What's with hotel bathrooms?

[LAS14]

Over the last few years (5? 10?) we've encountered several hotel bathrooms with slick tile floors in the shower and NOTHING to grab hold of if you slip. In the most recent case even the water knob was 4 feet away from where you'd stand under the spray and the little shelf for soap and shampoo was one foot off the floor. No handle for a sliding glass door, as that side was a fixed glass panel. I was somewhat reassured to find out from a housekeeping woman that lots of people put towels on the floor of the shower.

Are the designers just clueless as to what it's like to use one of their creations? What's going on???

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[Turbineguy]

1. There are books on good design.

Turns out it's not that hard. A lot of hotels have been taking out the bathtubs and putting in showers. A good idea on the face of it, but yeah, it still requires some thought. For years the gym I go to had slippery tiles surrounding the swimming pool. Looked good but dangerous.

[Ohiogal]

2. I know, right?

Do they actually PAY someone to design these crazy places?

Check this one out. You need arms like Stretch Armstrong to grabbthe toilet paper!

[mitch96]

5. Now that's just wrong... nt

[justhanginon]

8. That would definitely require some forethought.

[mitch96]

10. And long arms!!! ....... nt

[LAS14]

9. Yikes!!! What were they thinking???? You have to work...

.... to do something this stupid!

[Croney]

3. Hmm.. We just stayed in several hotels and didn't encounter that.

But some bathrooms were so small, you could hold onto the walls for support.

Traveling with a dog means staying only where dogs are allowed, and that is quite limiting. Where we could, we used reward points with the couple of chains we frequent, and those rooms were fine.

We didn't make advance reservations because we didn't know where we'd be at day's end.

In Ft. Myers last week, we were desperate, and chose a Howard Johnson's (who knew they're still around?!) I would NOT want to shine a black light on that room.

We didn't get a room with a slick tub bottom. Probably just lucky.

[PJMcK]

7. We used to travel with our dog

Almost all La Quinta hotels are animal friendly.

[Ohiogal]

4. In regards to slick tiles near pools and showers

You’d think these places would be afraid of a lawsuit if someone slips and falls and gets injured, wouldn’t you?

[mitch96]

6. I was just in western Ireland and the tub/shower was flat out dangerous

Slippery as hell and nothing to hold on to.. I wore my "trainers" at one point..
Soap and a low coefficient tub is not a good combo..
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[akraven]

11. I haven't been in a motel/hotel since 1995..

But always used the bathmat part of the towel sets. Then again, I'm a klutz and can break a bone falling over a cat!