I work as a receptionist and the front door to my office has a button for disabled people to push to make the door open automatically.
I can totally understand when people who have children in tow or delivery people use this button, but it really grinds my nerves when people who obviously have nothing wrong with them use this button to get in and out of the building. It's almost as annoying as when I see perfectly able-bodied people parking in handicapped parking spots! (The nice lady who picks up our mail everyday uses this button to get in everyday and I want to scream at her everytime! She's the inspiration for this question).
Does this bother anyone else?
2007-12-27 07:21:20 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Another thing that grinds my nerves is when people basically tell me there are more important things to worry about. Please don't answer if you're just going to critisize me. I can't help it if something like this is annoying to me. We all have silly little things that annoy us.
Personally, I appreciate the fact that I'm able to open doors for myself and graciously leave the things that a reserved for people unable to open doors or walk long distances to those people.
2007-12-27 07:42:47 · update #1
It's just a show of today's society. Sadly enough. If there is an easy way out of doing any job, no matter how easy it may be, take the road of less resistance. On the flip side of your debate, I know disabled people who refuse to use those buttons. They don't want to use them. I agree completely with you and I am rather disgusted when I see teenagers use them and actually wait while the door slowly opens for them.
2007-12-27 07:44:00 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. E. Bunny A.K.A. Andy. 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If someone has limited use of their arms and upper body, they may not be able to do it at all without the help of other humans or devices installed on the door itself. But if they are using a motorized chair, they may be able to back up to a door and push it open with the chair. Or, if a knob needs turning they may be able to get close enough to turn the knob while advancing the chair through the door. All of this is very, very difficult of course, so in places that do not have federally or state mandated access for the disabled, people must rely on other people to help them.
2016-04-11 03:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it does not bother me in the least, unless of course I saw someone in a wheelchair or on crutches having to wait while a supposed able bodied person walked through, which I have never seen.
I agree with the germ thing completely, and my son loves to push that button and go through, but personally I never do when alone because...it is toooooo slow and I am ALWAYS in a hurry!
I really don't put it in the same category as taking a handicapped parking place because it is not taking anything away from anyone, and I've never seen it as something that is exclusively for handicapped persons and not for anyone else.
2007-12-27 08:59:57 · answer #3 · answered by Terri 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Bad Answer Queen is right mentioning people with arthritis. There are a lot of conditions a person may have which you wouldn't know just by looking at them. I have back problems, so I often use the door button, because office doors are generally pretty heavy. Same thing with handicapped parking spots. My grandmother has had her hip and both knees replaced, and while you wouldn't know it to look at her, it is quite painful for her to walk a great distance. People with heart conditions are often given handicapped plaquards as well.
You shouldn't assume that just because you can't SEE something wrong with someone, there isn't. Besides, what harm does it do to anyone for someone to use the automatic door?
2007-12-27 08:05:44 · answer #4 · answered by missbeans 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
No, I see no reason whatsoever to be annoyed by it. People are often in a rush and are used to using whatever conveniences are available. However, if my use of it somehow prevented a handicapped person from using it, I wouldn't do it any more than I would take a handicapped parking space, which is quite another matter. I agree with what Jesse K said: you'll be a lot happier person if you let the piddly unimportant things go unnoticed. They're not worth a worry.
2007-12-27 07:29:54 · answer #5 · answered by Boris Bumpley 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why would it? Its an electric button that makes a door fly open. Why wouldn't we want to push it? You might want to think about this a little more. There are some people out there that are severely afraid of germs. Door handles are covered in ickies. Buttons you can just bump into. Or what about people with arthritis? Both of those you cant see by just looking at someone.
What does annoy me is to see able bodied people using the moto-carts (the motorized shopping carts). That is the height of laziness.
2007-12-27 07:42:14 · answer #6 · answered by Bad Answer Queen 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It used to bother me, but then I realized that sometimes the mechanism that makes the door open automatically can make it harder to open the door manually! I try to not use doors that have the mechanisms on them if there is another set of doors right there, but I understand, now, that the doors really drag and can even feel heavy when you try to just pull them open yourself. I agree about not knowing a person has a physical issue; I have tendonitis in both of my wrists, so that might be why the doors feel so heavy to me. Maybe I always need to use them to save wear and tear on my wrists.
As for the parking spaces, I think people who park in them illegally need to have their cars towed! You can walk a couple of extra feet!
2007-12-27 09:15:46 · answer #7 · answered by bainaashanti 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No,it does not bother me in the slightest that people use the wrong door.i don't understand that,as they are not causing someone else to suffer.if that is not the case in your argument then i apologise,but i have not seen a disabled person suffer from an able bodied person use an automatic door.
On the other hand using a car space for disable people is disgusting as they(able bodied) are perfectly able to walk across to their car,wheras a disable person would benefit from being parked as close to the door as possible. i work with disabled people,and i hear their frustrations,but i have never heard anyone complain about someone using an automatic door!
2007-12-27 08:21:29 · answer #8 · answered by scorpio_queen_2003 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
When you ask "Does it aggravate you...." this implies one can answer a question either yes *or* no.
People see a button, they push it. Like a crosswalk button, except the door button works. Also, many doors have signs saying to open without pushing the button can damage the mechanism, so they may just be trying to do the right thing.
2007-12-27 09:46:46 · answer #9 · answered by stenobrachius 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yup.
You're right-- little things annoy people that don't annoy others. Can't be helped. And yes, it bothers me, but only because it shows how lazy people have become that they can't even bother using a tiny bit of strength in their arms to open the door, and preserve electricity just a little bit!
2007-12-27 07:45:08 · answer #10 · answered by LJG 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋