Another room-sharing nightmare
I once had to share a room with not only one co-worker but four. Five of us: my boss (female) and four others (three female, one male). We were working on contract for a client who likely *NEVER* would have endorsed the decisions our boss made about how to handle this trip.
The "logic" was this: since there was only one male , he couldn't just share with ONE woman.. yet if he had his own room (as 2nd lowest in seniority of the five of us), that would not be fair either. Solution? Of course, share with FOUR women and sleep on the floor! The four women shared the bedroom (and the beds; the summer intern had to share a bed with our boss). The lone male had to sleep in the "living room", which had a couch that was not a pull-out. He opted for the floor. There was a bathroom schedule - literally a sign-up, with time limits of no more than 30 min per person per day. Five of us, one bathroom, a week in Memphis TN in the middle of summer, with required long hours at the job site (before 8am until 10,11 pm...).
Our schedule for eating, sleeping, and personal hygiene was set by our boss. We ate in restaurants she chose, at times she chose, OR bought vending-machine and fast-food to save money. We took breaks together, when our boss dictated - and spent them going somewhere together (i.e.: to a convenience store for drinks). The ONLY place to get away and find some solitude was a bathroom, preferably in a restaurant... because there was no time limit!
Beyond violating any semblance of privacy or professionalism, this surely broke a few laws as well. Anticipating how this would go down, I declared that I was only available for three of the six days the full job involved - I couldn't refuse to go or insist on even double rooms (a suite? for five coworkers?) - but I could foreshorten my time in the purgatory that was this trip.
This was more than a decade ago, yet I remember the excruciating awfulness like it was just last week. I moved on from this job eons ago, yet I still somewhat regularly cross paths with colleague with whom *I* shared a bed.
Ugh.