I once stayed at a very boutiquey, avant-garde hotel with a platonic friend. We had booked a twin room with separate beds, but what I did not expect was that the shower cubicle, with clear glass on all three sides, would be placed between the beds.
The exposed loos were a novelty for me, at school we at least had shoulder height partitions - but we had communal showers and baths so it wasn’t a huge leap.
I also spent a year or so living in a studio where the loo was in the kitchen area - we at least installed a curtain.
I dunno, I've no problem with communal showers, or nudity in general, but partition-less toilets feels like a bridge too far.
On a trip I took with my father-in-law, the first morning he waltzed right into the little hotel room bathroom while I was showering (in a glass shower) and proceeded to sit on the throne and take a crap. I was confused at his lack of basic respect for privacy, and then remembered he'd been a US Navy guy for many years. Military folks just get used to no privacy in such matters.
eighty...ies? eightieies? why not just "80s"?
Edit: I realize you are probably trying to help them learn. Carry on.
But it seems like they also where used as urinals
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The three square windows under the second tier, just below where the sportingbet.com and Jaguar advertising boards meet.
only stayed there for one or two nights, it says a lot when a campervan gives more comfort than a hotel room :)
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Maybe he started it, and as his hotels are (otherwise) lovely it made it part of a cool aesthetic and was therefore copied?
I've seen a glass shower where the glass turned to smoked opaque glass with the push of a button. Maybe this shower had something similar?
But this is no excuse, still completely awkward and horrible design.