How do you properly use a squat toilet in Thailand?

You need to go back to your country

Old 80 year old thai people manage to use it no problem just lazy out of condition Europeans can't manage it haha

No

You can stand to use it

Think this is for washing your feet 🤔🫠

I'm ok with the squat toilet but it's the story my cousin told me as a kid that still haunts me. Be careful or else a snake will come out from the toilet and bury itself in your butt....

I’m not sure i’ve seen every comment here but this thread would be incomplete without this internet classic

A healthy person squats. They do not sit down. Same as you would do of you were lost in the forest.

But it is very hard for elderly and disabled people. At least in the forest you can squat between 2 trees. Would it hurt them to put in a railing?

Best way is always carry dipers

If unable to squat, put some toilet paper on top and sit down.

Among all the other keen observations here, I will add that it's a great argument in favor of fripfrop or crocs, because maybe you'll need to hose off your footwear. :-)

Best toilet

Does the nozzle go straight in the butthole?

Squat toilet is healthier for the body, as it’s our body’s natural way to go to the bathroom. But it’s also more uncomfortable and uncivilized looking than western toilets. Most Asian homes don’t have those anymore, only public restrooms. I can see how it’s a scary way to go if you’ve never done it.

lol

Hold on until you find a western style toilet.

It takes a lot of practice from a very young age to be able to master this.

Dont mind me, im here for the comments 😅🤣

In China there are the most common

Buy a commode chair place over top of it if you cannot squat

I hate them 😒

Squat and drop only toilets for years out there , at least now you have a bum gun. 🇹🇭🤦‍♂️

Squat!

I think you don’t need a visa for this toilet.

First time in France, 1985, they had these. But they were luxury compared to the cesspit I encountered in the early 90s in Morocco, going through Atlas Mountains. My then partner took a look and said, "It's a shitstorm. You can't manage it "The smell was horrible. We hunted around and found some bushes.

You hold onto Dear Life.

Not senior citizen and handicap friendly, thank God for options.

Better practice your squats dude. Every morning. 😂

555

I had explosive diarrhea in a bathroom like this. They should have used a bulldozer to clean the mess.

With difficulty. Especially if yer tall like me. 🫠

You will become an expert in the very first week there...😜😁😂

Get one of these... 😁

Dont do it!

Feet

Just like shitting in the bush mate

Plastic chair n cut a hole out of it

It's for washing your hair.

Stand and deliver

Get an inflatable neck pillow.

Wait until its banging the door down and you can’t hold on any longer , it’s easier on the knees the less time your squatting

Squat

Squat

Fresh out of the boat huh 😄

Just sit and shit

Master technique how to pee without wet yourself. Or find the western style toilet. Or don’t sit down if u can’t get back up. Learn to adapt.

Just shit on the floor, wipe it up with the left hand, then wash both hands. Welcome to Thailand

Go to gym and start squatting

You must be near my old age, to be asking that question!

If you bring your own paper can it go in there? Asking for a friend 😝

Welcome to Thailand.

You're new around here, aren't you?

As long as they got that bidget I’m happy. Get yo a** down there and squat like you mean it son!

But I have bad knees

Hover

How to use this one?

Follow foot marks steps and sit🤣

Caught a train from Bangkok to changmai. 12 hours trip.

The day before I'd had a questionable meal and I was in bad shape.

I had a load of pills and was eating them like sweets as I was traveling. On the 11th hour the pills were done and I couldn't hold it anymore.

There it was. The squat toilet on a fucking moving train rocking back and forth as they do.

I stared at it and realised I was watching the train tracks through the toilet hole.

Nothing for it . Just had to go. I even took a change of shorts just incase.

Like a torrent it shot out of me. Train throwing me around I'm holding the walls and metal bar just trying not to fall over ...or worse shit all over myself.

Finally it was over and I washed off.... expecting the worst I checked all over.

Best shot I've ever made.

It was all on the train tracks and none on me .

Never again do I want to have to be that worried over a runny shit.

Good luck.

Good luck 😂

The western have no leg strength looooooooooool

You squat down and stand up when you've finished.

It's shitting, it's not rocket science. Figure it out.

If your fatty no chance lol 😆 🤣 😂

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I was in a day trip in Thailand. We stopped to eat at a small restaurant on the road. I went to the bathroom before order my food. I saw flies in the toilet squats. Then I went to the restaurant to orde. I saw flies in the foods in the restaurants that was just a few steps from the toilets. I had two questions when I saw that: what do flies found inside a toilets squat? And, are the flies I saw inside the toilet squats the same I saw in the foods? Of course I turned around and fast for the rest of my day trip 🤣

Doesn’t the water drip down your legs into your shorts?

"How are you supposed to use this?"

-Shit in the hole.

"What are you supposed to hold on to?"

- Your hopes and dreams

"How do I get up?"

- Roll sideways onto the floor, considering your life choices.

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It’s a squat pot. Put a foot on each side & squat. Be careful not to pee on your clothes. After you’re done, clean yourself with the bidet. Then you air dry.

Getting back up is tough, especially if you’re over 60.

If you’re going to be here a while, it’s a good idea to practice getting down on your knees to pray every day! It makes getting back up off of these things easier:)

(If you’re in a public restroom, check all the stalls- there’s usually at least one American toilet.)

I saw the question and knew I’d get a laugh with the responses. Thank you all, I wasn’t disappointed 👍🤪

The Correct Procedure: Face wall, squat, poop, spray to rinse. Some will then use a bit of liquid soap on the bum, rinse again, pat dry with paper if some sort that you've brought along.

All over China too. I once chose to run back to my hotel from a bar (almost a mile) rather than use one. Then ran back again. If you do have to use one, remove all clothes first!!!

Oh man first time n japan had an emergency and ran into convinience store and they only had sqat toilet, got down fine but almost fell backwards luckily there was a water pipe to grab ahold of which i had to use to get up also but was difficult almoat fell in.

I'd rather shit myself than use one of them 🤣🤣

this is why even fat Thais can squat and sit cross legged. Those minutes every morning add up.

I'm thankful for the core focused Kettlebell exercises I did before coming to live in Asia 15 years ago.

I can squat with the best om em'

This is amazing Thailand and many other countries all over the world…

Leg day at the gym finally comes into play

Never an easy task for those of us with bad knees. I never leave home without tissue. I just don't feel comfortable with a soggy butt! Always lift your tail. 🐒🤣

Bideee.. Where's toilet bowl🤯

Me not know. I’m foreigner.

If you can't stand up..you too old

Following for advice. 😂

Squat

Invite some Thai. They will show you how to use

I remember the first time I used one of these in France, started off just pulling down my shorts, after nearly shitting in them they ended up on the back of the door while I had a knee trembler experience, not used to squatting like that!!

Didn't really understand how it worked, ended up flushing and washing my shoes as well!!

😂

Squat, aim, and shoot

Mind the splash back ka

Best to take your trousers or short off while attempting,this one of the 6 wonders of the world, takes years of practice, never attempt if you had a curry or very spice food.

Wait what do you mean you are not supposed to sit on these ??!??

Is there toilet paper to wipe your now soaking wet butt? also, is that what I think it is in that little blue bucket?

Use the warm water from your coffee bimbo

Squat

Don’t skip leg day bruh…. 😂

That's your sink, wash your face in it.

With great difficulty

You need to squat with your feet on the rippled parts each side of the pan

I can do all of the mentioned. But how do you spray with the damn bumb gun and not get shit all over the walls/yourself? What am I missing?

Dip your fingers n the hole to apply soap, rub hands together and then rinse with the spray gun.

Never shit in the forest?

Basically a Falang can’t use it. From an early age Thai children can squat down and be on their feet on the ground. I can’t do that. I would fall backwards. I’m sure most Falang are the same. I guess in an emergency one can use it.

Evil squat toilet. Either stepping, slipping or missing the mark. Had food poisoning once and just sat on it. Didn't care. The big upgrade is the kids toy bucket with water to clean with.

A friend of ours used one in Bali. No bum gun so he used a 500 rupee note to finish off. He hated wasting the money even though it was minimal 😀😀

3 years and still have avoided the dreaded squat toilet

You will understand real quick when you have no other choice

Have a asquat

!leg day!

The thai squat toilet lol

asian squat, farang can not.

Pull your shorts down. Squat . Shit in your shorts . With some experience you ll manage not to shit in your shorts but pissing in them is unavoidable

Learn Muay Thai first .

Hold on to your life, too many spicy peppers in Thai food to not have a handrail 😅

Bombs away…. Accuracy is the name of the game here, especially if wearing sandals/ flip flops

You’ll

Get use to it Few misses maybe. 😂

Squat and drop.

After an unfortunate event at Surathani Train station involving one of these toilets, I now strip naked before use

What I learned in all the years is, take off the pants completely 🤭

No good for pensioners having to squat for a crap.

Why I always carry baby wipes 555.

Same way you get up from sitting on a couch or chair

Since u have a spray gun, first clean the area and take off everything below the waist. Stand on it while squatting a bit. Let it all out. Clean up with the spray gun. If no gun, u are shit out of luck.

Bend your knees Katie 🤣

Now you know why Asian people stay fit always 💪💪💪

There is a western adjustment stool called . EZ poo. You can get it at the airport

Watch the sumo wrestlers stance 😜👍

Very low squats. Hose instead of paper. Flush is pan in water.

How do you shit in the nature?

Problem When you have bad knees🤯

And your lucky these have hoses fitted - I’ve seen them without just bucket water and a pan - and believe me it’s a nightmare to shake self dry lol

It’s very good for your posture and general bowel movements! Once you get the hang of it, it’s great for your glutes too 😎

Don't have the screaming s**ts when finding you are forced to use one unless you can squat low enough to have your arse level with your ankles

These are luxury as they have a bum gun most are a tank of water and a plastic bowl

Already some good help given here.. I remember asking Thai to demonstrate how to do it so don't let anyone make you think not okay to ask.

Thai people have no trouble squatting

Use water to wash your ass

If you are from more developed country it seems insane

In China many places only have buckets of water

Normally they are sunk in not like that

Gonna cost you

I always lie face down in that bowl thingy whilst squeezing my buttocks hard with both hands, thus tempering the desire to take a shit.

Thai’s are short… they sit on it 🤣

Better question is how do you wipe your ass lol

If u cannot squat, or like me at 71 cannot get up after squat, first wash the pan rim down well and then just sit on the rim like a farang toilet with no seat. Luckily rarely need to as these days most places have farang toilets, but f*** it! when u gotta go u gotta go...555.

This is when i was a tour guide, we used to check out which places on routes had western style toilets.

It's a fourth Century device that is used when people don't want to spend more than $15 on their bathroom accessories.

Everything about it is inconvenient and it's incredibly uncomfortable for anyone over 60 years old.

Avoid at all costs 💩

Fart loud enough and you will stand up

It’s easy

Shitting yourself is easier

Apparently the squat position is the best for most efficiently evacuating the contents of your bowels

First option would be to try to find another toilet -from restaurants to older Thai houses, they often have both. The second option and you need to sh*t, drop your dacks and squat over the front if you can't balance and do it properly. As long as you get it in there, you can then wash it away.

I live in fear of having no other option, after two knee replacements I can't do or hold a full squat and can't get back up without assistance 😱

Is that at some some public toilet?

Take your pants off or you will hit them with s**t and p**s 😂😂😂

From my experience after u finished u can hold the wall and try to get up tgat is why we do squat everyday good bum and thick thighs 😘👍

🤣 come on you can work this out

I find those things impossible to use !

Hover

Squat position. Supposed to be much healthier for expulsion.

you don't 👍

Do not try to use one in work overalls it's a disaster soon learnt that in Malaysia

even better when no hose

I used this set up at Banzan markets in Patong on a 40c plus day in April.

Got to have a sense of humour and enjoy a challenge at 58 years of age 😄

No one likes these disgusting squat toilet, not even Thai people. But it's better than nothing.

It’s actually healthier, and easier on the body than a Western toilet 🚽…but. I’d rather use the western toilet 😊

Top tip: take off all under-garments before squatting and hope there's a hook to hang them on, which there usually isn't!

Omg ur so infatuated by tit

lol take your strides off mate , I don’t chance it , spent plenty time waiting for the euro loo - ironically always in use by a Thai man lol .

your feet go on the sides and you crouch down. I know, it's difficult if you aren't too stable or have balance problems. I took to washing and wiping it, then sitting on it. That also had the benefit of not needing someone to pull me up again if my knees locked 🤣🤣🤣

Squat toilet. Dont hold on. Feet either side of the hole on the textured bit. Flush by bailing water from bucket into it until it clears. If you can’t do a deep squat and get back up, this will be extremely troublesome. Thats not a vegetable sprayer - it’s a butt sprayer.

you stand facing the wall and squat. then you use the spray hose on your bits... Voila all done ....

😂 over 7 years in Thailand and I’ve never had to squat. When I was a tourist I looked it up on the internet and practiced in the back yard. The most important lesson is to make sure nothing is going to fall out of your pockets. Make sure your cell phone is water resistant.

The tip is in the name “squat” toilet. 😬

Learn to squat