Why do people use a "Pull" option even on doors that open both ways?
I see way many such entities at work. We have big glass doors that open both ways. But invariably, I find people opening the door by pulling it and not pushing it.
Whereas me, I always go for the push. So much so that when one of the doors is on its way back to the closing position, I push open the other door and keep walking.
Why?
3 comments:
Your observation may be valid in a country with a lot of space. but here there are a lot of people. So, the shopkeepers stick the "Pull" sign so that when push comes to shove, you don't end up flattening the bulbous forehead of some dravidian brother who darts in front of the door, suddenly.(Though it would be fun).
See there is "almost" interesting logic behind it...
Normally, if you have a horizontal handle, it's almost always pull. If it's a vertical bar/handle, it's almost always push.
But from a psychological perspective, you are considering it to be an obstacle that you want to blow off and get going. of course, the simple explanation could be that you are a "pushy" character which anyone who has spent a few minutes with you or had the spare time to read your seemingly-vitally-important information filled blog postings would have understood.
Again normally, by pulling open a door, you are ensuring that you won't knock someone on the other side. Of course your response to that would be "but it's glass doors, I can see who is on the other side, idiot!") and in any case (from what I understand) you will probably want to knock the first person you see on the other side - so doesn't apply.
Finally, it all comes down to what you are used to. By the time someone gets to the door, their mind is already wandered out to the challenge they are facing on the other side (in your case, it would be the "which waiter should I harass next") so the really complex-brain-chewing problem of "how do I open this blasted door" is pretty much instinctive.
Of course, your comment "so much so that..." exemplifies your adjusting/open-to-change nature.
Hope you are going places on that new treadmill of yours. I didn't know 800s could do 70kph and above. In any case, refrain from driving that fast. You are only used to being driven that fast and not driving that fast, yourself.
I think I am making a safe assumption that it was Arvind who posted the second comment.
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