As a traveling production consultant, I'm in contact with lots of personalities and cultures all the time.

In one Texas factory that I visited, most of the labor force is Mexican, Guatemalan, Salvadorean, etc...

When using the restroom facilities, I noticed a big plastic waste container next to every toilet -- stuffed to the top with soiled toilet paper.

Though disgusting and putrid to look at, I figured that the sewer lines must be backed up at that factory and tried to be understandable.

However, I was told later that this was not the case, and "that's just the employee's culture, since they don't have plumbing where they come from".

Really?
WTF?

This was an American factory. How is that allowed? The rest of the facility was vibrantly clean, modern, and very well decorated.

The restrooms were totally filthy and disgusting. I actually felt like I needed a shower when I left that place.