernabe said the manager confronted him about the incident and was told to "follow the Australian way" of using the toilet or he will be terminated.

Byron Carter, TEI's company manager, confirmed that Bernabe was terminated for his toilet habits because it poses "a serious health risk."

Carter said other company employees had been complaining about Bernabe's unhygienic way of using the toilet. He said the Filipino had also been warned and advised several times before he was sacked from his job.

"Mr Bernabe's technique to cleanse himself with water after his toiletry visits leaves the toilet cubical splashed with water suspected to be contaminated with feces and wet soggy toilet paper lying on the floor," the company manager said in the report.

Rick Finch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, meanwhile, said in the report that the engineering firm's actions were "atrocious" and an "invasion of a person's rights and cultural beliefs."

"If it wasn't so disgusting it would almost be laughable," Finch said.

[_Cathy_]

Isn't using water more hygienic than just toilet paper?

[uls]

the point in using toilet paper is to prevent the spread of germs

when people use their bare hands (and water) to wipe, and they don't wash their hands properly after, they can spread germs (like hepatitis, cholera, etc) when they touch things like doorknobs and stuff

would you shake hands with someone who just used their hands to wipe their poo?

[CVT]

Hehehe,- and contend yourself with 'skid marks' in your underwear......:hysterical:

7404:laundry:

[uls]

i use toilet paper AND water hehe

pero yan ang point ng mga foreigner kung baket kelangan mag toilet paper

[shadow]

balahura naman pala si pinoy eh!, hehehe saka matigas ang ulo matagal na siyang pinagsabihan eh ayaw pa rin sumunod...

[goldencoil]

Hehehe,- and contend yourself with 'skid marks' in your underwear......:hysterical:

7404:laundry:

Skid marks! Hahaha :laughbounce:

Pero pano nga po yung masasabi nyo dun sa mga toilets na may water spray na sa tabi ng bowl? Malaki pa din ang chance na kakalat yung tubig diba? Common sa UAE yang ganyang CR. Does that mean ba na hindi din hygeinic yung style nila dun?

Pero napansin ko nga po na kung may water spray yung toilet, hindi lang sa floor yung tubig kung hindi sa upuan din. Baka isa ding reason yun kaya nagalit yung mga Aussies.

[uls]

it's the use of the hand

it's the touching of the bare hands on the poo that's the issue

not exactly the use of water

and it's not about the water being kalat all over the toilet

the concern is the hands touching poo then touching everything else like door handles and light switches and keyboards and everything else other people also touch

spread of disease

that's the concern

ok?

[_Cathy_]

would you shake hands with someone who just used their hands to wipe their poo?

Yeah. That's better than shaking hands with someone who used just toilet paper. I'm sure if a person if hygienic enough to use water, he or she would wash his or hands with soap and water.

Why does he have to do it in the office pala? Sana sa bahay na lang.

[ghosthunter]

Why does he have to do it in the office pala? Sana sa bahay na lang.

When you have to "go" ..... you just have to go.

Like in NASA, the No.2 is their number one priority.

[uls]

ya when you have to go...

not everyone has an exact every-24-hour (before work or after work) poo time

[coiter]

ang baboy nga ng ginawa niya. makalat. kung pinupunasan sana nya yung kalat na tubig e di sana hindi na masyadong malaki ang issue. masasabi na lang nya nag sasabon naman sya. hehe

e bakit nauso yung built in washers (usually hose with sprayer) sa mga toilets kung hindi pala hygenic-ally advisable? example yung sa greenbelt, serendra and other high end establishments and homes.

[chua_riwap]

Yeah. That's better than shaking hands with someone who used just toilet paper. I'm sure if a person is hygienic enough to use water, he or she would wash his or hands with soap and water.

Why does he have to do it in the office pala? Sana sa bahay na lang.

Agree ako kay Cathy. Kasi kung ginamit mo yung bare hands mo sa paghugas, automatic yan magsasabon ka ng mga kamay after that.

Siguro walang janitor yung opis, kaya wala naglilinis sa toilet.

Hehehe,- and contend yourself with 'skid marks' in your underwear......

Parang kinalawang, nagmantsa na.....

[uls]

why does everyone assume na naghuhugas ng mabuti ng kamay ang mga tao after sila maglinis ng pw3t?

not everyone is as hygiene conscious

So you guys assume that people from squatters area are as hygenic as you?

sila din gumagamit ng kamay sa paglinis ng pw3t

sila ang mga minimum wage food handlers sa mga resto, mga cook, waiter

sa tingin nyo ba pag nag CR ang mga cook at waiter, naghuhugas sila ng kamay ng mabuti? lagi? 100%?

think beyond yourselves dudes

[CVT]

Why does he have to do it in the office pala? Sana sa bahay na lang.

Agree with GH. Unlike ladies who have second thoughts of doing their stuff other than their territory, for men, when you have to "go", you just have to go....

7404:laundry:

[shadow]

Why does he have to do it in the office pala? Sana sa bahay na lang.

papano kung LBM ka and nasa office ka sa Makati then and bahay mo sa Fairview.

I will be very surprised kung sinabi mong NEVER ka pa nakaebak sa public CRs.

[ess]

"Mr Bernabe's technique to cleanse himself with water after his toiletry visits leaves the toilet cubical splashed with water suspected to be contaminated with feces and wet soggy toilet paper lying on the floor," the company manager said in the report.

Yun naman pala eh! Nakakainis nga yung ganyan. Imagine yourself really needing to take a dump. When you enter the cubicle, you see the toilet seat all wet and the floor covered in water puddles. Madaming ganyan sa office namin...nakakairita. Before I can 'relieve' myself, I have to get a big wad of paper towels to wipe down the toilet seat and the floor.

[uls]

here's another example of pinoy culture clashing with western culture

remember the filipino kid in Canada who was reprimanded for eating with spoon and fork?

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/pinoy-mig...hts-commission

Filipino boy's discrimination case ruled out by rights commission

abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/03/2008 9:22 PM

A Filipino boy who was allegedly discriminated in school for of his eating etiquette will appeal his complaint before a rights tribunal in Montreal, Canada.

This, after the Quebec Human Rights Commission found no evidence that then seven-year-old Luc Cagadoc was reprimanded or discriminated by school officials for eating with the a spoon and fork.

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau reported that the commission also ruled that the school's principal did not discriminate the boy when told to eat the way Canadians eat.

In 2006, Cagadoc’s family complained against the school board alleging that the boy was humiliated and reprimanded by the lunch supervisor for eating with a spoon and fork.

The boy was allegedly told that he eats like a pig, which sparked Filipino protests around the world.

The decision of the commission dismayed Cagadoc’s family.

Cagadoc’s mother, Maria Teresa Gallardo said they will appeal their complaint before the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal.

The family also wants to receive public apology and moral damages from the school.

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/124813/C...y-Filipino-boy

Canada’s human rights body divided over spoon-eating by Filipino boy
JOSEPH G. LARIOSA, GMANews.TV
10/03/2008 | 07:59 PM

CHICAGO, Illinois - In the gastronomic equivalent of the saying “when in Rome, do as the Romans do," the Quebec Human Rights Commission in the city of Montreal has ruled that the teacher identified only as “M.B." discriminated against and violated the human right of a seven-year-old Filipino boy by disciplining him for eating with fork and spoon at the same time.

The Commission, however, found no evidence that Luc Joachim Gallardo-Cagadoc, who was then a Grade 2 student, was reprimanded by the teacher because of his cultural habit. Luc is now 10 years old.

This bit of information was relayed to this reporter by the mother of Luc, Maria Theresa Gallardo-Cagadoc, who plans to appeal the ruling before Quebec Human Rights Tribunal because she felt a sense of “deep disappointment, frustration, dismay and disbelief" over the decision.

[uls]

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