Just Open the Door

摘要

Recently I've been noticing a lot of doors with signs on them. Sometimes they say simply "Push" or "Pull," but often the directions are more labored. In the town where I live, a new library was built last year at great cost, and one of its front doors had a sign taped on it. "Careful—door can open suddenly," the sign warned, presumably because small children could get knocked down by the massive wooden door swinging open. At my local grocery store, the doors resemble traditional country entries, with glass and mullions, but need a sign on the glass explaining that they open automatically.