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Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by tgsovlerkhgsel »

trymas wrote: post #464
jonstewart wrote: post #206

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See also: washing machines. If you have three pairs of underwear and all day, Europe’s washing machines have you covered. Otherwise, you’re SOL.

What do you mean?

EU ecodesign rules require washing machines to meet certain low energy/water consumption standards in the "default" program. Washing machine designers implement this by making these programs ridiculously long. The EU has now capped them at 3h because they realized that if these programs grow even longer nobody will use them.

Even regular programs in front-loading machines (at least in the European countries I've been to, these make up the absolute vast majority of machines) are longer than typical top loaders. Top loaders are faster but put more wear on the clothes and use more energy and water. A regular, "non-EU" cycle will typically take around 2h. The EU one will typically max out the 3h limit.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by throwaway-0001 »

Eisenstein wrote: post #478
throwaway-0001 wrote: post #403

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In China making noise with mouth when eating is considered respectful.

No it isn't. You can slurp noodles without being rude but they do not consider 'loud mouth noises' respectful.

https://ali.mk/posts/the-role-of-noises-in-chinese-dining-et...

https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/6w5hux/slurping_nood...

+ personal questions to real Chinese people.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by drowsspa »

ThomasMidgley wrote: post #468
kgeist wrote: post #229

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_plume A door provides at least some kind of physical barrier.

Only if everybody is closing the door. If I use a hotel room alone, I never close the bathroom door.

You don't close the door when doing number two in your own home either?

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by tgsovlerkhgsel »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #490
tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #483

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I've never really run into capacity problems with European washing machines, but the run times are definitely real. Most of them have a well-hidden faster mode. Still not as fast as a US machine on fast mode, but not the mandatory-default-by-law three-hour program. Which would be even longer than 3h if some EU bureaucrat didn't realize that making the default unacceptably long for everyone will result in nobody using…

Isn’t this mostly drying time and the fact that hardly any driers in Europe are vented (so either heat pump based or condensation)? Or is this the uses less water type washing machines? Europe tends to have higher rates on water and electricity to make efficiency worth while. My Bosch dishwasher takes 3 hours I guess due to efficiency, it seems reasonable. I didn’t go with a European washer dryer combo though (my lau…

No, this is just about washing machines, not washer-dryers or doing both in sequence.

Due to ecodesign legislation, I would assume that all machines that can be legally sold in the EU would count as "uses less water" in the US.

The dishwashers are another can of worms. My last one had an EU and a non-EU program, and you quickly learned to pick the "non-efficient" one if you actually wanted clean dishes.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by ga_to »

etskinner wrote: post #409
bigstrat2003 wrote: post #160

Wait.. there are hotels which don't have a door on the bathroom? I have literally never seen that. Is this degeneracy uncommon in the US or have I just gotten lucky?

The author of the site considers sliding barn doors 'not real doors'

And right they are; sliding doors offer even less seal than the regular cheap doors usually used and as such less sound or odor protection.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by kakacik »

dotancohen wrote: post #159
cammikebrown wrote: post #38

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

This erosion of privacy is being taken to extremes. One of my short stories takes place in a not-to-distant future, where there is absolutely no privacy. In one chapter a child goes to a bathroom in an old building, and he sees that there is not only a door, but there is a contraption on it. A lock! The child runs out of the bathroom in fright. The audience learns only a little later that the child is frightened abou…

It was quite shocking for me as somebody from eastern Europe to see ie Danish or Dutch homes having no curtains whatsoever, so me walking on sidewalk looking at them 3m from me behind the windows having breakfast, in pyjamas, kids doing early morning nasal cavities treasure hunt with finger etc.

Same for living rooms and bedrooms (those I would expect to at least have some curtains aside).

Still not used to it, i like my privacy and ability to shamelessly say scratch my butt when alone if needed.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by lazide »

eru wrote: post #434
mitthrowaway2 wrote: post #334

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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.)

Airborne fecal contamination from flushing is likely reduced by having a barrier

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by cobertos »

decimalenough wrote: post #291

I once stayed at a very boutiquey, avant-garde hotel with a platonic friend. We had booked a twin room with separate beds, but what I did not expect was that the shower cubicle, with clear glass on all three sides, would be placed between the beds.

Such an odd decision. No privacy or isolation for the shower, but yes for the two twin beds. Sleep apart but shower together.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by dotancohen »

volemo wrote: post #429
dotancohen wrote: post #159

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This erosion of privacy is being taken to extremes. One of my short stories takes place in a not-to-distant future, where there is absolutely no privacy. In one chapter a child goes to a bathroom in an old building, and he sees that there is not only a door, but there is a contraption on it. A lock! The child runs out of the bathroom in fright. The audience learns only a little later that the child is frightened abou…

> One of my short stories takes place in a not-to-distant future, where there is absolutely no privacy. You might like “We” by Eugene Zamiatin.

That's the book that was similar to 1948, but written a few decades before? I've heard of it, I will see if I can find an audiobook. Thank you!

1948 is one of my favourites, by the way.

Re: Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

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Post by 762236 »

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'm currently in a room with frosted glass for the shower and bathroom, with my girlfriend and her daughter. I guess it helps with lighting?
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