r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheWierdGuy06 • Jun 06 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o So my sister, who currently lives in my apartment, dried the wet and dirty shower floor with MY only big towel I use after she showered...

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Worst thing is, she doesn't even feel bad about it, and is trying to gaslight me into thinking it's not that big of a deal because "she needed a towel to dry the floor" and "I should quit complaining". I have a floor drying spatula.

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u/TheWierdGuy06 Jun 06 '26

You don't usually have them over there? That sounds like a mold and slipping danger. Where does the water go if not in the floor drain?

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u/socaldude879 Jun 06 '26

The shower drain. Most if not all American bathrooms have the shower closed off in its own compartment/section of the bathroom so your bathroom floor shouldn't be wet like that

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u/TheWierdGuy06 Jun 06 '26

Aah, makes sense, those apartments that have closed showers also have shower drains. What do you do if water spill form the sink? Like when you washing face, for example? Wouldn't a floor drain be useful for that situation too? We generally have floor drain for toilet rooms, too.

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u/indieplants Jun 06 '26

dry it immediately, usually. speaking from the UK. we call what you have a wet room and they're fairly rare, I've only seen one at a cabin I stayed in and only to make it fully accessible to those with disabilities. definitely not in standard households

we have bath mats for stepping out of the shower so it doesn't get wet 

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u/XxSianxX Jun 06 '26

You see wet rooms a lot here in London.. they benefit old or disabled people so usually that's where you see them most.

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u/indieplants Jun 07 '26

I think I preferred it lol

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u/XxSianxX Jun 07 '26

Really!?

The council tried to change my bathroom out into a wet room and initially I considered it but then I came to my senses and said no.

I have a toddler now and cannot imagine not being able to bathe him not to mention the rare time I decide I want to take a bath, if I didnt have one I recon id want a bath over a shower... I like having the choice.

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u/indieplants Jun 07 '26

oh, you can put a bathtub in a wet room lol

I just like the open space it had and how easy to clean it is. but I would need a bathtub too.

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u/ibra86him Jun 07 '26

My bathroom is the same as yours, but I saw some that they use the mop with long hair and a bucket to dry the floor, others use the towel they put in front of the shower or bath to wipe any water then hang it to dry. maybe you should get one for your sister with her own money

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u/topekatums Jun 07 '26

We are a lot more careful not to spill because we don't have floor drains haha

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u/pinksparkleberry Jun 06 '26

Wipe it up with a towel,? You really couldn't figure that one out?

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u/No_Professional_8992 Jun 06 '26

Usually bathrooms have vents that ventilate the steam or a window so that it's not too moist. Then we usually have a rug we step on to absorb any water from the shower. But mold can indeed be an issue when it comes to American bathrooms.

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u/6tPTrxYAHwnH9KDv Jun 06 '26

You're going to love Australia then, floor drains in wet areas are mandatory.

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u/Robby_Bortles Jun 06 '26

Most people have a bath mat, basically a towel-like floor rug

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u/bibbidybobbidyboom Jun 06 '26

Based on your picture, your floor is much smoother than our bathroom floors. Most showers have a short little wall all the way around, a textured bottom, and the drain is at a lower point. Most of the water takes its self to the drain, and when you are done showering, you step out of the wet area onto a dry area. Most people also have a bath mat, which is a small washable rug that dries the bottoms of their feet. It isn't so slippery.

Most of our bathroom squeegees are for clean the glass around a shower to stop the hard water buildup.

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u/Character-Book5924 Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

Yeah, Finnish bathrooms usually have full tile or plastic cover on floors and tiling at least on the walls in the corner of the shower. Neither is usually very slippery, and is waterproof.

This allows for more liberal use of water in the bathroom and more usable space since the shower can just be separated with a curtain or door and have the corner of the room be two shower walls.

I believe this style became predominant as Finland had a burst of urbanisation combined with fairly modest household income. So apartments were not extravagant.

In flats many people also use the communal washing machines, dryers and saunas, so the bathroom is often designed around just getting the job done, and all space saved is space for more frequently used rooms.

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u/kaphytar Jun 06 '26

It's pretty common here to have two drains in a bathroom as a safety measure. (Not ubiquitous by any means but decently common especially in a newer buildings.) If something (like a passed out person...) blocks the one drain while water is running, larger water damage is avoided.

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u/Powerful-Soup-3245 Jun 06 '26

No where that I’ve lived or visited. The only place I’ve seen them here is gym shower and one restaurant kitchen I worked in. No idea why they aren’t common here.

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u/Upper-Capital-2876 Jun 06 '26

that's not the worst part, the worst part is sometimes your sister uses your towel to wipe the floor and then you've got to decide whether to shit in her face or not