RPCV
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Years ago was in the Peace Corps, found myself in an area with no running water/toilets. Just a hole in the ground with plywood on three sides for at least some perception of privacy. Was squating (being a male that's needed for #2 when all you have is a hole in the dirt). Had mastered the art of squat while smoking...a local kid walks up and asks me to bum a smoke. I say "sure, just give me a minute", I got pants around my ankles, one had with a cigarrette trying not to topple over or mess up my one pair of shoes. He just says "OK" folds his arms and starts staring at me; waiting for me to finish. Concept of privacy is lost in some cultures. I just stare back; everything puckered up. He won, I cut it short and gave him a smoke. Don't know why; but was embarrassed; for me and him.