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Why, please someone tell me, do businesses, retail establishments and the like insist on only unlocking one door of a double door entry/exit?!?  This is the fabulous US of A.  We walk and drive on the right.  Few things annoy me like walking along with friends or colleagues toward an exit, putting my hand out to push open the right door of a double door and being stopped in my tracks!  Is it that hard to unlock both?  Technically it's a fire violation to keep one side locked.  What gives?!  Not only are buildings legally responsible for opening both doors, it make sense for their patrons.  If a group of people is coming in while I'm exiting, I want to be able to proceed past them through my own side, not wait awkwardly for them to get through the door ("you go", "no, you go", "no, I insist") so I can leave. 

And I won't even start on the people who wait for the opposite door before going even though there is a second, UNLOCKED door available (just push, people). 

Readers have left 3 comments.

1. Chris

Haha, yeah, that last line is the one that really gets me. They'll sit there waiting, like they are too scared to try the other door for fear that it will be locked and they'll feel stupid. C'mon, people!

2. Jess

Yeah it's a fire hazard. Didn't the cocoanut grove fire teach us anything??

Are they just trying to save energy perhaps?

3. GriffinIsFinicky

I can't count how many times I have ram into a glass door because of this. I don't understand why it is too troublesome for the guard to simply open both doors. Is there some purpose of this practice? Saving energy (not letting heat escape), security issue (slowing down robbers), etc.? If anyone knows, please do share.

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