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Originally posted by valkyrie
Well, the problem with doors opening outward would be that anyone walking by as you open the door would get whapped in the face. I agree that doors opening inward are annoying, though, especially when the stall is so tiny that you practically have to climb on top of the toilet to get the door open.
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FYI-there is some very good logic on the way doors open. Building fire codes require that all doors to public areas must swing to the outside. Heaven forbid that any of us be in this situation, but can you imagine how panicky you WOULD become if you were in a crowded ladies' room and fire broke out? With upwards of 20 people rushing to get out in a hurry, it is much safer to open the door by pushing forward as you walk through rather than by having to pull and take a step or two back. If the people behind you have lost their heads temporarily and are pushing those in front of them, there is not room for the person operating the door to take the necessary step or two backwards to open the door. Lives can be saved this way.
As an aside, I have a funny story about the 'hover' thing. In high school, the group I ran around with had girls in several grade levels. We were all drinking one night, and went to a fast food place. (Yes, I know underage drinking is stupid...
) Well, one of the ones my age was in rare form and couldn't hold herself up with her leg muscles to 'hover'. One of the seniors had to go in the stall and hold her up by the armpits so her bum wouldn't touch the seat. (So prissy, to be that drunk and still care about the cleanliness of public restrooms! Haha). Well, Senior Wills time came around, and the one who held her up willed her the "ability to do 'the hover maneuver'". There had been problems the previous year with improper things in wills, so anything questionable had to be explained to the principal before they would publish it. As a man, our principal had no way of knowing what this meant, and assumed it had something to do with drugs (hover=getting high or something) and forced her to explain. (Of course, she left out the drunk part of it, and just explained what it meant to hover.) Needless to say, the principal was very embarassed. It got published in wills.
I can't hear anyone talk of 'hovering' without thinking of that.
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