Why the doors in public restrooms don’t go all the way to the floor

Nearly 2,000 years ago, people paid to use the bathroom in some countries. Here in Brazil (and elsewhere in the world) public restrooms are free, but they are a little different from regular restrooms. And we’re not just talking about a lack of privacy. They have a special detail that catches everyone’s attention: the cabin doors don’t touch the ground. And believe it or not, there is an explanation.

We, from awesome.club, we’ve always wondered why public restrooms don’t have doors that go all the way down to the floor. And we found that there are many reasons for this, which are quite serious and which we must take into account. We also learned why we pull the door to get out of the bathroom (and not push it), which we’ll explain in our bonus section of this post.

To avoid hurting anyone while opening the door;

To prevent someone from blocking the corridor and allow people to move freely in an emergency;

To prevent the bad smell from spreading throughout the bathroom;

To prevent a person from being locked in and to make it easier to close the door if the lock is broken.

To be able to open it with the shoulder, without having to touch the handle; Because pushing the door helps to save time.

Have you ever noticed that bathrooms don’t have doors that go all the way down to the floor? Does it make you uncomfortable or are you used to it?