Overheard and i pity the cleaner...
Back in 1982 I was a student in Brighton; the halls of residence had closed early so we were put up for a couple of weeks in a very nice hotel along the sea side. One week an important family from an African nation were staying in the entire top floor of the hotel. It was their first trip to the UK (or anywhere outside Africa).
One morning over breakfast I overheard a couple of worried looking hotel staff chattering to themselves..
"We've got to tell them..."
"Yeah you're right... but..."
"before it's too late!"
"it already is god you can smell it on the floor below"
"you know we've got to empty them first, don't you......?"
"Pity the poor bastard who gets THAT gig!".
The following day the two were chatting again, one of them looking a little grey.
The healthy one started..
"How bad?"
"please i've puked enough...."
"Did they understand??"
"Yeah now they do they thought it was funny as hell"
"You ok?"
"I'm quitting i'm not paid for this shit"
I asked around and got the full story.
It turns out the African family hadn't used flushable toilets; they had asked what they should use and the hotel staff showed them... except they'd left out the part about how to flush them.
They had used the toilets for a full week, a family of ten adults, and they had filled up. And overflowed. And still they used them.
The grey looking chap had the task of a) showing them how to use the flush and b)... oh you can guess the rest yes?
(DustyD, Sat 27 Aug 2011, 15:25, 6 replies)

Urban legend is an urban legend.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 27 Aug 2011, 16:46, closed)

It's funny because
even the important Africans are basically savages who need civilising by whitey. Or something.
(Star Wars Starwarsy McStarwars Face, Sat 27 Aug 2011, 16:53, closed)

And Africa is just one big country
that is the same from coast to coast.
With no flushing toilets.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 27 Aug 2011, 22:47, closed)

Just one mistake
It's normally told about Welsh people. Far more believable.
(ubergeekian, Sun 28 Aug 2011, 8:44, closed)

Must have been a great hotel
Usually the cleaner wouldn't let it get past a day without flushing.
( AWPS, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 12:13, closed)

It's funny because African people are stupid savages who have never heard of toilets
you utter fucking retard.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Thu 1 Sep 2011, 12:38, closed)