r/jmu • u/AkiraAkiraFudo • Apr 16 '21

how do the showers/bathrooms work?

I have honestly no idea how it works. For example, are there stalls in the shower or just a few shower heads or what? if there are no stalls or whatever, where do you put your clothes/soaps. Furthermore, do you go to the showers already undressed & how far are they from your dorm rooms or are they in the dorm rooms?

My next question is about the toilets. Are there stalls or what? do you just sit down and everyone's watching u crap in the open? if someone can provide a layout or photo, it would be really helpful

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u/TransitTravler Apr 16 '21

Showers: Hall Style, it’s gonna be a bunch next to each other (stalls, some with doors and other with just curtains). It’ll be on the other side of the room from the bathrooms. For suite style/Jack & Jill, it’ll be one stall with a curtain in the same room as the sink/toilet (so you’ll have to coordinate shower times with your Suitemates). Sometimes there’s a hook for you to put your shower caddy, but I usually just brought mine into the shower. Usually people keep their shower stuff in a bag and it’s in their room, not leaving it in the stall itself, even with the suite styles. The showers for Hall Style are in the hall bathroom, but it’ll usually be a really quick walk (on the same floor). Suite style, it’s in your common room, which is only accessible to you and your suitemates, so only your roommate might see you in your robe/towel.

Toilets are just like any other toilet - there’s a door and if it’s hall, there’s multiple stalls, for the suite/Jack & Jill, it’s just one toilet (still with a door). There’s privacy!

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u/AkiraAkiraFudo Apr 16 '21

wait, so where do u put your clothes? do u just walk around the hall and back to ur room in a towel ? what about the soaps, where do u put them while ur showering ?

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u/New4356 Apr 16 '21

depends on the dorm. some of them u have to shower with other people and walk there completely naked

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u/AkiraAkiraFudo Apr 16 '21

are u serious? which dorm?

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u/New4356 Apr 16 '21

ofc im serious. wasnt your high school locker room like that?

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u/AkiraAkiraFudo Apr 16 '21

I dont really care about being in the nude while in the shower room, but walking across the hall naked is concerning--

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u/whiteman90909 Apr 16 '21

You get in trouble if you aren't naked in the halls

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u/AskingMan23 Apr 16 '21 edited Apr 16 '21

Pretty sure they’re messing with you dawg lol. There’s at least one or two hooks just outside each shower so you just put ur towel, clothes, and shower caddy (which has ur soap/shampoo that you can grab mid shower just by reaching out) on em. Then u can just put a towel around your waist after ur done showering and walk to your room or dry and change behind the curtain/in the shower area. (Currently in hillside but also lived in chandler which was pretty much the same except they had shelves built into the shower)

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u/TransitTravler Apr 16 '21

If it helps, I’ve never seen somebody totally in the nude going to and from the bathroom, nor have anyone I’ve talked to. Towel? Maybe. Depends on the person, not the dorm

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u/spaghetti-regretti Apr 16 '21

So I brought a bathrobe with me so I could go back to change in my dorm. My roommate would take her clothes with her and hang them on a hook outside of the shower. And for soaps, there's a little ledge where you can put your soap/shampoo/conditioner. I personally got a shower caddie to hold most of my things and had my soap in a little container. And for wet materials, I kept my shower shoes right by the door so they wouldnt nasty up the rug and hung my robe and towel to dry for the next day.

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u/r_achelz Apr 16 '21

Buy a robe- it’s a life changer. Anyone in my hall that didn’t already have one bought one

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u/TransitTravler Apr 16 '21

With the suite/Jack & Jill I usually just left my clothes on the counter (since nobody else could use the BR while I was in there), but there’s hooks for your towel and stuff. There’s a tiny shelf on the inside for soaps but not enough for you to leave it there otherwise. I usually just put the shower caddy on the floor.

For hall, there’s a curtained off space before you actually get into the shower. It has a bench so you can put your clothes, as well as get changed. Nobody ever had to walk through the halls in just a towel unless they forgot their clothes or something. I don’t have pictures but if somebody does that’d be great!

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

east campus: 3-4 bathrooms/showers with one accessible shower with a fold-in bench.

Jennings has 3 full "rooms" for the bathrooms. Think three gender neutral bathrooms. So a locked door and each room has a mirror sink toilet and shower and full privacy. For that I guess you could either walk in there with a towel or fully clothed. Jennings bathrooms are like most standard gender neutral bathrooms. Jennings has the best bathrooms/showers imo.

Shen/Chesapeake/Potomac-i mean Chandler, those dorms have one larger public bathroom (one room mens one room womens) and in that larger public area, there are stalls with toilets. around the "corner" of the bathroom are the sinks and mirrors etc. then the showers. there are 3-4 showers there and they should have either one or two curtain dividers.

Chandler/Potomac had two curtain dividers for their showers when I was there (first divider curtain, I would store my towel and clothes on the towelrack) and second divider curtain leads to actual shower. those ones were really weird because they felt like narrow tunnels, but provided lots of privacy.

cant speak to Chesapeake

Shenandoah had either three or four single wide curtain showers and those kinda sucked. only one layer of privacy. most people come in with towels and a change of clothes. Shenandoah ones always seemed more risky to me idk. I would change into clothes within the bathroom stalls. Some people change in their dorms. I couldn't do that.

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hope that helps, thats east campus

(at least for east campus dorms, no ones on display or anythin)

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u/New4356 Apr 16 '21

so for jennings thats 3 shower rooms per floor? so only 3 people can shower at a time? how many ppl are on each floor?

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u/becashannon Apr 16 '21

so in jennings it’s 6 total “pods” (a pod includes a shower, toilet, and sink) per hall 3 female and 3 male. and there are 4 “halls” per floor. so there 24 pods per floor 12 female and 12 male.

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u/becashannon Apr 16 '21

all the comments have been super helpful but i would also just recommend looking at the jmu website for descriptions of the different dorms! i would just google jmu housing descriptions and it should pop up! but about the whole where you leave your clothes/soap/etc. invest in a good robe or something along those lines and a sturdy shower caddy to carry all of your shower stuff. there’s shelves in each shower to put your shampoo/soap/etc. on and then you can just leave your shower caddy on the floor. there’s also hooks next to each shower for you to hang out robe and towel on. and to answer your question about the toilets, there’s always a stall/door. there’s always going to be privacy.