Esther locking the bathroom door
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PopSixSquish — 11 years ago(January 30, 2015 10:10 PM)
Doesn't everyone lock the door when they bath or shower?
Nope, we just close them. The bathroom doors don't even have locks; you just knock or whatever to see whether the occupant is okay with you entering/being handed something. I actually don't think I know anyone who has and uses bathroom door locks at home because "closed" is the sign for "in use," so I found it almost as odd as Kate did. (I say "almost" because it would've been entirely reasonable for her to assume that "Esther" was used to locking the door behind her, and still felt it appropriate to do in her new home.) But yes, many parents are just concerned over what their kids might be doing behind closed doors and grow suspicious or worried if it's actually locked.
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Radagast81 — 10 years ago(June 16, 2015 03:11 PM)
You don't lock bathroom doors? Perhaps it's a regional thing or something. Everybody I know tends to lock the door when they're in the bathroom. Although that might be partially because most people here also tend to keep the bathroom door closed at all times, whether it's in use or not, so the only way to know if it's occupied is if you knock or try to open it. I personally think this is silly, it seems to make more sense to just leave bathroom doors open if they're not in use, so if they're closed, you can just assume it's in use, no need for locks. People must be more trusting where you live. (I'm around Northern VA/ Washington DC).
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PopSixSquish — 10 years ago(June 17, 2015 06:36 PM)
Yeah, no, like I saidour bathroom doors don't even HAVE locks! xD Or, I know two of the three don't. The downstairs one MIGHT have a semi-functional lock, but it's almost never used anyhow.
Don't know whether that's common in our area, but I don't specifically recall any of my friends' houses having them either. We just use that logic you suggested: If the door's shut, the room's probably occupied in such a way that you should leave it alone, or at least knock and ask before opening it. Could be a regional thing, true. I guess we're trusting enough, but since my mom hates having company over anyway (she's a germ/neatness freakI offered to buy a port-a-john for her birthday so no "strangers" would ever have to use her bathrooms again), 95% of the time the only people who might push the door open anyway are immediate family membersor more often, the dogs. Dx -
PopSixSquish — 10 years ago(July 03, 2015 06:36 PM)
Even in their own homes? I'm sure there are probably some regional or cultural differences with regard to whether people tend to do that or not. I could definitely see it if you have people over who can't be trusted to respect a closed door, for sure.
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🇲🇮🇰🇪🇭🇻🇳🇹 — 11 years ago(February 22, 2015 05:40 AM)
Some people just don't like doors locked, could be any kind of reason behind it, but its not uncommon. But the scene is meant to explain that Esther doesn't want anyone to see her naked, because she wears things around her neck and wrists to cover scars, and she also has a bandage or something wrapped around her chest to hide she has breasts. All things that get revealed later in the film so you don't end up asking how nobody noticed any of those things beforehand.
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youstupidprick — 11 years ago(March 01, 2015 07:59 AM)
Actually when I was a kid, my mom wouldn't let me lock the bathroom door. Close it, yes, but locking the door was a big no no, so it just seemed normal to me when that scene came up. In fact, in my teenage years, my mom wouldn't even let me lock my bedroom door. Some parents are just wired that way.
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piperatthegate — 10 years ago(July 02, 2015 09:22 PM)
It bothered me too. I can understand that rule for a very young child. But a child as old as Esther? That's just wrong. What kind of 10 year old girl would be comfortable with anyone being able to walk in on them naked or using the toilet?