Why in the hell would anyone voluntarily do this to them selves

In fact if you're staying one night in the hotel this is the only order you would see.

They are on chronological order, just not where OP expects them to start.

In my somber movie voice “ they do it……to keep your mind busy and not concentrating on the mat itself—— which is constantly filling up with blood, necessitating the frequent changing of the mats to hide the alarming amount of blood seeping under the door”👀👀 👀

The hotel I'm at changes the elevator mats throughout the day