handsome joe
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Where's the soap?
Shower room etiquette
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Where's the soap?
Tenorman
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- Newark-on-Trent
4F said:
I'm really surprised at this response on a forum for commuting cyclists. Just because someone's stuck 2 shower heads in doesn't mean that the cubicle is necessarily big enough for two people to shower comfortably. Just for argument's sake, suppose I said "That painted bit right by the gutter, you know the one that's 6 inches wide and has a bike symbol in it. It's designed as a bike lane and therefore must be suitable for bikes."
<fx> Dives for cover </fx>
Tenorman said:
So are you suggesting that a room fitted with 2 showerheads is not suitable for 2 people ?
If the poster in question works for the council then your comparison with regards to cycle lanes is probably correct. However he doesn't so you are wrong
I would suggest the OP stops being so prudish and just get on with it.
Tenorman
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- Newark-on-Trent
4F said:So are you suggesting that a room fitted with 2 showerheads is not suitable for 2 people ?
If the poster in question works for the council then your comparison with regards to cycle lanes is probably correct. However he doesn't so you are wrong
I would suggest the OP stops being so prudish and just get on with it.
How on earth does the number of showerheads change the size of the room?
Will1985
Über Member
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- South Norfolk
6ftx6ft is huge even according to the OP - many sports/swimming pool showers have heads positioned even closer than this.
Tenorman...what's a cycle lane? I use that wide thing the cars drive on...sometimes I see a thick line to my left but I don't know why I'd want to ride there
Tenorman...what's a cycle lane? I use that wide thing the cars drive on...sometimes I see a thick line to my left but I don't know why I'd want to ride there
The OP could turn on both showers, stand inbetween them and aim them both inwards.
Gives you a double sided shower, and should get the message across that your un-willing to share.
or turn them both on and lay down on the floor. A couple of rubber ducks could also be added.
Gives you a double sided shower, and should get the message across that your un-willing to share.
or turn them both on and lay down on the floor. A couple of rubber ducks could also be added.
Will1985
Über Member
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- South Norfolk
That bit took me by surprise the first time I read it, but then 2ftx3ft can never be called big!
Will1985
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- South Norfolk
You don't say.....most of us realise Jimbo meant 6ft x 6ft! The post refers to a previous post by 4F to Tenorman.
Putting 2 people in a 2ft x 3ft space will definitely be an invasion of personal space!
Putting 2 people in a 2ft x 3ft space will definitely be an invasion of personal space!
LOL, I guess I'm lucky in that I'm female and our shower is only meant for one person and you can lock the door to the changing room so no one else can get in.
Not ever having to have to have a communal shower etc I don't think I would personally like it, especially at work. I'd either not use the shower, or stick a note on the door saying something along the lines of "shower in use, won't be long" or something.
If I didn't know anyone I would like to think that I'd probably be a bit more liberal (I'd be fine with it being my sister or mum etc). However I can recall showering in my swimsuit like all the other girls when we went swimming at school!
Not ever having to have to have a communal shower etc I don't think I would personally like it, especially at work. I'd either not use the shower, or stick a note on the door saying something along the lines of "shower in use, won't be long" or something.
If I didn't know anyone I would like to think that I'd probably be a bit more liberal (I'd be fine with it being my sister or mum etc). However I can recall showering in my swimsuit like all the other girls when we went swimming at school!
Joe24
More serious cyclist than Bonj
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- Nottingham
When in Luxembourg, in the showers there, there were 2 showers with clear glass in them, which were open to the rest of the changing room. One shower had a door, and a really powerful shower in.
I went in the closed one every night except the last night. One person was in the closed one for about an hour
I waited, and they never came out. My dad had been in, finished and left and the same person was still in. I waited around and they were still in.
I wasnt happy, but i went into the open one.
Went in the courner one, and quickly showered. I wasn't too keen on it. No-where to change in the shower, so had to hang your towel over the door(just right so it didnt get wet) so you didnt have to walk out through the changing room naked. Also meant your clothes were just left there, which i didnt like.
Think it was a woman in the closed one anyway, because apparently there was a queue for the women's closed shower.
My brothers did shower next to each other though, and theres another glass screen between the showers.
Not my thing.
Apparently the type of campsite it was, meant that that was how the showers had to be, so that not much hot water was used.
But then in a site in France you had to pay for the showers(like a site in Belgium, had a key fob you put in and took out, had so much pre loaded and we didnt go over it!), put a chip in, one set temp, which was too cold, in a draft shower.
No toilet seats either! That would be horrible in winter
I went in the closed one every night except the last night. One person was in the closed one for about an hour
I waited, and they never came out. My dad had been in, finished and left and the same person was still in. I waited around and they were still in.I wasnt happy, but i went into the open one.
Went in the courner one, and quickly showered. I wasn't too keen on it. No-where to change in the shower, so had to hang your towel over the door(just right so it didnt get wet) so you didnt have to walk out through the changing room naked. Also meant your clothes were just left there, which i didnt like.
Think it was a woman in the closed one anyway, because apparently there was a queue for the women's closed shower.
My brothers did shower next to each other though, and theres another glass screen between the showers.
Not my thing.
Apparently the type of campsite it was, meant that that was how the showers had to be, so that not much hot water was used.
But then in a site in France you had to pay for the showers(like a site in Belgium, had a key fob you put in and took out, had so much pre loaded and we didnt go over it!), put a chip in, one set temp, which was too cold, in a draft shower.
No toilet seats either! That would be horrible in winter