This seems like a fatal bathroom design flaw. Imagine having a shower, opening that drawer and then having a medical emergency such as a heart attack...

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

In light of that, the bigger problem is that the door here opens into the bathroom. If a person collapses up against that door - especially if they are of the larger persuasion - you're not getting them out.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Gaver you never seen an outwards opening door?

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 2 points 17 hours ago

In my experience, it's rare in North America for the bathroom or any rooms door to open outward, unless it's a closet. Most houses are designed with a straight, narrow, central hallway. Any door opening out presents a risk to anyone walking down the hallway, so closets are the exception. Bathrooms usually open out if they are too small to open inward.

However, never have I seen one designed like this. Doors usually are in a spot where nothing can obstruct them, and they are off to the side or end of a room where drawers and people using the room are unlikely to be near, so the likelyhood of a person blocking the door is low, much less a drawer built into the cabinet. This looks like one of those designs where an original two storey house was cut into two units by a do-it-yourselfer that didn't care about the result because they wouldn't be the one living in their disaster.

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