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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by venturecruelty »

WheatMillington wrote: post #220
citizenpaul wrote: post #212

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How do you complain and go to another hotel if every single hotel is owned by four companies that are colluding together to do the same thing. This ignores the very obvious fact that you may not want to search for a hotel at 2AM in a strange city when you are exhausted. Keep making excuses for your masters though, this is the world you live in. Marriot,Hilton,IGT,Hyatt own almost all hotels in any area you want to go…

It's hard to understand what you want here... No one is making excuses for the hotels? Literally "don't stay there, go somewhere else, and tell everyone you know" is as much power as an individual can possibly muster in this situation. Why do you think this is "making excuses for your masters"? What is your solution?

Turns out, society can actually do things collectively when a bunch of people work together instead of just pulling the libertarian "move your family into the woods and suffer" lever that's so popular online.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by happyrock »

junon wrote: post #94

Have had some where the shower is just glass panels for the room to see (and no, it wasn't that kind of hotel). Another hotel in a small town here in Germany where it had shutter-style doors and where the roof of the bathroom didn't go all the way to the actual ceiling, so you can hear everything. Both in the name of aesthetic, clearly.

I stayed at one in Iceland where the entire bathroom wall facing the living room was unfrosted glass, including the door. The living room was open concept so it was hard to avoid seeing into the bathroom. Great place for couples to bring their entire selves to the relationship.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by venturecruelty »

grugagag wrote: post #93
stavros wrote: 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

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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by gpm »

eru wrote: post #172
gpm wrote: post #152

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I'm gonna go ahead and suggest that the "bathrooms must have doors" public health regulation is unlikely to increase any moats.

How does this have anything to do with 'public health'? And almost any regulation gives a (relative) advantage to the people who can afford the lawyers and bureaucrats to furnish the documentation to show that they are in compliance.

Fecal particles are well documented as a vector for disease transmission, particularly an issue when travelling with someone who is sick but also just from the long term distribution of them into the room.

Going from no regulation to one does carry some of what you suggest, but there are already regulations about tons of things here (fire alarms, exits, building codes, etc) adding one more does not increase the need for lawyers and documentation.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by SoftTalker »

darth_avocado wrote: post #69
refulgentis wrote: post #60

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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.

If it smells that bad something is wrong with your diet.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by eru »

dboreham wrote: post #228
eru wrote: post #179

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How are doors important for hygiene?

Little pieces of shit can fly through the air quite far when the wc is flushed. As a former British person I had no idea about this, but was brought up to speed by US family members.. Update: this is why you should put the lid down to flush. But put it back up again after because

The steady state of my toilet is closed. As my mother used to say: 'This ain't an open plan toilet.'

(Of course, she said it in German, so she complained about 'Wohnklo' in analogy with a 'Wohnküche' which is the German word for an open-plan kitchen.)

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by AniseAbyss »

mrandish wrote: post #216
majormajor wrote: post #187

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I don't think that adds up. "Staying in a hotel with a romantic partner and/or family" is at least as primary a use case for hotels as "staying in a hotel with a platonic friend" and is still a scenario where you want a door but is NOT a scenario where "just get separate rooms" is a logical conclusion. "Get the hell out of that hotel and complain about it to everyone you know," on the other hand, is. The much more sp…

> eliminating rooms with two beds Quick tip I discovered when traveling with my teenage daughter: a lot of hotel sites are now unclear on whether a booking is for a room with one or two beds. I found that listing "occupants" as 3 would usually force such sites to sort for rooms with two beds (even though there would only be two of us). Assuming there's no breakfast included, the price is usually the same for 2 or 3.

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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by gpm »

conductr wrote: post #200
gpm wrote: post #99

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Actively? Almost no one. But I absolutely check out google maps reviews, and a single review saying that the hotel did not have a proper door on the bathroom would guarantee I would not stay there. Even traveling alone it's a clear indication they have no respect for their guests, and it's a significant hygiene issue.

> Even traveling alone it's a clear indication they have no respect for their guests, and it's a significant hygiene issue. I feel like if you consider lack of a door a significant hygiene issue, you probably just shouldn’t be staying in hotels. These rooms aren’t being sanitized between guests, they are pretty dirty.

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good and all that, just because things aren't perfect isn't a good reason for the hotel to make things worse and doesn't mean I shouldn't avoid worse hotels on the basis that they are worse.
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