Originally Posted by
jmgriffin
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Ehh, I mean if there's an empty sleeper room, it has its own dedicated bathroom so me using it before you board shouldn't really make a difference if I was staying in there or just visiting. Either way it sounds like the new Sleeper cars will have just a sink in the roomettes with 2 communal restrooms in the car.
If the room is unoccupied, it's probably not getting turned over before the next guest.
You missing the mark while standing on a moving train and spraying the blanket or seat (that won't be changed/cleaned before the next guest) would make a difference. I probably wouldn't want to board my otherwise clean room and find a bunch of streaks in the bowl either.
But yeah I cant imagine why anyone thought this design was ever preferable to actual standalone restrooms.