Bathroom Doors
Here’s a gripe that I don’t think I’ve posted yet. Bathroom doors. Specifically, those that keep them closed regardless if someone is in there or not. See, for me this gripe, this teeth grinder, started when I began to date my wife. Her family keeps the bathroom door(s) closed all the time. So if I had to us it I felt like I had to do a head count around the house. Of course I could have knocked (and I did that too) but I felt like I shouldn’t have to. Although that seems to be more an issue with me then anything else.
Anyway, bathroom doors needlessly closed. Grrr! There are times though when I can totally understand why it would be closed. Baby safety, dog destroys bathroom, maybe the bathroom is really messy. No, scratch that last one. Just get off your ass and clean it. Grrr! I keep my bathroom doors open, the right way… the way they should be.
How’s your feeling on bathroom doors? Open or closed? Or is there any other strange house traits you’ve come across when you visit people?
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February 11th, 2012 at 1:45 pm
Open! definitely. Or at least the door cracked. There IS a reason they make locks for bathroom doors though 😉 Also, here in Sweden there is a occupied (red) vs unoccupied (green) in a window on the bathroom lock. easy
February 11th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
You’re from Sweden? Cool! So on all bathroom doors there is that little occupied and unoccupied window?
February 12th, 2012 at 4:49 am
Also being from Sweden I can confirm this. More or less all bathroom locks have a small red/green (or red/white) indicator. Very practical. 🙂
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February 11th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
I keep mine open BUT require you close it when your in there. I really dont want to see, and i hate guessing if someones in there or not. I have a door stop for a reason use it.
February 11th, 2012 at 5:39 pm
I hate the guessing too. I agree with keeping it open when it’s empty and closed when it’s open. I hate walking by when it’s half open knowing that someone is in there. Ugh…
February 12th, 2012 at 3:02 am
In use – closed
Not in use – open
At least in my place its like this.
February 12th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
I’m probably on board with this: open when not in use, etc…. But it doesn’t really bother me one way or another. Though, I can imagine that it would depend on the layout of the living-space. In our abode, the bathroom has an external light switch, so (barring someone using it in the dark) one can see if it is in use even with the door closed. Also, our place is small enough that after use it is better to leave it closed for reasons unnecessary to state explicitly. So, yeah, sort of agree, depending on context.
-JJ
February 14th, 2012 at 9:27 am
I have a close friend who has a rule of the bathroom door must always be closed even when not in use, but it’s because his family has four dogs and three cats and bad things will happen if you leave it open.
The reason I mention this is something that peeved me, personally. I’ve known him for seven years, so I’m well aware of this policy, obviously. Like, in the very first year I’d forget from time to time, but this place is like a second home to me, so I’m aware the bathroom door needs to be shut. But last year, the bathroom door kept being left open, and his sister would come to me asking if I left it open, which I obviously had not.
Though I DID notice something: the only times this would ever happen were the days that her boyfriend was over. Coincidence, hm?
February 14th, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Yeah, I feel that young kids and pets are the only reason to keep bathroom doors closed when no one is in them. You should jump out when the boyfriend leaves it open and yell BUSTED! ^_^
February 15th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
You missed another reason to leave the door closed: If you happen to be a tad… ‘gassy’… at times, (which I will cop to). When this is the case, you will get into the habit of leaving the door closed with the vent fan running.
Then there is the other aesthetic reason for closing the door: Many people think a bathroom, even a clean one, is not something that people want to look into. This is more common with bathrooms that open facing areas guests are likely to be.