I find today’s hotels can make a stay a very what I call “Urban Hotel Experience. Recently, I check into a modern hotel. I loved the décor, bright lighting, and the amenities available.
First Urban Hotel Experience
What made the stay an urban experience is believe it or not the bathroom area. You see I come from a ruled background and like keeping things as I coin a “simple farmer” approach. With that in mind, taking a shower and operating it should be very self-evident. No explanation is required or trying to study the shower to figure how it can be turned on and control the water temperature.
SO when I got into this shower, I thought the apparent knob close to the shower head was the controlling element. When I went to turn it either clockwise or counterclockwise, it didn’t budge. Well, I thought, maybe it is a pull-out type knob. I quickly found out that was not the case.
Mind you I’m 6 ft. 3” and not used to looking down to try and solve this dilemma. On top of that, this shower had a handheld shower which I personally don’t care for. Rather, I like standing under a showerhead hands-free.
Urban Hotel Experience: Discovering the Solution
Lo and behold, I discover that the faucets were on the sidewall of the shower and at the knee-high level. And the faucet was dual functioning. It controlled both the handheld shower and the regular shower head. Don’t laugh but initially, I thought that the faucet handle only would turn on the handheld showerhead. No doubt, I was thinking that you needed Sherlock Holmes to uncover where the controls were for the regular showerhead. Out of pure luck, when I tried turning off the handheld shower, I accidentally discovered that it also turned on the overhead shower! Hallelujah! I was finally in business.
Second Urban Hotel Experience-Sink
But there was another challenge. Remember, I come from simple farmer roots. It was time to use the bathroom sink. In fact, I had accidentally knocked over my coffee and wiped up the spill with a handheld towel. Not wanting to leave the towel soiled, I used soap and partially filled the basin to “hand wash” the towel. Shortly afterward, I couldn’t find the plunger handle. But no matter how much I looked all around and it definitely wasn’t visible to me. After careful searching, I discovered that it was way behind the neck of the faucet. Plus the plunger was very small and you can’t see it!
In Summary
After these urban hotel experience, I concluded that as a rural person, I need an operating checklist to navigate today’s modern Urban Hotel bathrooms!