Waldo Jaquith

Today in #HotelBathroomUX, this Minneapolis hotel’s soap etc. dispensers in the shower. The lighting was dim, these were mounted down low, and I had a heck of a time figuring out which was which.

As with the name tags at this conference, it would be better if the most important label was really big!

Jun 15, 2024 at 3:49pmIvory for iOS
Show threadWaldo JaquithJun 16, 2024

Also from the #HotelBathroomUX realm: last year I stayed in a hotel with this array of soaps etc. mounted in the shower. Two of them contain peppermint oil, and one is body wash.

Peppermint oil is an irritant to mucus membranes. This is Russian shower roulette.

Show threadChris Zubak-SkeesJun 16, 2024
@waldoj Ah, The Hamilton
Show threadWaldo JaquithJun 16, 2024
@zubakskees Nailed it
Show threadChris Zubak-SkeesJun 16, 2024
@waldoj I remember those well. It took me maybe 20 seconds to place them. They were not good.
Show threadChris Zubak-SkeesJun 16, 2024
@waldoj Enjoy The Graduate
Show threadIan DeesJun 16, 2024
@waldoj the tingling means its working!
Show threadAlexander DyasJun 16, 2024
@waldoj “pep talk body wash”??? The new girl suggested this as a joke and they took her seriously. She’s now running the team.
Show threadJeri DanskyJun 17, 2024
@waldoj Here's another really bad one. I had to take a photo of the bottles and enlarge it to read that pale green lettering on a gray bottle. This was at a Residence Inn.
#HotelBathroomUX
Show threadWaldo JaquithJun 17, 2024
@jeridansky OMG
Show threadDougJun 15, 2024
@waldoj In the locker room at my workplace, there are three clear unlabeled bottles in each shower. The liquids inside are white, yellow, and clear. The white must be conditioner. I assume the yellow is shampoo and clear is body soap, but is that so universal now that it needn’t be explained anywhere?
Show threadWaldo JaquithJun 15, 2024
@dougdougdoug Time for some guerilla UI work.
Show threadDavid CollantesJun 15, 2024
@waldoj please, tell me that grout was naturally dark. Pretty please. 😅
Show threadWaldo JaquithJun 15, 2024
@david *All* the grout was that color, which I took as a good sign.
Show threadDavid CollantesJun 15, 2024
@waldoj phew! 😂
Show threadNelson MinarJun 15, 2024
@waldoj now you smell like cilantro and peppermint schnapps. The worst soap cocktail.
Show threadValJun 15, 2024
@nelson @waldoj that is a bizarre melange of product scents.