Japanese public toilets often have folded paper rolls like this, the reason is ...

The Japanese are famously tidy and computerized, even when going to the public restroom, you can see that the paper roll is usually folded in a neat triangle like this .

Japan is known as the most country in the world. Japanese society always emphasizes attention and attention to people around in public culture. And one of the polite gestures that is easy to meet in Japan is the folding of toilet paper into a triangle after use.

Toilet paper into triangles.(Photo: Internet).

In fact, the act of folding the top of a roll into a triangle is often a sign when the cleaning workers finish their work, meaning that everything they have cleaned is neat, neat, all People can rest assured to use . After a period of time, this action gradually became familiar, the Japanese people began to think that it was a civilized and polite gesture, showing the attentive attention to the latter. This way of folding the triangle is also to make it easier for people to pull paper out.

Triangular folds make it easier for people who come later to pull paper.(Photo: Internet).

However, this thoughtful gesture is only really great if people do it after . washing their hands. A warning was recorded at a hospital in Japan with the following contents:

'The request to the patients, please do not fold toilet paper into a triangle. If you fold the paper after going to the toilet but not washing your hands, it is more likely to spread the bacteria that cause infections from the bacteria in the stool and urine. "

Warning at the hospital's toilet.(Photo: Internet).

According to the usual toilet order, a person will go to the toilet, go to the toilet, clean, fold paper, wash his hands. It is very rare for anyone to go out to wash their hands clean and then to fold the triangle paper.

From a medical perspective, this is an extremely dirty act because the personal cleaning process can very likely stick with many bacteria from feces and urine, then spread through the scroll when the person folds the paper. and transfer to the following users. Especially in public toilets such as hospitals, patients with a variety of diseases, if not warned about the risk of spreading this 'beautiful action' , will be able to lead to many unfortunate infections, is a really worrying health problem.

Therefore, the doctors call people that, even if not folding paper is considered polite, but it is certainly a smart action to protect themselves and protect those around them.