Toilet

This week in class we learned about people's different types of cultures and how they all interact across the world. It was particularly interesting while learning about toilets and how there are so many different ones across the globe. One of my favorite examples was one of the toilets in Japan, which was basically a hole in the ground. This relates to sociology because most people are used to using their own toilets or customs, but when in a different country, they are forced to use a new culture's ways and traditions, or in this case, toilets. My relation to this topic really doesn't have anything to do with toilets, but it does have to do with experiencing a new culture from a different part of the country. A few years ago I visited Boston, and I noticed that whenever someone wanted to cross the street, they simply did it. Most people disregarded cross-walks and just jaywalked everywhere. I know people do this in the city of Chicago too, but in Boston it was about 100 times worse in my opinion. This just goes to show you that a culture or custom can be radically different even across the U.S., not just across the entire globe.