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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#101
post #62

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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.

Hotel bathrooms should just play rainforest sounds[1] whenever the fan is turned on.

1: https://youtu.be/ef_3Wj4T_ts

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#102
post #73
post #55

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

Well, I still don't wanna make everybody in the room have to listen to my grunts as I push out an unhealthy binge-drinking hangover turd followed by a liter of flatulent gas and and liquid spraying into the bowl. I like my privacy, kthx.

AI can't generate this prose yet.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#103
post #14

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Not sure why it would be a zoning thing.

Zoning does a lot of weird things. My zoning laws require me to put immediate hot water at every faucet. there is no code requiring it. There is zero safety issue.

It sounds like your local AHJ has adopted additional requirements above and beyond the Uniform Plumbing Code, this isn’t out of the ordinary but that seems excessive when a hot water recirculation pump on a time-of-day timer would be far more cost effective, it’s a $200 pump and an extra 20 feet of water supply line.

Does someone in local government own a plumbing contractor or plumbing supply company? That’d be my guess anyways.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#105
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.

How would not having doors prevent people from sharing a room, unless it was highlighted prominently on the website? If that was the case, this person wouldn’t be making a website to catalog this information.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#106
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.

But how would you know until it's too late and you've already checked in? Doesn't seem to be a very effective way of achieving this... Just means my mate and I wouldn't go back to that hotel again.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#107
post #43

Only once have I seen anything like this. The room had a bathroom door, but also a giant hole cut out in the wall so that everyone in the room could peer into the bathroom for some reason. We demanded a different room with a complete wall separating the bathroom and got one (a nicer one at their expense too).

The Brookstreet Hotel in Kanata (just outside Ottawa), Ontario has bathrooms with windows in them. There's a shade inside the glass, but still... did I really need to open the blinds to my bathroom? https://www.brookstreethotel.com/rooms/double-queen

Having natural daylight in the bathroom is a plus for me.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#108
post #39

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Was it made of glass? I've stayed in a hotel where the toilet door was made of glass, and had big gaps. I was staying with an acquaintance, so things were really awkward. It didn't help that the shower was right in front of this frosted glass, so the person's entire silhouette was very visible when showering. Another time, in Amsterdam, I stayed at an AirBnB where the toilet was on the balcony, and had a glass door (…

Review and vote with your wallet and your feet

I did indeed.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#109

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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.

And until then they will milk as much money as possible. If there is outrage or they see sales dropping, a few thousand dollars per hotel will replace those rooms with doors leaving with net profit and steady shareholder growth. Some statistical analysis ppt made by some mid level MBA must have proposed this and got a promotion.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

#110
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.

Of course, you could just upgrade to a suite, at three times the price. Hey where are you going? btw the minibar water is only $7 but if you prepay, you can get it discounted to $6! for a bottle of water!
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