WE WERE NOT HAPPY WITH SINK STOPPERS THAT DON'T...... OR NIPPLE HIGH SHOWER HEADS... AND SLIPPERY PANTS CLOTHES HANGERS
Now we have come up with a new one! Toilet paper holders that are hung where no human hands can reach.
It is one amusing thing after another. First they teach the maids to fold the first toilet sheet into the shape of a rocket. Now they have taught the installer to find the one place in the bathroom where it is physically unreachable.
The sequel to this will be that someone will introduce a swivelling toilet seat.
PUUUHLEASE, gimme a break. Enough already!
We have been designing and redesigning bathrooms for centuries. Can't we figure out some basic principles of design that really work, that are user-friendly and that everyone follows? Let's face it, a two-star customer is not that different from a five-star customer when in the bathroom and their needs are more or less similar.
Here are my Top Ten Rules for hotel bathroom design.
- Double sink. You can give me 3 sinks in the bathroom but please give me one where the sink stopper works.
- Showed height. Mount the shower head at a level of 80" from the floor beneath. Gravity will do the rest, I promise you.
- Readable Shampoo Bottle. Please increase the font size on the shampoo bottle. I know the name of the hotel where I am staying. I don't care what brand it is.....just make the product readable without having to find my reading glasses or install my contact lenses.
- Toilet holder location. Place the toilet paper holder within reach and eyesight of the user. Please refrain from shaping the first sheet into rockets.......!
- Shower temperature Controls. Showers that require running to get the right temperature should not be aimed at the user.....or the open shower door......or the towel rack.
- Tubular Hairdryers. Hairdryers designed by a plumber are useless......even if they have concertina mirrors and electrical plugs that fit every known electrical appliance even if it was built in Kabul.
- Soap size. One ounce soap bars wrapped in two ounce paper wrappers are a joke.
- Re-Use the towels. I do not mind using the same towel again tonight......just wash it and bring it back!
- Bathrobe size. Most of your customers do not have 32" waists or less. Your bathrobes therefore resemble hospital gowns on most of us........make them larger.
- Toiletseat design. Toilet seats are manufactured differently for males and females. Unless you only deal with ladies, choose a seat that works for both.
And for my 11th........If the shower is in the bath, ensure that the floor is not rounded. If it is, the 'showeree' will be facing in the wrong direction and can not turn around. A well rounded bath will mean that the 'showeree' is standing on his own foot. This is OK for storks but not for most of us that have appointments in 43'.
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