Solid doors are being replaced with sliding ones, or even transparent cubicles. For furious guests, this is a cost-cutting measure too far

Name: Hotel bathroom doors.

Age: Solid doors have existed since ancient Egypt.

Appearance: Increasingly flimsy, possibly nonexistent.

Hang on, I’ve been in many hotel bathrooms in my life and I can tell you they all shared one characteristic: a door. Well, no longer. The Wall Street Journal has exposed the terrifying slide towards extinction of proper, solid, closing doors for hotel bathrooms. They are being replaced with “sliding barn doors, curtains, strategically placed walls and other replacements”.