The boring answer is that its for reaching the shower controls for adjusting the temperature and pressure without the need to stand under the shower. Mostly for people with disabilites or people who needs aides.
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
Assuming you are bound to a wheelchair you probably won’t shower normally anyway
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.
It would reduce the amount of water flying against the glass. But yes the mess will be the same
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.
Well obviously you are supposed to straddle the toilet and face the wall to get a better reach
I don’t doubt this may be the purpose but the execution looks bad. It may be an illusion but it seems a little far away from the water controls, you’d have to go past elbow deep. The toilet is definitely in the way. You can’t get to it with a wheelchair or while standing, you have to be sitting on the toilet.
I found this which confirms it’s for adjusting the controls before getting in. I think this one in particular didn’t have people with disabilities in mind and is a poor execution all around.
shut up prude, we all know it’s a glory hole for elephants
It just occurred to me that it’s not a sliding door, so this is plausible.
temperature and pressure
mfw i realize that shower is a chemistry reactor
That’s even more confusing, why not forego the shower glass entirely and just have a shower curtain instead?
Yes I know it’s likely retrofitted, but I won’t pass a chance to say that shower curtains are superior. Shower glass looks glossy in brochures, but everyone IRL has a sad squeegee hanging from it.
Shower curtains cling to your body while you shower and get moldy
Even the cheapest shower curtains have extra sewn in threads at the bottom which weigh them down and prevent clinging.
Mould isn’t an issue if you’re airing out the bathroom properly, and washing the curtains every week or so.
Glass is also prone to mould as well, but you can’t just throw out it. The tracks they require are particularly difficult to keep clean and give me the heeby jeebies.
Washing curtains is infinitely easier than maintaining and cleaning the glass tracks.
Need to get a better shower curtain then! Or swap the rod for a curved one, or both
I have the sad squeegee, but I really think that the rest of my shower is cleaner longer because I now routinely squeegee the water away so mold doesn’t grow. Not something I could do with a shower curtain.
this is totally incorrect. its actual purpose is for the bathing wife to be able to give hand to her husband while he’s dumping a load
Or the other way. She can pleasure the husband while he’s showering and she is on the John
The hole is there to allow water to pass through the shower wall and accrue on the floor surface around the toilet, enhancing the sock experience of toiletgoers.
isn’t that what the shaggy pee mat in front of the toilet is for?
I hate when that happens and you have to lick it all up before the dog beats you to it.
What a terrible day to have eyes.
It‘s for wetting your hand while on the toilet. This enables you to wipe and clean your ass with your wet hand.
The manual bidet
You jest but the manual method was all we had in 2013 Konya.
Lol why do you need the shower for that? The toilet already has water and it’s right there.
Uhh…hmm
What has happened to the internet today. Why is it like this
At that rate, just get in the damn shower
No.
I was thinking of that one but I don’t know his name.
Star Trek glory guy.
I thought it was to start the shower without getting the cold or hot water all over you.
Its so you can poop in the shower and toss it in the toilet. Stomping it down clogs the drain
“Wafflestomp it down the drain” I think about that post weekly, still. I dont think im ok
Maybe poop in the shower less :)
Distance and accuracy training.
It’s so you can get a nice wet spot on the floor for that maximum bathroom aesthetic.
My first thought was to flush the toilet whenever you needed warmer water. I used to rent an apartment where I had to turn on cold water in the sink to get hot enough water in the shower.
This doesn’t even make sense from a plumbing perspective
that’s what I thought at first, but there is actually a way that it makes sense
you have hot water and cold water with a certain amount of pressure behind them feeding your apmt. if you turn the shower to full hot, the valve is still going to mix it with cold water. however if you take the cold water out at the sink prior to the shower feed, it’s not going to be replaced by more cold water if the system doesn’t have enough supply to keep up with it. so your shower water is being mixed with less cold water than before, resulting in a hotter mixed stream from the shower head
and like maybe there’s other things going on and it’s not the same in every situation and all that, but you can test this yourself and get this result, so…
Do you not have a temperature dial on your shower that lets you control this directly? If I feel like I need to burn my skin off I can turn the temperature all the way up and have 100% hot water.
Check your hot shower privilege
My golden shower offers constant warm temperature, but twisting the knobs does nothing.
must be nice to have such a hot water supply with high pressure
not everybody has that
Pretty straightforward. Take a nasty shit and warm up the shower while you wipe. Alternatively, warm up the shower after realizing you’re out of shit tickets.
It’s for illicit hand holding
When you have to poop while showering you can easily dispose of it without clogging the drain 👩🔬
What’s wrong with a good ol’ fashioned wafflestomp?
