Then I discovered that although a good idea in theory, they
are a terrible idea in practice. All the stuff you keep in your
bathroom gets damp, much more so than in a bathroom with a shower
cubicle, the floor is wet all the time, so every time you go in there,
you get your feet wet, and you get damp talcum powder footprints
everywhere.

I agree. Horrible things. You have to take your shoes off to go to the
toilet. Then dry your feet afterwards. The alternative is to make the floor
look like Salisbury plain after two weeks of rain and few a Challenger
tanks.

Christian.