• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Wouldn’t this also let water out and on to the floor? Surely a sliding or hinged opening couldn’t have been that hard to implement

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      3 hours ago

      It’s also in a very terrible spot for that purpose. It would be very awkward to reach the controls from that angle and where the toilet is at.

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      9 hours ago

      It won’t let out a ton since the water is spraying in an arc that misses it. There will be some water that splashes out after hitting you or the shower walls, but it’s not going to soak the floors or anything.

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        9 hours ago

        I doubt it won’t make much of a mess. My shower had a few leaky spots of caulking and that was enough to ruin the floors.

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          8 hours ago

          That’s a different issue since water pools around the caulk lines.

          I’ve stayed in hotels that didn’t even have glass for the first foot or so of the shower and it was a non-issue, although I definitely expected it to be.

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      14 hours ago

      Assuming you are bound to a wheelchair you probably won’t shower normally anyway

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        13 hours ago

        I don’t see how this changes anything. My guess is someone in a wheel chair would use the hand held showerhead more often, which means while maneuvering the shower, it would be possible to accidently spray right out that hole and soak the bathroom.

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          13 hours ago

          It would reduce the amount of water flying against the glass. But yes the mess will be the same

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        People who are in wheelchairs still shower the same amount. Depending on the nature of their impairment they may be able to stand long enough to shower, or they may climb into the tub and have a shower bench, or they may have an assistant who helps them shower. It’s pretty ableist to assume that someone with a mobility impairment isn’t able to maintain their hygiene.

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          8 hours ago

          They didn’t say they shower less, they said they may not shower normally.

          Showering with assistance, using a shower bench: these are not the ways people shower normally. That does not imply that these methods are unhygienic.