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A Cheeky Man For A Cheeky Job
You’d think he’d be working out of Flushing, N.Y. but he works out of KITAKYUSHU, Japan.
His job is to prevent a pain in the ass:
Darting through the 3:30 p.m. passenger rush at a new airport here, a hurried 35-year-old in a gray business suit made a beeline for the men’s room. Heading for the nearest open stall, Kyoji Asada threw aside his briefcase and quickly got down to business — a spot inspection of the toilet bowl.For more than a decade as a top designer for Japan’s bathroom appliance giant Toto Ltd., Asada has been responsible for developing the Rolls Royces of porcelain thrones. There are toilets with heated seats. Toilets with cleansing water sprays and drying-action air blasts. Toilets with built-in deodorizers and soothing river sounds to cover up embarrassing smells and sounds.
“Going to the toilet should be about relaxation, comfort and cleanliness,” he said. “I strongly believe the Japanese have the cleanest and most comfortable toilets in the world.”
And that isn’t a lot of crap.
2 Responses to “A Cheeky Man For A Cheeky Job”
Truly, here is a man whose job shall never be flushed — at least as long as he maintains regularity in his scheduled checks; but we need not fear this, for he sounds of good fibre. Neither does he add bulk to his work.
(I’d go on, but I’ve run out of puns.)
Wow, the Japanese have come a long way from their pre-WWII toilets, which were little more than holes in the floor.
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