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Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by stickfigure »

m-hodges wrote: post #6

WSJ did a good explainer on hotel room design anti-patterns: https://youtu.be/116cwKs2XQs

I watched this and it doesn't seem like anti-patterns to me? I spend more time in hotels than most and ironing boards, closets, minibars, and "bigger rooms" are not things I care about. I don't hang out in the room; it's a box I enter to shower and sleep.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by rkomorn »

op00to wrote: post #55
cammikebrown wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of them are becoming barn style sliding doors, with large gaps. So if you’re making some noise, everyone will hear you.

People make noise when they piss and shit. It’s not scandalous.

It's not, but I prefer not being heard and not hearing over being heard or hearing.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by RoyTyrell »

throitallaway wrote: post #34
autoexec wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's far more likely to discourage me and my friends from staying at that hotel entirely.

How many people consider what a bathroom looks like before booking a hotel room? I can't say I've ever done so.

Until recently, you never had to think about it. But as it becomes more common it will become something you might want to consider.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by giantg2 »

akersten wrote: post #3

It's not about saving a few bucks on a door. It's about discouraging you and your friends from sharing a single room. Hotel sees the money they're leaving on the table and will trade you for it for the low price of watching your buddies do their business.

New business idea... set up a truck with automated lockers on it next to the hotel and rent folding doors to the occupants for $20/night.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by roadside_picnic »

akersten wrote: post #3

It's not about saving a few bucks on a door. It's about discouraging you and your friends from sharing a single room. Hotel sees the money they're leaving on the table and will trade you for it for the low price of watching your buddies do their business.

I honestly think it's more about "things that look better on instagram" that has infected virtually every hospitality related experience I've had in the last few years. A room that photographs well or a meal that looks ridiculous are more important than a room that's actually comfortable or a meal that tastes good.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by darth_avocado »

_carbyau_ wrote: post #51

A toilet door is a basic no brainer. Unless you want any others to watch or - if travelling alone - you want your bedroom area to smell the same as your freshly shat-in toilet... But then hotel do dumb things like fully enclose a barfridge in a cupboard too.

It’s also a hygiene issue. Bathrooms are notoriously covered in fecal particles, one of the reason why flushing with the lid up is not a great idea. Having a door at least provides some protection against your bed also being covered in them.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by recursive »

rkomorn wrote: post #62
op00to wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People make noise when they piss and shit. It’s not scandalous.

It's not, but I prefer not being heard and not hearing over being heard or hearing.

Just make an even louder jungle cat snarling noise.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by darth_avocado »

refulgentis wrote: post #60
_carbyau_ wrote: post #51

A toilet door is a basic no brainer. Unless you want any others to watch or - if travelling alone - you want your bedroom area to smell the same as your freshly shat-in toilet... But then hotel do dumb things like fully enclose a barfridge in a cupboard too.

I hate to say it, but lowkey airflow is not stopped by doors.

There’s a big difference between a ocasional whiff and a massive stinker.
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