Keeping loo signs basic and informative is the least we can do to help people avoid any kind of public embarrassment. But not everyone thinks this way.
Some use their creative keedas to come up with signs that not just confuse us but intimidate us to use the public washroom in the first place. This is exactly what happened at a restaurant in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Taking to Twitter, podcaster Ravi Handa shared pictures of the signs from a South Indian restaurant. The two signs are ought to confuse many as it’s very difficult to guess which one is for whom by just looking at the popular South Indian attires, a mundu (for men) and a saree (for women).
Captioning the post, Handa wrote:
“Request to all restaurants – please start using English to indicate bathrooms. Stop relying on our fashion sense.”
Request to all restaurants – please start using English to indicate bathrooms.
Stop relying on our fashion sense. pic.twitter.com/Ms0bCQUf1A
— Ravi Handa (@ravihanda) March 3, 2023
For those who didn’t get what the signs meant, Handa clarified:
“Left with a slanted line is indicating a saari, so female. Right with a straight line coming down from the waist is indicating a lungi/dhoti/mundu, so male. Restaurant is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan.” (sic)
For the few who don’t get it,
Left with a slanted line is indicating a saari, so female.
Right with a straight line coming down from the waist is indicating a lungi / dhoti / mundu, so male.
Restaurant is located in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
— Ravi Handa (@ravihanda) March 3, 2023
It even took him a couple of seconds to identify.
This was a South Indian restaurant where I went for breakfast.
Took me a couple of seconds to be honest.
— Ravi Handa (@ravihanda) March 3, 2023
People online had a good laugh on seeing the signs.
Stop going to weird places 🤣🤣🤣🤣
— Stanified (@thatstanfellow) March 3, 2023
Hilarious 😂
— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) March 4, 2023
Seriously? This is getting crazy!
— Praval Singh (@Praval) March 3, 2023
But sir yeh toh seriously bohot tough hai 🤯
I’d have tested my bladder’s capacity and ghar jaake hi karta— Shekhar Dutt (@DuttShekhar) March 3, 2023
1 minute ke kaam mein 2 minute decode karna padta hai pehle
— Aniket (@aniketium1) March 3, 2023
Absolutely….
Some restaurants overestimate their customers smartness …— hari iyer (@iyerhari14) March 3, 2023
Before reading your next tweet I thought the left one is male washroom as someone is standing and peeing 😂😂😂
— Divyansh Bajaj (@divyanshbajaj) March 4, 2023
That’s why south Indian restaurants don’t serve drinks 😛
— Indra The_Great (@indra20099) March 3, 2023
The most irritating trend!
Especially after a drink or two it’s impossible to assess.— Indrajit (@indromal) March 3, 2023
I do not see a problem with this. The fact that men and women have different dresses is common knowledge.
The imagery is confusing, that is correct. Someone may mistake their assigned washrooms.
But I do not mind the sari and lungi comparison.— Rakesh Ningthoujam (@RakeshNingthjam) March 3, 2023
If you think you’ve seen enough then take a look at these hilarious toilet signs that are going to make you go ROFL. Yaar, har cheez me dimaag lagana zaroori nhi hai. Let people pee in peace.