A COMMON hotel bathroom feature has become an item of great frustration for holidaymakers, with some people even having to complain to the front desk.
Most people are used to their showers at home and know what they need to do in order to get the best experience they can while washing themselves.
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However, in hotels, having a completely different setup leads some people to feel a mix of anger and frustration, as they struggle to find the temperature and pressure that they prefer.
One of those people is comedian Bob Phillips, who spends a lot of time in hotels while touring for his job.
He hates having to work out new systems and admits that on more than one occasion, he has found himself in very compromising positions, asking staff members to show him how to make his shower work.
He has called for a standardised hotel shower system to be implemented across the board, so that everyone knows how to get the shower flowing to their liking when staying away from home.
He told Stuff NZ: “I have cried to [the front desk], ‘You’ve got to come up here and figure this out for me, because I can’t even get the water to start running.
“I have no idea how to adjust the temperature. No one wants to be in the vulnerable position of being unclothed and on the phone requesting bathing assistance.”
It’s not just showers that are winding up hotel guests either, with others infuriated by baffling bathroom designs.
Another comedian, Chris Parker slamming Glass bathroom cubicles that are becoming more and more common in hotel rooms now, even though everybody seems to hate them.
Chris made fun of the subject in a recent video on his Instagram (@chrisparker11), in which he suggested no couple could survive a stay in a hotel with such a feature.
Chris also asked his followers to share their horror stories about the bathrooms, with many obliging.
One said that they had stayed in a hotel with “a frosted glass door that didn’t fully extend to the floor or ceiling when she and a friend “had food poisoning in Vietnam“.
She added: “We would play Katy Perry’s ‘Roar’ to cover the sounds from the bathroom.”
Another confusing new trend seen in hotel bathrooms is shower doors being removed and replaced with “crittal screens”.
These screens often constitute big panes of glass and an opening, but bizarrely no door.
This leaves the rest of the room susceptible to the shower’s spray and often results in it getting a good drenching.
According to CN Traveler, complaints come from guests who are annoyed by having to deal with a soggy bathroom after showers, and those who are “of a certain age” who find it dangerous.
It also limits privacy for users, who don’t like to be exposed while showering.
Douglas DeBoer, the founder and CEO of Rebel Design Group, told CN: “Complaints are numerous, mainly from the US.
“Guests do not like the open bathroom concept, because it lacks privacy – especially with toilets or when showering, making hotel bathrooms a one-person-at-a-time use.”
Meanwhile, this woman said she didn’t want to use the toilet in her hotel because of a very strange design.
And a former hotel worker has revealed why you should always change the toilet roll in the bathroom.
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