Why does an office restroom need SELF-CLOSING doors?

[kay1864]

Our office building has those fancy floor-to-ceiling doors on the stalls. Two stalls in each restroom.

Now who the f*** decided they should be SELF-CLOSING? Like I might forget to close it behind me? Maybe I'll just sit there with the door half-open?

So instead of a normal stall where I can see a half-open door and know it's empty, I have to TRY THE HANDLE of both doors (which must cause mild alarm to the guy inside).

Goofy, just goofy.

[DS1]

1. If self-closing doors prevents ~me~ from seeing just one goatse

it's worth all the amount of pain and suffering they put ~you~ through

[kay1864]

2. What kinda pevvy office do you work in?

Guys don't close and lock the stall doors where you work?

Minneapolis airport, mebbe? :rofl:

[ashling]

3. Just as long as they are large enough

to accomidate guys with a wide stance.

:rofl:

[IntravenousDemilo]

4. Because the handles to cubicle doors are dirty and no one wants E. coli hands.

And then of course you touch your junk with those hands. Eww...

What I'd like to see is washroom entryways equipped with klaxons that go off when someone tries to leave without washing their hands after doing their business. When I'm in a public can, I always grab another paper towel to turn off the tap after I've washed my hands, and then use the towel to grip the door handle. Some washrooms have a garbage can right next to the door -- I like those places. If there's no garbage can next to the door, I aim for the nearest one and try to make the basket. If it goes in, it goes in. If it doesn't, well, that's why they should have the basket right by the exit.

This may seem a bit obsessive, but you get that way working in hospitals.

[kay1864]

5. Actually they're dirty either way

Everyone who uses the stall still has to touch the handle to enter, and to leave. They're not *self-opening*, after all.

[cuke]

7. IMO, it would be easier to just piss in the street

it works for the dogs!:shrug:

[WinkyDink]

6. Tough luck, Sen. Craig!

[petronius]

8. Are they made to be self-closing, like with a spring, or are the doors just hung

off balance? Sounds like a stupid idea, to me, too. Unless, I suppose, the doors open out and they're self-closing to keep them out of the way...

[kay1864]

9. Spring

They slam shut.

One opens inward, I think the other one (the handicapped one) opens out.

Oddly enough (I just checked), the closer violates ADA rules. They're not supposed to slam shut. Maybe some idiot thought it would make it easier on the disabled, since they wouldn't have to close the door. Yeah, make the guy in the wheelchair move faster to get inside. :eyes: