The nicer the hotel shower, the less functional it appears to be. I travel and have traveled a lot in my career, and the hotel bathroom is consistently bad, with a shower or tub that feels designed to create a flood.

Until reading this article,  I thought I was alone with my thoughts on the many confusing showers I’ve used, but it looks like I’m not. The worst are half-glass or partially enclosed showers that for some reason all suffer from a weirdly placed drain or a basin that is tilted to flood the bathroom floor.

While we’re talking hotel bathrooms, I hate the new trend of giant bottles of soap, shampoo, and conditioner glued or bolted to the wall so they’re cleaned by the shower’s steam. Those things suck.

We’ve Used Showers for Centuries. Why Can’t Hotels Make Them Easier?

Guests just want to get clean without wet floors and confusing temperature controls.