WTF is going on!?

[TheRealBob]

Originally Posted by BStecke

Only the door on the right is the out and the door on the right is the in.

So all the doors are on the right? That does sound confusing!

Originally Posted by BStecke

What the hell is this all about!? This is the fourth or fifth place this week that I've been to that is doing this.

I've seen it a lot in stores where they want the outgoing traffic to be closer to the cash registers and the incoming traffic to be at the far wall. So if the doors are on the left side of the store when you're coming in, that will lead them to the setup you describe. That lets people exit more easily and also lets them get a clear view of people leaving so they can see if they're shoplifting.

Originally Posted by BStecke

And the worst is when the door you walk up to, having been taught that the door on the right is in, doesn't open and you almost walk into it.

The Circuit City near me had automatic sliding doors that were so slow I slammed right into them. At least it satisfied my curiosity about what exactly they meant by "in case of emergency, push doors open", as the two doors both swung out. I turned to push them back into place, then I thought that if they were going to have them set up like that I'd let them handle it.

Originally Posted by BStecke

And yeah, there are signs on the door, but as I said, I was always taught in school that you walk on the right, you enter a door on the right, you do EVERYTHING, on the right hand side!!

Not true. You're supposed to walk on the left side of a street if there is no sidewalk. This lets you see the oncoming traffic instead of it approaching you from behind. I believe this is actually the law in most areas and you can in theory get ticketed for walking on the right side.