Shower Review TA Alabama
Montgomery
This "Shower Review TA Alabama Montgomery" is a
review
of the shower facility at the TA (TravelCenters of America) in
Montgomery, AL, USA, based upon our
own expectations of what a shower facility that caters to
professional truck drivers of commercial motor vehicles should be like,
our own preferences (especially in comparison to a home bathroom), and
our observations.
This facility is also known as the Montgomery
Travel Center.
Shower Review TA Alabama Montgomery
Date: 5/18/2010
Location: TA,
Montgomery, AL,
I-65, exit 168
Overall Facility: Shower Review TA Alabama Montgomery
- Showers
assigned via
kiosk (swipe TA RoadKing card)
- Shower could be accessed
by swiping a TA RoadKing card or by keyless entry using the keypad
- There was no wait for a
shower
at the time we needed it, so we don't know how showers are queued
- Shower is free with
minimum 50
gallon purchase of fuel from a TA Travel Center anywhere in the
nation within the last 5 days.
Shower #9
Pros: Shower Review TA Alabama Montgomery
- There was keyless entry with
either a PIN or swiping with a RoadKing card
- Door had a deadbolt lock
- Counter space at sink was
sufficient to meet our needs
- Mirror was well positioned on
wall behind sink for
both short and tall drivers
- There was a full length mirror
on the wall outside the shower stall
- Water pressure from sink was
good
- Electrical outlets worked well
- Water pressure in shower was
good
- Showerhead was like one at home
and could be positioned easily
- Towels were thick and thirsty,
like beach towels
- Washcloths were sufficiently
thick
- Towel rack was directly outside
the shower stall so that a towel could be reached from inside the stall
- The built-in seat was
large enough to hold an oversized shower bag
- Shower temperature stayed
constant, even when a toilet was flushed
- Shower pressure dipped only
slightly when a toilet outside the room was flushed
Cons: Shower Review TA Alabama Montgomery
- This shower room showed many
signs of having been used, abused and not thoroughly cleaned; among the
problems were a severe and unhealthy layer of dust on the light fixture
over the sink, the vent in the ceiling and on the wall behind the door.
- There was graffiti on the door.
- The toilet tank cover was
broken off
- The hook on the back of the
door was broken
- The room was warm when we
entered, had little ventilation and stayed warm to the point that we
broke out in a sweat after showering and drying.
- There was no fan, even though
there was adequate wall space for one
- There was mold or mildew in the
grout in the shower stall
- The temperature indicator on
the shower plate and knob was exactly opposite of reality; colder meant
hotter on this shower, indicating that someone hooked up the hot and
cold water lines backwards upon installation.
- The full length mirror fogged
up first, then the mirror over the sink due to lack of ventilation
- The shower was designed such
that one had to get wet to adjust the water pressure or temperature
- This shower (as are all the
showers in this facility) on the second floor, which could pose an
access problem for some customers.
Note: This shower may have been "clean" sometime in the
past, but over
time, the little things that were not cleaned or repaired added up to a
not-so-nice shower experience. Of
particular note is the lack of ventilation in the room, causing us to
break into a sweat after our showers. Management needs to attend to
this right away. We recommend a renovation of this shower room.
In case there is any doubt, we took pictures of some of
the problem areas, but are loathe to publish them for public viewing.
Overall Grade
Overall grade for this
shower at this
facility on a scale of A+ to F- (with A+ being the best, F- being the
worst): D
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