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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by dymk »

Aloisius wrote: post #305
venturecruelty wrote: post #243

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This strategy is so successful, it brought down Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Monsanto, and Boeing.

People voting with their wallet are why Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Monsanto and Boeing are still in business. And people voting with their wallet have led to literally hundreds of thousands of companies going out of business. So yeah, it is successful.

Ah yes, people voted with their wallets, some people just have much larger wallets than others.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by paulmooreparks »

dboreham wrote: post #225

Well now I feel like a pretty smug 1%-er since I've never been in a hotel room with no bathroom door.

It's not a function of price. One of the most expensive hotels in Southeast Asia has this problem. I've complained. They said they're fixing it in an upcoming design refresh.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by DANmode »

tortilla wrote: post #102
olyjohn wrote: post #73

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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.

Literally 80% of grok output.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by eru »

mitthrowaway2 wrote: post #334
eru wrote: post #255

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In Singapore (of all places) many apartments have one of their toilets right next to the kitchen. Seems to be fine.

But they have a door, right?

Yes, of course, we are not barbarians.

(Just to be clear: I think doors on bathrooms are great. I just don't think they really contribute to hygiene or health--apart from mental health.)

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by eru »

d3Xt3r wrote: post #430
eru wrote: post #312

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Viruses don't last long outside the body. So in a hotel bathroom, you'd only be exposed to viruses from people you already share a room (or even bed) with.

> Viruses don't last long outside the body. SARS-CoV-2 would like to have a word with you (it can last as long as 28 days on smooth surfaces).

You can't get covid from contact infection. Or at least it's really, really hard. We could dig up studies for that, but you can also look at how food delivery which exploded in popularity all over the world during the lockdowns apparently did not transmit Covid.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by eru »

foobarchu wrote: post #348
eru wrote: post #313

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Have you considered closing the lid?

Have you just been trolling this thread for a few hours posting this copypasta to anyone who thinks not having bathroom doors is gross? This is the third or fourth one of these I've seen, and that's a pretty weird battle to fight, is all I'm saying.

Oh, I agree that bathroom doors are great. And it's "gross" not to have them. Yes.

It's just that I don't believe they contribute to hygiene or health.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by eru »

godelski wrote: post #389
eru wrote: post #317

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Open the window or run the aircon.

Considering this and your other comments I really think you need to think a bit deeper about your answers. I believe in you, just ask "and then what happens" and I'm positive you'll figure it out.

I've both opened windows and ran aircons. (Though I try to avoid doing both at the same time.)

Nothing bad happened.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by DANmode »

parpfish wrote: post #427
nlh wrote: post #129

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I’ve never understood this - it’s maddening. I grew up in the US and the bare minimum was always at least a shower curtain (inner and outer), and if not that, a proper door. Why on earth did this half-pane of glass become standard in so many places. It’s completely ineffective and ends up with water everywhere.

i hate it when the set up the half-pane in such a way that you can't adjust the water temp/pressure without being directly under the shower head. when dealing with a new set of shower controls, i like to stand to the side and figure out what's happening and whether i need to let it warm up rather than stepping into the firing lane and taking whatever it throws at me

Turn head to wall.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by abustamam »

rjdj377dhabsn wrote: post #31

Huh.. I've stayed in over 1,000 hotels and Airbnbs over the last 15 years and not once saw a bathroom with no door. Lots of bathroom windows, but always some kind of door.

I've stayed in probably 15 hotels in the US in the past 15 years and at least one of them had either no bathroom door, or a glass door, or a bathroom door and a shower that had a glass door.

My sister shared with me a home listing that had a bedroom and basically a toilet in a closet, and no door — just a curtain for privacy. That was weird.

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