We live in a complicated, frustrating world, right?\u00a0 So there’s no huge reason to make it more complicated and more frustrating.<\/p>\n
That part, like death and taxes, is taken care of for us.<\/p>\n
But I keep encountering something that seems literally obstructionist.<\/p>\n
I’m talking about stores, restaurants and apartment buildings that have big inviting double doors, but keep one half of them locked.<\/p>\n
Twice a day I bang into a door and find that an establishment (bookstore, government office, whatever) has mysteriously decided to latch it closed.<\/p>\n
It seems like a no-brainer.\u00a0 If the front door of your facility has two doors, leave BOTH of them open and available to your customers.<\/p>\n
And no, it doesn’t help if you put a sign on the door with an arrow saying, “Please use other door.”<\/p>\n
Your customers don’t spend their time reading your door before they come in.\u00a0 They just want to come in!<\/p>\n
And anyway — why?<\/p>\n
Rather than take the time to make a sign, just go ahead and unlock that door that you paid for on the front of your building.<\/p>\n
So I’m figuring there must be a good reason for this practice.\u00a0 Any theories?<\/p>\n