Have a friend in upstate New York who buys flip houses and renovates them. You see some stuff of the "what the hell were they thinking" variety. To wit:
 

Hey, that's better than this:
 

 
 
 
 
 
What's up with that?

 
He can convert the 3rd or 4th step to a landing platform and continue the tread at a right angle down to the floor.
 
 

I think I know his plumber......

 
This guy though, thought it through........
 
 

I've noticed a lot of recently built hotels have paper roll dispensers that are placed right where my knee goes.
 
I end up sitting sideways and wondering "why oh why?".

I've noticed that, too, Mike. 
 
Once upon a time--I think it was 1990--I took a trip to Austraia.  The last night of the trip, I stayed at an expensive hotel in Sydney.  It had the worst design I've ever seen.  It had two beds and one was barely a foot away from the wall where the closet was.  The TV was mounted on a bracket at the corner of said wall causing you to do a limboesque move to get to the closet. 
 
The bathroom was just as bad.  The sink was almost behind the toilet.  This was particularly awkward when trying to shave!  I had to lean to my left and forward to get over the sink.  The toilet didn't have a problem with the TP location.  Instead, it was so close to the glass shower door that you had to find that sideways seating position, too. 
 
That was, by far, the least comfortable hotel I stayed in during that trip.  It was a surprise, because it was probably the most expensive.  I stayed in "mom & pop" hotels in the middle of nowhere that were much better the than that one at a fraction of the price. 

mike_mccue

 
He can convert the 3rd or 4th step to a landing platform and continue the tread at a right angle down to the floor.
 
 

I think that's the only solution!

sharke

mike_mccue

 
He can convert the 3rd or 4th step to a landing platform and continue the tread at a right angle down to the floor.
 
 

I think that's the only solution!

Spiral.

Elevator.