salam alaykum, I saw this article while randomly browsing and found it funny. I remembered muslims in the west and wondered how it must be for them. In Naija here we just enter anywhere perform ablution and start praying. See below:

Another thing that I love about
Saudi Arabia… …is that I can perform wudhu
(ablution for prayers) while at work
in the bathrooms without causing
anyone any disconcertion. This was
the scene during a bathroom in
America when it was wudhu time. Actually, before I relate that I will tell
a short story about three Muslim
guys that worked in my company at
a branch other than mine. One of
these guys got transferred to my
branch and told me about this incident while chuckling about it. As
the story goes, the three religiously
bearded guys, all in software
engineering, went to the office
bathroom one day which was shared
with some other companies in that office building, as well. It was
perhaps Zuhr (the afternoon prayer)
time. This was North Carolina. The
wudhu basically consists of this: 1. Rinse your mouth three times 2. Rinse your nose three times 3. Wash your face three times 4. Wash your hands until the
elbows three times, right
hand first and then left. 5. Sweep wet hands over your
head 6. Clean your ears and neck 7. Wash your feet making sure
to clean the space between
the toes, right foot first and
then left. Now, #7 is the trickiest thing to
achieve in a public bathroom in
America. There is no separate faucet
at feet level so basically you have to
stand by the sink and bring both
your feet alternately to the sink to clean them. Now, if someone
entered the bathroom and you were
gargling – they could think you are
just perhaps rinsing after brushing
your teeth. If you are washing your
face, they could perhaps think that you are a little sleepy or a little sick.
You could sneak in the ear cleaning
part somewhere but how do you
explain dangling your foot in the
bathroom sink while perhaps
wearing a suit? It’s not, that you came in from some Safari or the
beach and had your feet dirtied in
the mud. So picture this. The three bearded
guys wearing professional clothing,
all standing in the bathroom, with
their feet in the sink and some North
Carolinian who knows nothing about
Islam or Muslims comes in – what does he think? Well, I used to face that situation of
washing my feet in the sink but
lucky for me, I never encountered
anyone walking in on me. I have to
admit, I did take a short cut
sometimes. I wouldn’t bring my feet to the sink – I would quickly and
repeatedly bring wets hands to my
feet which could perhaps become a
little bit cumbersome. Praying on a
rug constantly bending and kneeling
in a space in the office where no one could walk in on me is another story. But the best thing about Saudi
Arabia is that they don’t separate
intellect and worship of God. It’s not
that if you are a neurosurgeon, you
have evolved to a degree where you
don’t believe in God, anymore. People with the highest intellect
bend and pray when it’s time to
pray. In the ladies prayer room, we
have doctors, surgeons, nurses, staff
and the occasional engineer like me
praying next to each without having to act that if I was smart, I wouldn’t
be washing my feet in public
bathrooms or kneeling in front of
God. Alhumdulillah!

Source: http://aayjay./2013/06/10/another-thing-that-i-love-about-saudi-arabia/
Ramadan Kareem in advance!!!

It has happened to me ...

I just behave like neutral. It is awkward though.

Hey ya, I can imagine brodas like just blank their expression and complete the ablution.