I don't know exactly what the first architect to design a hotel room with that particular layout was thinking, but it makes sense at several levels (and in any hotel, not just a 'cheaper' one). The missus can brush her teeth or fix her hair while her husband is taking a shower or his morning constitutional, and vice versa. Ditto for any kids that they bring along. In a shared room, it's much more efficient.
This layout also allows the enclosed part of the bath to take up less space. Five-by-six ought to do. And the vanity top ends up taking up remaining space that would likely not be good for much else, anyway. So, the extra two-and-a-half feet of space can be added to the main part of the guestroom, where it is appreciated.
It's also more sanitary - much more. Every time you flush a toilet, a process called aerosolization occurs - it gives off a mist, not quite visible but still very much there, that covers everything within six feet or so, unless there is some barrier in between to close it off. (One prominent sanitarian would illustrate the effect by dumping a small bottle of blue food coloring into a clean toilet, covering the rim with Saran Wrap, then flushing: the underside of the Saran Wrap itself turned quite blue. Closing the lid on the toilet before you flush helps, but not that much.)
Most bathrooms are only five feet, or five feet and a few inches, wide, because that's the usual length of a bathtub. If you keep your toothbrush out in the open on the vanity top next to (or directly across the bathroom from) the toilet at home, guess what you're literally brushing your teeth with?
Not a pleasant thought . . . Did you want to know that much about it? :-)
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This layout also allows the enclosed part of the bath to take up less space. Five-by-six ought to do. And the vanity top ends up taking up remaining space that would likely not be good for much else, anyway. So, the extra two-and-a-half feet of space can be added to the main part of the guestroom, where it is appreciated.
It's also more sanitary - much more. Every time you flush a toilet, a process called aerosolization occurs - it gives off a mist, not quite visible but still very much there, that covers everything within six feet or so, unless there is some barrier in between to close it off. (One prominent sanitarian would illustrate the effect by dumping a small bottle of blue food coloring into a clean toilet, covering the rim with Saran Wrap, then flushing: the underside of the Saran Wrap itself turned quite blue. Closing the lid on the toilet before you flush helps, but not that much.)
Most bathrooms are only five feet, or five feet and a few inches, wide, because that's the usual length of a bathtub. If you keep your toothbrush out in the open on the vanity top next to (or directly across the bathroom from) the toilet at home, guess what you're literally brushing your teeth with?
Not a pleasant thought . . . Did you want to know that much about it? :-)
Originally appeared on Quora
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