Dear Hotels (RE Your Showers)

[johnd]

Somewhere in Europe I had a shower head that changed colour as it heated up - that was cool.

The best shower I have had (big call) is in Newcastle (NSW) at one of the Wests places where there are two massaging shower heads both of about 8 inches in diameter and you can get thoroughly wet in an instant and stay and enjoy it for half an hour.

Also fantastic after getting back from their gym.

 

[Princess Fiona]

I actively choose hotel rooms based on them having a standalone shower. If not available in my price range, my current policy to to request an accessible room instead as I hate showering in a bath.

My sister ( not requiring an accessible room) was given one at serviced apartments in Canberra. Upon checking the facilities she noticed that the shower rail was fixed at a height under 5 ft with removable hose. Went back down to reception and requested to be moved due to shower, manager accused her and partner of discrimination, advised no other rooms available and cancelled their booking on the spot :shock:
I have shortened the story somewhat but you get the general idea.

 

[JetLagged]

UK showers tend to be the worst, I can cope with the controls, it is the lack of water pressure.

Here, hre, old chap - too right: or, as we would say in Oz: "cough*ing right there, m8!"

 

[straitman]

Forgive me for playing devil's advocate, but are the various permutations of shower controls too much for the folks of AFF?

It pains me to say this, but despite having stayed at various hotels in different countries I am yet to encounter a shower who's controls require me to whip out a manual of instructions.

Do we need to make a list of 'difficult showers' to give you a challenge :?:

 

[thewinchester]

Doesn't sound like there are many Bear Grylls candidates on AFF who are up for an adventure does it???

"Stuck in a hotel shower, better drink my own urea"

 

[bossreggie]

Like some others have stated, I don't like a shower over a bath. Water pressure is also a big thing. Agree with Trippin about the controls being in such a spot that you get wet just turning them on.

I also prefer a separate toilet from the bathroom itself. I never understood the whole having a toilet in the middle of the bathroom floor??? Weird. Some people even have them in their houses!!!

Many years ago I was staying in a small village in the UK. The "hotel" I was staying in had a triple fail bathroom!!! Shower over bath, shower curtain, AND a toilet in the bathroom.

I went in to have a shower and turned the shower on, as I was undressing I saw this little box on the wall above the toilet and being the inquisitive little Reggie I am, stepped over to investigate. Tried to do the whole Jason Bourne Shiz and put my face up near it. Turned out it was one of those air fresheners which had a motion sensor attached. Got my face so close that it sprayed the deodoriser right in my eyes......... It stung so much I headed right to the shower but my eyes were shut and I slipped and reached out, grabbed the shower curtain and ended up pulling the whole curtain rod out of the wall as I stumbled into the shub!!

So there I was, face down in the shower wrapped in a shower curtain still wearing my jeans! To be fair....... The water pressure was really good!!!

The front desk manager couldn't stop laughing when I told the story of how I had destroyed the bathroom but I still had to pay for the damage.




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[SamR]

Me.I love my morning soak.And when you get old and arthritic you may too.

I love a soak too, but most hotel bathtubs are so small that I'd be in there with my knees around my ears - and I'm only 5'2"!

I've only ever used tubs in two hotels - a spa somewhere in Southbank, Melbourne (Quest or Mantra, I don't remember), and the most divine bath at the Canberra Hyatt. I recently stayed in a serviced apartment with a spa in Yamba, but couldn't use it because it was too high for me to climb in and out of. I made one attempt and ended up with a huge bruise on my thigh for my troubles.

 

[The Rok]

Like some others have stated, I don't like a shower over a bath. Water pressure is also a big thing. Agree with Trippin about the controls being in such a spot that you get wet just turning them on.

I also prefer a separate toilet from the bathroom itself. I never understood the whole having a toilet in the middle of the bathroom floor??? Weird. Some people even have them in their houses!!!

Many years ago I was staying in a small village in the UK. The "hotel" I was staying in had a triple fail bathroom!!! Shower over bath, shower curtain, AND a toilet in the bathroom.

I went in to have a shower and turned the shower on, as I was undressing I saw this little box on the wall above the toilet and being the inquisitive little Reggie I am, stepped over to investigate. Tried to do the whole Jason Bourne Shiz and put my face up near it. Turned out it was one of those air fresheners which had a motion sensor attached. Got my face so close that it sprayed the deodoriser right in my eyes......... It stung so much I headed right to the shower but my eyes were shut and I slipped and reached out, grabbed the shower curtain and ended up pulling the whole curtain rod out of the wall as I stumbled into the shub!!

So there I was, face down in the shower wrapped in a shower curtain still wearing my jeans! To be fair....... The water pressure was really good!!!

The front desk manager couldn't stop laughing when I told the story of how I had destroyed the bathroom but I still had to pay for the damage.




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Sounds like a scene from Faulty Towers

 

[alieninperth]

bossreggie,

I have to admit, but I do have a toilet in my house. It makes things so much nicer when the weather is bad.

I also prefer a separate toilet from the bathroom itself. I never understood the whole having a toilet in the middle of the bathroom floor??? Weird. Some people even have them in their houses!!!

One thing I really don't understand about the old dart is carpet in bathrooms. Seriously WTF!

 

[bossreggie]

bossreggie,

I have to admit, but I do have a toilet in my house. It makes things so much nicer when the weather is bad.




One thing I really don't understand about the old dart is carpet in bathrooms. Seriously WTF!

Totally agree with the carpet!!

My comment about the toilet I was meaning an EXPOSED toilet in the middle of a bathroom. I understand in ensuites that having a toilet in the bathroom is good....... But at the very least a partition!! Way preferable though is a separate room with a door.


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[JohnK]

Nice thread!

I have lost count of the number of different shower taps/heads I have across in my time.

Some of them have been a real challenge and the best ones of the lot are the ones where the hot and cold is not labelled nor is it evident. So it requires some reconnaisance work to find out how to use the shower and once you have worked it all out you then find out that if you turn one tap too much then it loses the temperature setting and you need to start again.

I don't mind a shower and bathtub in one and I prefer a shower curtain so the water does not end up everywhere.

 

[KateMayo]

... One thing I really don't understand about the old dart is carpet in bathrooms. Seriously WTF!

I've stayed in a couple of places in the UK where there was carpet in the kitchen :!: :shock:

 

[elemist]

Like some others have stated, I don't like a shower over a bath. Water pressure is also a big thing. Agree with Trippin about the controls being in such a spot that you get wet just turning them on.

I also prefer a separate toilet from the bathroom itself. I never understood the whole having a toilet in the middle of the bathroom floor??? Weird. Some people even have them in their houses!!!

Many years ago I was staying in a small village in the UK. The "hotel" I was staying in had a triple fail bathroom!!! Shower over bath, shower curtain, AND a toilet in the bathroom.

I went in to have a shower and turned the shower on, as I was undressing I saw this little box on the wall above the toilet and being the inquisitive little Reggie I am, stepped over to investigate. Tried to do the whole Jason Bourne Shiz and put my face up near it. Turned out it was one of those air fresheners which had a motion sensor attached. Got my face so close that it sprayed the deodoriser right in my eyes......... It stung so much I headed right to the shower but my eyes were shut and I slipped and reached out, grabbed the shower curtain and ended up pulling the whole curtain rod out of the wall as I stumbled into the shub!!

So there I was, face down in the shower wrapped in a shower curtain still wearing my jeans! To be fair....... The water pressure was really good!!!

The front desk manager couldn't stop laughing when I told the story of how I had destroyed the bathroom but I still had to pay for the damage.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! that's classic!

But seriously it's got to be the stupidest idea having a toilet in the open. It's one of my pet hates, so much so that when i built my house i re-designed the entire bedroom / ensuite just so i could have the toilet in an enclosed room with its own door within the ensuite.

Personally i haven't had too much trouble with the taps - the first one with the adjustable knob thingo for either shower or bath facet is the most annoying type. Especially if your trying to fill up the bath and move the knob and it drips cold water from the shower nozzle.

Ironically the hand basin has given me more trouble than the shower. I've come across two types - one with the push plug IE you push it to click it closed the push it again to "unclick" it open. The second type had a little knob thing which you pushed and pulled to open/close the drain. I think i had water in the sink for nearly 3 days before i worked that one out! Luckily it was only partially closed so it would empty itself, just took ages!

The worst shower i've had was in a resort in Thailand. Picture this a slightly larger than normal double sized shower recess. On one wall was the shower with the HWS mounted above it - on the directly opposite wall was the toilet. This was all within the shower hob! Now asides from the obvious grossness about showering to get clean essentially with your toilet.. There were a couple of other "issues" with this setup. Main one was the fact that the toilet and entire area around the toilet was wet alot of the time (it seamed to take ages to dry out!). So consequently whenever you used the toilet you ended up with wet feet/bottoms of your pants, plus a wet bum too! The second issue was the fact the toilet paper roll was on the side wall still in the shower which meant you had to be really careful with splashing any water or it got soaked!

To top it off the shower itself was just cough. Bugger all pressure and the HWS was next to useless as it alternated between water straight from the Arctic it was that cold and water straight from Hell it was that hot. Easiest way to describe it would be a pulsing motion whereby the hot water pulsed out to burn you then dropped off so you froze before pulsing out scalding hot again.

It's funny that something so simple as i nice shower can be so complicated in hotels. I don't understand the point of it, why can't they just have a normal set of taps, or a flick mixer and a nice shower head. Bonus points if its a rain shower - they are just awesome!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

What is even more depressing is being upgraded to a suite with a grand impressive shower that still has carp pressure!

I'm assuming "carp pressure" is about the same as a fish fart??

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Back home what is it about the traditional two tap showers where the nuts with the 'H' and 'C' on them are ALWAYS loose? Before I even turn the water on I have to get them as finger tight as possible. One of the taps is always like this.

Where's your sense of adventure? It's always so much fun when a handle drops on your toe when you're washing you hair.....or some dill has put the H/C labeled nuts back on the wrong taps!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

I also prefer a separate toilet from the bathroom itself. I never understood the whole having a toilet in the middle of the bathroom floor??? Weird. Some people even have them in their houses!!!

OT but you just remided me BR, I once rented a house in Melbourne that was very "fashionable". The ensuite had the mandatory toot without partition, walls nor door, but get this, the ensuite itself had no door either! What an absolute treat to ones romance senses to be lying in bed watching your partner take a dump......the line of sight, bed to dunny, was impeccable!

Ah, trendy chic......where would we be without it?

 

[Deleted member 29185]

asides from the obvious grossness about showering to get clean essentially with your toilet..

Look on the bright side, just think how easy it is to clean the toilet ........quick wipeover with your face washer and it's all done :shock:.

Honestly, I can't say I really have issues with shower taps, but on a bathroom/toilet theme, I did have an issue once with the "starting block" toilets at Changi (I think) about 25 years ago. I'd done the business (bloody awkward I must say) and pushed the flush button, only to find a blockage of some description was refusing to let my little packages of doom travel in the corect direction. There I was desperately clawing at the door latch to get the thing open whilst the contents of this hole to nowhere, started to chase me across the floor! I was just happy I'd hitched up my strides before pushing the "eject" button on the wall!


I've never used starting blocks since!

 

[nonpop]

Most complex I have seen ... China World Hotel Beijing.
Hot water took a long time to flow and by then I had decided that I must be doing something wrong as there were two sets of controls one above the other. And each dial had a dial / control within a control. So the outer dial could turn oneway whilst the inner dial could either turn with it or the other way.

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Somehow I managed to get it room temp warm (was there dead of winter). Being clever (or so I thought), I then left the settings as-is. But upon returning to the room in the evening - blam the cleaners had reset everything Arrrrrrrhhhh.

I did ask at reception - but only received blank looks and smiles.

At least they had separate bath & shower.

 

[Timtammi]

Bossreggie, that story is absolutely hilarious!! I'm laughing out loud here and now DH has asked me to tell him what I am laughing at so I've just read him your story with much hilarity all round so thanks for making us all giggle this morning.

You know I've never had a problem with toilet in the bathroom but sounds like lots of people don't like it. Our ensuite at home has toilet in the bathroom and DH dislikes it so much he prefers to go downstairs to use the toilet (even when noone else is around!).

Sounds like I'm like most people, don't like shubs, don't like shower curtains and carpet in the bathroom?? That is just WRONG.

Cheers

Timmi

 

[Keith009]

The olds are staying with us and are finding our shower taps a challenge. We have quite possibly the most straightforward taps in the world, as depicted in the OP... Mum insisted that she isn't used to operating any showers without buttons and detailed instructions on how to set the temperature. :S

(they have those annoying full body nozzle type set ups at home and you can apparently set your temperature)