Man in Toilet Tweets for Toilet Paper Delivery Help
Next time I'm going to ask for a pizza delivered to my stall.
Japan's taken quite well to the concept of Twitter. In fact, a man found himself in the bathroom of Yodobashi Camera, a large electronics department store in Japan, without any toilet paper.
Rather than panic or try to make something into toilet paper that certainly wasn't, he tweeted, "[Urgently needed] toilet paper in the 3rd floor toilet of Akiba Yodobashi."
He repeated the desperate tweet five minutes later, but then just less than 20 minutes later, someone had come to his rescue.
"The toilet paper arrived safely! Thank you very much!" he tweeted after his ordeal.
(Translation from Boing Boing.)
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the only useful tweet ive heard of so far...
We've all been there. however, I doubt that I would ask for help in that situation. Second, I doubt that I would even take a laptop to a bathroom period.
Strange, but funny.
this tweet was full of win
We've all been there. however, I doubt that I would ask for help in that situation. Second, I doubt that I would even take a laptop to a bathroom period.Strange, but funny.
you can tweet from your phone, you know?
He waited 20 minutes for a roll of toilet paper to arrive? This guy's time clearly isn't at premium...
See? the internet can be a good thing too!
Now where's that pizza i ordered?
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
So, instead of him tweeting, he must have been sheeting, right?
Maybe instead of using twitter, drop the tw and add sh and that's the social networking site for people on the pot?
When things get sh*tty - Tweeter!
good to see tech put to use, lol
This situation is why you should always wear two pairs of socks.
This situation is why you should always wear two pairs of socks.
Use the seashells.
i Can't believe someone actually found the tweet.
after 20 min, you need a scrapper...
Wouldn't it be easier to just check the paper BEFORE you go ahead?
20 minutes? I would have just wiped my ass with my boxers and then hang them on the door. Going commando never hurt anyone.
Hey.. a Crapper Scrapper. I'll be rich!
Japan, producing 72% of the worlds weirdest s&it since 1972...
Another reason for me to call it "Shitter".
Why didn't he look up the store's phone number and simply call the store and ask someone working there for help?
How much crap stuck to his bum if he can't just pull up his pants and find another bathroom? Or at least just get the hand paper towel? Twitter is making people dumber or something? Toilet paper is but one way to wipe your ass...
Or he could've use his finger and smeared it on the wall as normal people do around the world when they lack TP.
"This just in - The deuce has been dropped!"
Considering most toilets in Japan use some form of Bidet or squat...I'm surprised he needed to squeeze the Charmin. Must be a tourist.
I'm surprised Japan still has some of these old "leagacy" toiletry hardware lying around. Using toilet paper is soooooooo 19th century!:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilets_in_Japan
Have you used this yourself? Most of the time you still use some toilet paper to give yourself a final wipe or drying.
News? Twitter? Toilet Paper!
If I waited 20 minutes to wipe my ass.. I might as well just get up and go home because by that time it would have crusted to the point of not being able to wipe.
LOL, you sure this wasn't a hidden camera gameshow?
Thinking about this further, this is a case of someone VERY lazy. In the amount of time it took for someone to act on his tweet/sheet (20 minutes), he could have gone to another stall and found paper there. Heck, I'm SURE there were paper towels by the sink.
It's amazing how people have become so lazy and dependent on technology these days that they've forgotten how to fend for themselves.