before you realise that it is the wrong way! Lol
2006-10-19 04:53:20 · 46 answers · asked by Quiet Storm 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Beware, many of the answers you've been given are wrong. Test them before you accept them!
Doors normally open INWARDS to buildings and rooms. So 'push to enter and pull to leave.' It's so that the person inside, welcoming incomers, controls the door inwards and doesn't smack the incomer in the face. And, in the case of the front door, doesn't gather snow on the inside of the door.
Areas (such as lobbies, entrance halls, etc) which lead into rooms are not rooms themselves. They count as being outside the rooms.
Thanks for asking. The logic has cleared my own mind.
2006-10-19 05:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there used to be a way you can tell if to push or pull.
If there are two doors usually the right one is to push and the lefe one is for exiting or pushing(pulling if you're on the outside), but Walmart has messed that all up with their several doors.
Usually you can tell when there is a handle. A handle means you are to "pull". A square piece of metal means you are supposed to "push".
There are fire codes that say all doors are supposed to move outward. So I think you'd be safe and with no broken nose if you start out "pulling".
2006-10-19 05:09:44 · answer #2 · answered by sophieb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the handle. If the handle looks like it can be turned i push. if the handle looks fixed i push. But on occasion you run into those weird doors that you turn the handle and push when you should be pulling and end up lookin really stupid. They should come up with a rule for doors. but i have to say it is always funny to see someone try to push a pull door.
2006-10-19 05:53:44 · answer #3 · answered by zack 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should always pull a door to Enter and push to exit i.e. when you go into a shop your hands are empty enabling you to pull the door open. Upon leaving the shop your hands will be full so you'll need to push the door open.
2006-10-19 05:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by Siobhon W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure that I have a usual way. Normally I try to weigh up whether it is likely to be a pull (i.e. has a handle) or a push (i.e. has a plate) and act accordingly.
So in that case why do I normally get it wrong?? lol
2006-10-19 05:06:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Push
2006-10-19 04:58:30 · answer #6 · answered by Missy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there's no handle I push. If there's a handle I try and pull and then feel like a fool if I actually should have pushed.
2006-10-19 05:06:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at the handle, the handle is shaped in such a way that it could be pulled, then pull first. if your still not sure wait until someone comes out and then go in before the door closes
2006-10-24 10:51:52 · answer #8 · answered by fun1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Push first
2006-10-19 05:03:41 · answer #9 · answered by KLW 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always push, as it's the way I'm going.
If I'm wrong I bounce off the door and pull it open on the rebound.
2006-10-19 10:51:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋