Waste on the construction site - What is tolerable?

Was that normal for the cultural circle? Probably yes, and now?

Yup. Completely normal.

Visitors are often astonished at how many Chinese people blatantly spit in public. Many also noisily clear their airways while doing so. China’s former leading politician Deng Xiaoping was known as an enthusiastic spitter. In the 1970s and 1980s, he is said to have always carried a spittoon with him when greeting state guests in the Great Hall of the People.

Yup. Completely normal.

Interesting. From now on, 1/5 of the world's population is now antisocial for

Was that normal for the cultural circle?

Yes, completely normal.

Probably yes, and now?

Point out that it is not normal in our cultural circle and at least should be refrained from on carpets. What else?

He is a guest in a country and may feel at home

Uh... no? Only up to the point where certain etiquette rules, which make us feel at home here, are not violated. Spitting on carpets crosses a line for me.

Fun fact: During my PhD, I had a Chinese office colleague for two years. At the beginning, I had to point out to him that loud farting in the office is considered rude here – he was completely surprised. And then he would go elsewhere to fart.
He was a nice guy. You just have to say something if you want something. The attitude toward bodily noises in China is obviously completely different than here. Slurping, burping, farting – all done publicly and in company.
Until the end, he took power naps snoring in the office when he was tired. Whether I had students there or not was of zero interest or disturbance to him.

This means that 1/5 of the world's population is now antisocial for

If they continue like this here, although they have been pointed out the differing interpretation, that is antisocial. In China it is socially acceptable and does not have to bother me if I am there.
One should adapt one's behavior to the rules of the locality one is in. That can’t be such a difficult concept?

But the tea bags are disposed of in the bin, or are they just left lying on the table or floor? That’s what it’s about. Before wasteseparation, there is first a wastebin as the first step.

Tea bags often lie around in the sink. Next to the dirty dishes that are on the empty dishwasher.

BTW – where can you get a standing ashtray as cheaply as possible? I just thought the other day that we need something like that for construction. Or do you just put a bucket with sand on something?

Tea bags like to lie around in the sink. Next to the dirty dishes that are on the empty dishwasher.

BTW – where can you get a standing ashtray as cheaply as possible? I was just thinking the other day that we need something like that for construction. Or do you just put a bucket with sand on something and put it there?

We had the KG pipe lids - is there still one left at ours