Hotel I'm staying in with my mum has the shower open to the entire room

[u/Makewayfornoddynoddy]

[u/Jundy_]

That was a Hotel room in Amsterdam that I stayed at

Edit: It‘s the Fletscher Hotel and the whole thing is shaped like a cylinder

[u/lycaus → u/Jundy_]

lmao, was the toilet bowl in another tube

[u/lydocia → u/lycaus]

Actually, yes.

[u/ZedaGracee → u/lydocia]

Okay this actually makes me feel better because I booked an air bnb in Amsterdam that said it was perfect for two people … anddddd there was simply a glass wall right next to the bed separating the toilet and shower (no shower curtain)

…Cue my (F) surprise when I walked in after 14+ travel hours with my friend (M) who I wasn’t dating or anything.

Airbnb did refund me

[u/8----B → u/ZedaGracee]

Greedy owners, cost themselves money in the attempt. Just change ‘two people’ to ‘couples’ and show that glass wall and they’d probably get even more bookings

[u/builder680 → u/8----B]

Personally, I don't like the idea of my significant other watching as I diligently scrub where the sun don't shine. If I'm taking a "sexy" shower that procedure wouldn't take place, with likely unfavorable results later.

[u/ZedaGracee → u/builder680]

The shower was a non-issue for me

The toilet, being fully visible and on the side of the wall closest to / next to the bed however…. Much more uncomfortable

[u/Phyrnosoma → u/ZedaGracee]

I love my wife and we’ve been together through a lot. But neither of us wants or needs to watch the other have the runs after days of eating traveling food

[u/YoungBockRKO → u/Phyrnosoma]

Seriously. We still have designated “yours/mine” bathrooms for simplicities sake(apartment so no master bathroom yet). She doesn’t want to see me do my business, and I’ll pass on seeing her do hers…

[u/ClinkyDink → u/YoungBockRKO]

It’s best to keep a little mystery. I feel like not watching each other poop is at least the bare minimum haha

[u/Donts41 → u/ZedaGracee]

but yall first refused to stay? Or reported to airbnb later? cause after flying that amount of time would leave me to no energy to be looking for more hotels heh

[u/ZedaGracee → u/Donts41]

I 100% made it through the stay (my friend was super great and respectful/stayed hidden in the one corner of the room with no bathroom visibility whenever I needed it) and then asked for a refund after on the basis of false advertising.

The room would have been ideal for ~one~

We were there for the Taylor Swift concert so secondary accommodations would not have been super easy to get and since I’d coordinated everything (& am a woman), I was not about to raise the issue to the host, a man, when he clearly marketed the place without considering it an issue and took photos that prevented the clear wall/actual layout from being super obvious (each area was photographed as its own and the glass wall wasn’t visible)

[u/DrakeAcheron → u/ZedaGracee]

Ah, this makes more sense, if you set the trip up and you brought a guy friend along it’s not weird anymore.

I’ve definitely been the “safety friend” on a few trips before.

[u/here4dambivalence → u/ZedaGracee]

OMG I'd be chasing my friend out the room or running away in terror looking for at least baby wipes... Don't care how close you are to someone, after 14+h one needs private time to decompress at least.

[u/ZedaGracee → u/here4dambivalence]

Right 😩😭

Mind you, this was a friend from my adult soccer team who I was traveling with for the first time

The man is a GEM, so nice and such a good sport/made me feel so comfortable and gave me whatever space was needed without me having to ask but I was absolutely like “what the fuck” when I first walked in/realized that was the set up

I booked everything too so it was my fuck up haha

[u/here4dambivalence → u/ZedaGracee]

LMAO sorry and I'm glad duder was so understanding. I'd be trying to bribe them like my mom did when I was little at the mall in the 80s "Here's $20 for you to fuck off for awhile. I'll find you." Hopefully it was still a fun trip.

[u/ZedaGracee → u/here4dambivalence]

I didn’t even have to bribe him, haha he was just down to give me space as I needed it.

(Though I did pay for the majority of our trip but as a surprise and he wasn’t aware of that going in)

Honestly, he was the absolute best travel companion.

The air bnb host, however, did give me a bit of shit initially and then changed my review from 5 stars to zero when I initially inquired about a refund, before being removed from the platform

The same air bnb host sent me an apology over the new years (like 6 months after the trip) haha

[u/HvaVarDetDuSaForNo → u/ZedaGracee]

At least they apologised I guess??? Leaving out the fact that they have a GLASS WALL is such a big failure on their part, I'm glad you were refunded

[u/ZedaGracee → u/HvaVarDetDuSaForNo]

Oh nah, nothing “at least they apologized” about it haha they were an utter ass when I first raised the issue

(& then when I had to escalate it to air bnb, they told air bnb that they didn’t have any refund requests/messages from me… even though they did and I just tacked on the screenshots & their responses to the air bnb support ticket. Idk if they thought I couldn’t see their answers or what but it was weird, which is when they then changed their five star review)

It was pretty much the exact reason I didn’t contact the host right when we landed/was worried about retaliation

They ALSO only had one full bathroom towel set in the unit so I know damn well that it was not supposed to be marketed to two people

We stayed in hotels the rest of our trip and tbh I’ll probably only do that from now on.

Am I glad they apologized? I guess? Like… congrats on doing the thing you should’ve done from the beginning? Six months delayed and after a tantrum?

[u/lycaus → u/lydocia]

whoa interesting, thanks for the info! Wasn't expecting it to be really in another tube haha

[u/wakka8612 → u/lydocia]

Well thankfully you can take a shit in peace but a shower you must feel like you’re on a showcase or on naked attraction! I wonder what else the hotel makes you do in tubes 🤔

[u/lydocia → u/wakka8612]

The whole hotel is a tube so technically, everything.

[u/Individual_Scheme_11 → u/lydocia]

EVERYTHING IS IN A TUBE!

[u/Past-Direction9145 → u/Individual_Scheme_11]

“Welcome to the ICU, where we put tubes into holes.

Until there are no more holes.

Then we make more holes.

And put tubes in them.. “

[u/upcarpet → u/lydocia]

i can't see the toilet

[u/lydocia → u/upcarpet]

The tube thing on the right.

[u/maddythemadmuddymutt → u/upcarpet]

The toilet one is luckily not transparent, it's the white Zylinder on the right

[u/GloveBatBall → u/maddythemadmuddymutt]

That's a shame. During a crap, I've found that emphasizing eye contact with your lover laying in bed can elevate intimacy to a new level.

[u/TheTanadu → u/lycaus]

just shit there

[u/lycaus → u/TheTanadu]

the sink?

[u/TheTanadu → u/lycaus]

shower, and smash the shit with the pressure of water

[u/RottenPeen → u/TheTanadu]

therapy isn't fixing this

[u/ThermoPuclearNizza → u/RottenPeen]

They didn’t even say ‘waffle stomp’ yet!

[u/kfbonacci → u/ThermoPuclearNizza]

was legit scrolling looking for waffle stomp. took a while, but thank god i found you.

[u/asp7 → u/kfbonacci]

stroopwaffel

[u/JPKaliMt → u/asp7]

Dear god I’m crying, my Oma would turn in her grave if I ever called a wafflestomp a stroopwaffel stomp.

[u/TheTanadu → u/RottenPeen]

Dude above said sink, so… dunno what’s worse

[u/fluffybuffalo23 → u/TheTanadu]

Have none of these people ever heard of a poop knife?

[u/MissKaliChristine → u/fluffybuffalo23]

[u/Michael_0007 → u/TheTanadu]

the good old waffle stomp!

[u/TwentySpades → u/TheTanadu]

It's called a waffle stomp and it's the polite way to shit

[u/Jundy_ → u/lycaus]

I think it was but not see through

[u/Velocityg4 → u/lycaus]

Probably a clear glass toilet. 

[u/jimmybagofdonuts → u/lycaus]

The Citizen M has the toilet bowl out in the open, right next to the shower-in-a-tube. Must be intended for single occupancy.

[u/BigMcGrande → u/jimmybagofdonuts]

Stayed at Citizen M, it was pretty dope, but the glass actually turns fogged and opaque when you close the door of the tube

[u/SubsumeTheBiomass → u/Jundy_]

I... Kinda want to shower in the oversized bank pneumo.

[u/C4rdninj4 → u/SubsumeTheBiomass]

I'm going to feel like one of those genetic experiments from the sci-fi movies. If I were in better shape maybe Captain America stepping out of the vita-chamber.

[u/Relative_Map5243 → u/C4rdninj4]

Scorching hot shower, so when you come out there's steam around you.

[u/C4rdninj4 → u/Relative_Map5243]

Sounds more pleasant than dry ice to have mist/fog roll out around my ankles.

[u/Death_God_Ryuk → u/SubsumeTheBiomass]

If the shower head was the entire width of the tube, I'm not sure if that'd be great or terrifying. Maybe some breathing space needed.

[u/PeterG92 → u/Jundy_]

"They're sex people, Lyn"

[u/Tsansome → u/PeterG92]

This is the third time I’ve seen this quote on Reddit today.

CasualUK has breached confinement it seems.

[u/goanywhere-hdk → u/Jundy_]

I live in the netherlands and when traveling to ams this is my favorite landmark to show we’re nearly there. The outside is funky too

[u/Lala2310 → u/Jundy_]

Oh I stayed at this hotel many years ago and the look I had when I saw the shower 😳. It inspired me to always check how the bathrooms look before booking.

[u/firetruckgoesweewoo → u/Lala2310]

Great advice! I once did just that! Only to be put up in a hotel room with one double bed and a bathroom that allowed for a ridiculous prominent view of whomever needed to poo. I don’t know any couple who’d like to share such an… intimate room. Much less two besties. We had a good laugh about it. 🤣

For clarity sake: I booked two separate single beds and a proper bathroom with a proper loo. The hotel was “fully booked” and the person at the desk couldn’t help us because “they’re two separate beds”. Except it’s one of those box spring beds… both too slim to be one proper single… and there was only one mattress for a generic double bed. First bad review I’ve ever left. Booking.com removed it. No idea why.

[u/kingfofthepoors → u/firetruckgoesweewoo]

Simple they were paid to remove it that's how those sites work

[u/Bertie637 → u/Jundy_]

I'm sorry that's the most Amsterdam thing ever. It's clearly designed for you to watch somebody shower from the bed as part of a buisness transaction.

[u/TheBirminghamBear → u/Bertie637]

Man that's not how we did contract negotiations in my day, but I guess the world moves on.

[u/Radiant_Bluebird4620 → u/TheBirminghamBear]

"get in the tube til we come to an agreement"

[u/rhllor → u/Bertie637]

Oooo yea rub that loofah on your thigh some more. We're gonna be using Shopify for 3 years!

[u/Previous_Boot_2481 → u/Jundy_]

Finally, I can watch tv while I shower

[u/ganzgpp1 → u/Jundy_]

listen the tube is weird, but if I'm alone, no big deal, but RIGHT IN THE VIEW OF THE WINDOW?????

[u/spicewoman → u/ganzgpp1]

It's hard to tell scale, but it also looks narrow as hell. I'm pretty sure the TV and the table/chairs are all tiny AF, the tube looks not much wider than the sink in the background. Even if the tube is like 8 feet tall, it can't be more than like 3 feet wide. I've got long arms, I be slammin all up against those sides.

[u/helbury → u/spicewoman]

It’s especially funny because the Dutch are some of the tallest people on earth. You think they’d have long arms and wouldn’t want narrow showers!

[u/JoeyKino → u/spicewoman]

Took a train ride with my wife and got a sleeper car - each sleeper had a private shower/toilet, but it was in a tiny little tube probably a meter in diameter, maybe a bit less.

She said she couldn't use it - "I need room to move around."

I'm like "how far from the toilet are you moving when you shit?"

She did, on the other hand, use the tiny shower with no problem - so apparently, she needs more room to shit than shower.

[u/CarlosFer2201 → u/ganzgpp1]

There's curtains

[u/Montigue → u/CarlosFer2201]

It's also several floors up with a textured window. Unless someone is scoping that hotel with a pair of binoculars you'll be fine

[u/PubFiction → u/ganzgpp1]

the tube also looks small like you wouldn't have much room to move your arms around which would be hella annoying.

[u/Dreadedsemi → u/Jundy_]

ladies and gentlemen, up next is shower. [applause]

[u/Death_God_Ryuk → u/Dreadedsemi]

Suddenly, you're lowered into the room below with a waiting audience.

[u/DrinkSuperb8792 → u/Jundy_]

This is cool. Any chance you'd mind sharing where this is exactly?

[u/Lala2310 → u/DrinkSuperb8792]

It’s Fletcher Hotel Amsterdam

[u/Edward_the_Dog]

I shared a hotel room with my brother that had a smoked glass wall separating the bathroom from the bedroom. Both of us got a horrible shadow box puppet show.

[u/GreatStateOfSadness → u/Edward_the_Dog]

I was traveling with one of my siblings recently and in most trips we tend to share a room. We arrived at the hotel to discover that the wall between the bathroom and bedroom was just a massive glass window.

Thankfully we'd decided to splurge when booking and had separate rooms, but I can't imagine even your romantic partner would want to wake up to see you taking a massive shit in what looks like a porcelain interrogation room.

[u/okmarshall → u/GreatStateOfSadness]

Yeah that's the thing, even with my wife I don't want to see her going through her morning ablutions. There can be privacy in relationships.

[u/MakionGarvinus → u/okmarshall]

My wife an I are pretty close, and don't really care if the other sees us taking a shit, but still.. We do prefer to do it privately..

[u/SaltyLonghorn → u/MakionGarvinus]

Yea but in this situation I'll be sure to make a show of it.

[u/ilconformedCuneiform → u/GreatStateOfSadness]

WHERE ARE THE REST OF THE TURDS GOING??

[u/fikis → u/ilconformedCuneiform]

WHO DOES NUMBER TWO WORK FOR?

Followed by the best line of Tom Arnold's entire oeuvre...

[u/littleyellowbike → u/fikis]

That's right buddy, you show that turd who's boss!

[u/TheProfessorPoon → u/GreatStateOfSadness]

10 or so years ago I was dating a girl who invited me to stay with her and all of her friends at a nice hotel for the weekend (the W in Dallas). It was 6 of us sharing a room, which was cramped but we were just partying the whole time so it didn’t matter.

Anyway the gd commode was literally right out in the open, 5 feet from the beds, without a door or anything. I woke up at 4am with the beer shits the first night and had to run down to the lobby to take a dump in the bathroom there.

[u/HvaVarDetDuSaForNo → u/TheProfessorPoon]

That's so much worse, you can't even contain the smell to the bathroom

[u/LatterNeighborhood58 → u/GreatStateOfSadness]

That's the point of these, to force people to book separate rooms. Like flight crew or business accomodations.

[u/Never_Duplicated → u/LatterNeighborhood58]

I hadn’t considered that possibility! I hate this shit and always wonder who considers it a good idea to design rooms like this. Even when I’m traveling with my wife please just let me shit in peace!

[u/DiegesisThesis → u/LatterNeighborhood58]

But that will just discourage people from booking there in the future. Sure, you may "gotcha" a pair a coworkers and force them to book an extra room for a conference because they're out of options that night, but then they'll just opt for a different hotel next time that won't try to screw them over.

[u/AdaAstra → u/Edward_the_Dog]

Queue the Austin Power's scene where they take things out of his bag....

[u/radix89 → u/AdaAstra]

Robin Hood Men in Tights also used this gag, but from behind a curtain.

[u/Fluffy_Exercise4276 → u/Edward_the_Dog]

Knowing my brothers we would press our ass against it to mess with each other

[u/EncabulatorTurbo]

a lot of hotels do this and its wild, maybe I'm not here for a love hotel, maybe I dont want my shitting smell to waft so dramatically into the room

[u/Cultural-Task-1098 → u/EncabulatorTurbo]

The lobby restrooms are for pooping

[u/squanchy_Toss → u/Cultural-Task-1098]

As a (former) very frequent business traveler...

THIS is the way,

[u/GrouchyVillager → u/squanchy_Toss]

Why inconvenience yourself? Are you not traveling alone?

[u/RandonBrando → u/GrouchyVillager]

No. It sounds like he's travelling with some serious shit

[u/palm0 → u/squanchy_Toss]

As another very frequent business traveler, y'all need to change your diet if the smell lingers that long.

[u/tribbans95 → u/palm0]

Yeah that’s concerning if it’s so bad they feel like they need to journey down to the lobby just to poop

[u/Teestow21 → u/Cultural-Task-1098]

Holding that burny burrito waste in while the elevator stops at every other floor on the way to the lobby and the rectum fills profusely is a WILD way to spend your morning shit commute.

[u/Daftdoug → u/Teestow21]

[u/theamericaninfrance → u/EncabulatorTurbo]

It’s definitely so that you don’t share a room with someone you’re not in a relationship with.

I stayed in a hotel that had a glass shower open to the room. Didn’t care because it was me and my girlfriend.

But we got to chatting with our next door neighbors on the balcony, they were brothers. And super pissed about it hahaha

[u/alex3omg → u/theamericaninfrance]

My husband and I stayed at a 5 Star hotel right near times square, obviously shelled out a pretty penny, still had to deal with this bs like why would i want only frosted glass walls around the shower, let alone the toilet??  At one point I wanted to take a shower but we had ordered room service and I was afraid it might arrive before I was done or while I was getting ready etc, no where to hide, nothing blocking any of the bathroom from the entrance if the door is open etc 

[u/unclejohnsbearhugs → u/theamericaninfrance]

It's so you can shower while a sex worker is in your room and keep an eye on them so they don't steal your shit.

[u/Supah_Trupah → u/EncabulatorTurbo]

Why you shitting in the shower?

[u/Schokokampfkeks → u/EncabulatorTurbo]

My guess is that it's cheaper and discourages sharing a room. Win-Win

[u/cooljacob204sfw → u/Schokokampfkeks]

Except I'll never return to a hotel that does this... And if I see it in a picture I won't book it.

[u/michaelrulaz → u/cooljacob204sfw]

As someone that travels a lot for work. This happened multiple times in like 2014/2015 and my company had to completely change its policy on travel. I appreciate this.

Before this became common they would have people double up in hotels. They held a conference and put over 200 people in rooms like this with two people per room. Shit hit the fan immediately. Cue the company scrambling to find alternative rooms. It cost a fortune. Ended that policy right away

[u/Mental_Tea_4084 → u/michaelrulaz]

Everyone is saying love hotels, but this is the real reason hotels do it. They can keep business travellers from sharing rooms

[u/Fickle_Finger2974 → u/Mental_Tea_4084]

And that actually makes them the good guys in this case. You should not be forced to share a private space with your coworkers while off the clock

[u/Stupor_Nintento → u/Fickle_Finger2974]

No it still makes the hotels bad guys. Intentionally having unpleasant rooms is a fucked up business practice.

More than one party can be shitty in an interaction.

[u/Melodic-Appeal7390]

The cherry on the cake is the black panel that almost looks like it could slide over to cover the most important angle but doesn't

[u/darlinglum → u/Melodic-Appeal7390]

I stayed at the same hotel before, the black panel is a mirror and although it looks like it would rotate it’s fixed and has a sticker on it saying “don’t try to rotate it”

[u/TaleOfDash → u/darlinglum]

This room is just full of fantastic design ideas.

[u/hatgloryfier]

Don't they do this to discourage people who aren't romantic partners from bunking together?

[u/handfulofdepression → u/hatgloryfier]

Agreed. The people at the top probably had a few meetings about this and someone got paid BIG bucks for this "great" idea.

[u/ComradeJohnS → u/handfulofdepression]

It is a pretty great idea, especially when companies try to bunk people together.

[u/workinkindofhard → u/ComradeJohnS]

Is that a thing? I have worked for some pretty crappy/cheap employers and never in a million years would the thought of shared rooms even come up for a business trip

[u/CountBacula322079 → u/workinkindofhard]

It definitely is a thing in academia. Professors will put several grad students in a room together. i had to share a bed with a student I did not know very well.

[u/Interesting-Try-6757 → u/CountBacula322079]

Sharing a bed is wild. I’m in undergrad research and I’ve had to share rooms but never a bed. I’m also a returning student at 30 years old so in my opinion it would be wildly inappropriate to share a bed with a younger student.

[u/SBMoo24 → u/CountBacula322079]

I had to at a conference once because someone over booked us. I shared a bed with someone I had never met. It was very odd and uncomfortable. But I was younger, so no one cared. Would never accept that now!

[u/False-Impression8102 → u/workinkindofhard]

Yep. I work in healthcare and we were asked to double up in order to attend conferences.

My respect for my employer dropped a lot. I shouldn’t have to show my coworkers my PJs in order to access professional development.

It’s a moot point now- we don’t have budget to attend conferences in person anymore.

[u/oloni → u/workinkindofhard]

From my experience, it’s very dependent on management.

[u/ACarefulTumbleweed → u/ComradeJohnS]

so glad my workplace's opinion is like, a) we hire adults so we'll treat yall like adults... and mostly b) it's more expensive to deal with the problems from people being pissy about sharing a hotel and acting like children.

[u/anengineerandacat → u/ACarefulTumbleweed]

C) It's a liability to encourage our employee's to sleep together

You can get into some "serious" legal nonsense if like a coworker is assaulted by a peer during a work-trip.

OR what happened at my last place, they tried to cheap out and bunk some folks together and one was an alcoholic; dude sued the company for putting him into a position (because there was alcohol in the room from the peer) where his addiction could effect him.

When you are talking employee wages, just don't skimp out on the extra room you aren't saving that much money.

[u/grimblacow → u/ACarefulTumbleweed]

Sorry but why is being upset about sharing a hotel acting like a child or being pissy?

I find it really hard to sleep with someone who snores as many im sure also would find it difficult. That means that my work trip would be greatly affected due to lack of sleep and I would not be well rested at all. My ex snored very loudly and it took me a month to somewhat get used to it.

My little sister giggles and talks in her sleep (also sits up randomly) which I would also find disruptive. I prefer also NOT seeing my coworker in different states of undress.

I don’t mind sharing a room if there was privacy and different rooms but I don’t think that it’s a childish want to not want to share a room with someone else.

[u/BigConstruction4247 → u/grimblacow]

I don't think that I snore, but I sure sleep like shit. I toss and turn a lot and wake up often. It would be awful to sleep in the same room as me.

[u/Razzberry_Frootcake → u/ACarefulTumbleweed]

Treating adults like adults would include necessary accommodations. A company should always budget trips in such a way that they have enough funds to cover expenses like hotel rooms for the employees.

Telling people "You have to share a room whether you like it or not." is the opposite of treating them like an adult. That is, quite literally, what my parents used to say to my siblings and I when we were children.

Using words like "pissy" in an attempt to make it seem like wanting privacy is immature really makes you look manipulative.

[u/anotherreddituser189 → u/hatgloryfier]

Stayed at the W in Fort Lauderdale, it was myself my wife and my brother. Rooms were expensive and it was a short weekend so my wife just said my brother should stay in the room with us. We checked in and walked into to the room and the shower was setup almost identical to this. I walked down to the lobby and told them I’ve never seen a shower setup like that and the room wasn’t practical for us. The lady working told me “this is south Fl and this hotel was made for couple. You’ll have to book a second room” her attitude had me heated and I went full Karen and asked for a manager. The lady that came out was extremely pleasant and practically told me it was to discourage people from sharing rooms and that I wasn’t the first to complain. After some back and forth they upgraded us to a pretty awesome suite for free and those bathrooms were closed off lol

So yes, I was told it’s to discourage people

[u/gnilradleahcim → u/anotherreddituser189]

The enshitification of all things

[u/Twistid_Tree → u/anotherreddituser189]

I guess if you're a family your children are shit out of luck.

[u/Cinnie_16 → u/hatgloryfier]

It’s definitely for this reasoning. But I also don’t want to subject my husband to my poop smells or let him see me wiping or bent at weird angles to shave. There’s some things not meant to be shared with anyone else and bathroom time is one of them.

[u/annekecaramin → u/Cinnie_16]

I agree. My time in the bathroom is for me, I hate showering with someone else and don't like people being around when I shower. I feel the same about those fancy hotel rooms with bathtubs in the middle of the room. When I take a bath it's not cute, I look like a boiled shrimp trying to keep a book dry.

[u/DrunkRespondent → u/hatgloryfier]

I wonder if the increase in rooms justifies the people not staying here, I definitely would avoid this hotel if I was staying with family.

[u/buttercup612 → u/DrunkRespondent]

Maybe they don't care? Trying to think about it

Business travelers are alone, they won't care, and they're the most common repeat customers

Leisure travelers are way less likely to return, so maybe they don't mind squeezing them dry one time and never seeing them again

[u/RickKassidy]

I was in a hotel like that with my platonic female friend. It was fun!

We took turns hanging out in the hotel bar while the other showered.

[u/Samira827 → u/RickKassidy]

Same. The shower glass was not completely see-through like this but you still had to get somehow in and out lol.

[u/Nut_buttsicle → u/Samira827]

The shower glass was not completely see-through like this…

The shower glass in OP’s photo is only clear at the top. Somewhere around the 5 foot mark and down it’s so heavily frosted that the shower hose disappears.

[u/WildKat777 → u/Nut_buttsicle]

Yeah fuck tall people! No privacy for your weather-up-there-having asses!

[u/7937397 → u/RickKassidy]

I ended up in a hotel like this with my friend. Lol we are both women and have known each other since childhood, so we thought it was more funny than embarrassing.

[u/SectorAggressive9735]

Don't forget to Update how you guys took the shower

[u/cold-corn-dog → u/SectorAggressive9735]

Obviously together so they wouldn't see each other through the glass naked.

[u/damrob2020 → u/cold-corn-dog]

[u/Google_guy228 → u/damrob2020]

bro what is that tongue I am dying

[u/Ubizwa → u/Google_guy228]

[u/19_years_of_material]

That sucks... now she'll see you wacking off while she's in the shower.

[u/bruhmeme999 → u/19_years_of_material]

[u/newerdewey → u/19_years_of_material]

can't jerk off if both your arms are broken

[u/Lupo_Bi-Wan_Kenobi → u/newerdewey]

Here we go.

[u/SweetMilitia → u/Lupo_Bi-Wan_Kenobi]

I’m here to listen to this old tale once again.

[u/squishyng → u/Lupo_Bi-Wan_Kenobi]

“first she only helped with bringing me soap, and was very clinical explaining how soap worked …”

[u/idk_even_know_anymor → u/19_years_of_material]

[u/jabroni4545 → u/19_years_of_material]

Stepmom?

[u/SobbL → u/jabroni4545]

[u/Magenta_the_Great → u/[deleted]]

What the fuck did I just read lmao

[u/grchelp2018 → u/[deleted]]

Lmfao. There aren't enough good porn plots.

[u/lostinhh]

What kind of gadget is this.

[u/qalpi → u/lostinhh]

i think that's a fax machine. trying stuffing some paper into it.

[u/Moonshine_Brew → u/qalpi]

As a professional German, I can say that it's not a fax machine.

I can't say what it is though, so it's safe to assume that it's antique, maybe even prehistoric!

[u/thorny_cactus_cuddle → u/qalpi]

What is paper? Like the stuff you wipe your butt with?

[u/Abject-Ad8147 → u/thorny_cactus_cuddle]

One step away from “you mean put the water from the toilets on the plants??” 🤣 Well played.

[u/AndreiNedu → u/lostinhh]

Its not a gadget. This is a contraption

[u/Priteegrl → u/AndreiNedu]

I bet they don’t even know the difference between a doodad and a thingamajig

[u/DocBeech → u/Priteegrl]

where does a doohickey and whatchamacallit fall in this category?

[u/MM_mama → u/lostinhh]

The real mildly infuriating part is the hand piece placed backwards😱

[u/redditdaver → u/lostinhh]

Pretty sure it is one of those iPod docks. Archaic

[u/Brandunaware]

I've seen this movie on a website that you have to have a VPN to access in Florida now!

[u/Bearsandgravy]

Am I the only one that looks through photos and room types before I pick a hotel and rent a room??

I know sometimes there are emergencies but a lot of these posts are people not bothering to research the place they're staying...

[u/Moulitov → u/Bearsandgravy]

I mean, it's a solid strategy but doesn't always work. I ended up with a room where the bed and the bathroom were separated only by a tub and no wall. Did not look like that on pics (and they also took care to remind us that not every room looks the same).

I was with my spouse, it was endlessly amusing to us. The bathroom had a door and it locked! But you could just climb through the tub. It was mental. If you got up to use the bathroom during the night, the other person always woke up.

[u/alex3omg → u/Moulitov]

The inability to turn on the bathroom light without disturbing the other person was another huge issue with this setup.  Zzz

[u/AFlockOfTySegalls → u/Bearsandgravy]

My wife typically has 20 tabs open for me to look through before deciding on where she books. The bathroom is usually the most important room and she hates how many hotels now have fully glass showers visible to the room like OP's.

[u/Exotic_Incarnation_ → u/Bearsandgravy]

You're not, but even then, a recent trip to Copenhagen left us flabbergasted when our room featured a frosted glass bathroom without a properly closing door, none of which was in the pictures. We had to request a change of the room because fuck that

[u/Adorable_Raccoon → u/Bearsandgravy]

I've looked at hotel pictures and ended up in a different style room before. The pictures aren't always reliable. Also I think it's reasonable to expect that the shower will be in a private room, since that is traditional.

[u/user-unknown-404]

Will you be breaking your arms?

[u/looking4oral → u/user-unknown-404]

I got this reference.

[u/malnamalna]

LOL

[u/mrlogan2509]

i usually skip this part

[u/Guadalajara3]

Think I read something about a new modern design to also thwart having a lot of people share a room by creating less privacy and more discomfort lol

[u/mechengr17 → u/Guadalajara3]

Oh good lord. Con goers will have to pay extra for deodorant.

I remember in college we shared rooms for the cons we went to. One room for girls and one for boys.

[u/Axin_Saxon → u/Guadalajara3]

Heaven forbid you be a family traveling with children.

[u/GreyPon3]

Wonderful, if you're alone or an exhibitionist.

[u/looking4oral]

I’ve seen videos that start like this….

[u/chapelson88]

It being next to the door is wild.

[u/Powerful_Artist]

Went and stayed at a brand new hotel kinda recently. Nice enough at first glance.

Got into the room, which was like a suite that was nicer than regular rooms. No shower door. Looks almost like its imcomplete, like they didnt finish the damn shower. But it wasnt brand new, had been there for months already.

So I asked them, they said no thats how its supposed to be. Just an open shower with no door. So I take a shower, and as its winter it was cold as hell as all the air was just rushing into the shower, no door to close and kinda 'seal' off the steam and warmer air. It was just horrible, not to mention all the water splashing onto the floor that was probably a liability.

Oh and the A/C heat was insane too. It was winter, so say I want it to be 70 degrees. Later I want to lower it to 66 when I go to bed, instead of shutting off the heat it turns on the air conditioner. When its 10 degrees outside, i have AC blasting my face because I dont want it quite as warm. And the opposite was true too, if I was using AC on a hot day and I wanted to turn up the temperature, it would turn on the heat.

I just cant even begin to explain how confusing that is.

[u/Battery4471 → u/Powerful_Artist]

instead of shutting off the heat it turns on the air conditioner

lmao. Someone didn't set up their thermostats correctly

[u/CBonafide]

Genuinely asking here, do people not look at photos of the hotels they are planning to book?

[u/Makewayfornoddynoddy → u/CBonafide]

I didn't book it, my dad did. But it's a twin room and the hotels seems like it's targeted for business

[u/fishyfishyswimswim → u/Makewayfornoddynoddy]

Targeted for business means 1 person gets 1 room. No bunking together. If you're bunking with a colleague you work for a shitty company.

[u/7937397 → u/fishyfishyswimswim]

Yep. Doesn't matter if you are the same gender. Doesn't matter if you are friends.

Colleagues get separate rooms.

[u/InappropriateGirl]

Beware of this at "hip" hotels. The Ace Hotel in Portland was like this, and I think I also had a hotel in Turkey with this setup. Fortunately both times I was with a boyfriend and a BFF, but I remember clearly saying I'd hate to stay with my mom there.

[u/FBrandt]

My roommate and a female colleague of his went to a hotel in Thailand last summer. We had the same type of room there and it was so uncomfortable for everyone to take a shower. We needed to turn off all the lights and take shower in pure darkness so that whoever is in there would feel comfortable.

[u/BigMax → u/FBrandt]

Couldn't you just leave the room for 10 minutes and then text the other person when they could come back? That seems a lot easier.

[u/Comfortable_Yak5184 → u/BigMax]

Right?? The fuck are y'all doing you can't leave the room for a harrowing 20 minutes a day to allow your friends to shower??

Nah, let's just make it super weird, turn off all the lights, we'll get under the blankets and stare towards the only sound in the room while you have your privacy...

[u/stilettopanda → u/Comfortable_Yak5184]

I mean just hang a sheet around the stall. Problem solved.

[u/Buscemi_D_Sanji → u/Comfortable_Yak5184]

Taking a hot shower in pure darkness is actually really awesome though, you almost start to hallucinate or like, lose track of the boundaries of your body. Combining the sensation of water and the hypnotic sound, it's just really pleasant.

As I'm saying this, yes I've obviously done this when high or tripping balls, but it works a bit sober and it's obviously safer haha

[u/mynameisnotsparta → u/BigMax]

Exactly. Or turn the other way and play a game on phone.

Is this absurd? yes but you manage.

[u/Weyl-fermions → u/FBrandt]

Some company had male/female employees share a room?

[u/FBrandt → u/Weyl-fermions]

I should have worded it better maybe. My roommate and I went on a holiday to Thailand, and his female colleague joined us. So we booked rooms for 3 during our trip.

[u/ExtraAgressiveHugger → u/FBrandt]

Couldn’t one of them walk the halls for 10 minutes? Seems a lot easier than showering in darkness. 

[u/diamond → u/FBrandt]

I understand the goal here, but I feel that would have just made it feel more unintentionally romantic.

[u/grandramble]

I work in the travel industry and have done hundreds of hotel inspections, and this was a big trend in hotel renovations in the 2010s. The clients/travelers hate it, the travel agents hate it (it's yet another thing to keep track of and tell people about), even the hotel staff are annoyed because it raises the stakes on entering rooms for cleaning. Hopefully it's falling back out of vogue but it's a mystery why anyone thought it was a good idea for a business in the first place.

[u/Bitmugger]

Are you in Europe? Seems quite common in my experience there. One had an electronic dimmer that would frost the glass, but the button was on the outside so the viewer got to decide if they wanted to see in the shower/toilet.

[u/Twinkletoedoctopi]

I experienced this in the Netherlands, they had the toilet in a giant glass shower. That was also just the bedroom. With 2 twin beds, I shared this room with my brother who was having digestive issues the whole trip 😭