GO FOR THE GOLD Olympic Dustbins
After the chaos and confusion of thousands of journalists descending upon Beijing, with airlines blacking out all travel dates for the rest of us, a period which follows the chaos of journalists attempting to get credentialed to cover the Olympics—God forbid your credential application
have a blue background instead of white—now we have the chaos of journalists actually trying to navigate Beijing. For instance, what is the deal with crapping?
Washington Post sports blogger
Dan Steinberg, one of the best bloggers in the world—his winter Olympics coverage of
the cheese purveyors of Turin should have won him a Pulitzer—is concerned about the crapping instructions. Because they are confusing!
He writes:
Honestly, I did about a quintuple take the first time I closed one of the stalls inside a media center bathroom. I wasn't sure I understood what I was being asked to do therein. I'm still not sure I do.
But--and not to get too graphic--a quick glance inside the dustbin seemed to indicate that we media members were being asked to do something with our, shall I say, "soiled" toilet paper that one normally does not do with said product in America.
GET TO THE BOTTOM (ew) OF THIS, STEINBERG.