Open/shut case

[j4]

One of the double doors dividing our department from the next one has started scuffing the carpet, leaving a big black arc across the floor. Official response to this has been to stick a large sign on the offending door, saying "PLEASE USE OTHER DOOR FOR THE TIME BEING". I don't know why this irritates me quite so much -- it can't be just that the out-of-order door is the closest to the card-swipe mechanism, can it? am I really that lazy? -- but I'm currently trying to convince myself that it would be unhelpful and pointless to stick a sign on the other door saying "PLEASE FIX OTHER DOOR".

Comments

[keirf.livejournal.com]

Oh, go on. Do it.

[tamsinj.livejournal.com]

i'd already have done it

maybe you could then have an extended conversation with the first door responding to that in turn (it's not my fault - you warped the frame!)

[sparrowsion]

Surely "FOR THE TIME BEING" implies that wheels are already in motion for the fixing? And hopefully they will grind a little faster than the ones responsible for fixing out toilets (three months and counting…).

[j4.livejournal.com]

It's been there for a couple of weeks...

Also, if they wanted people not to use that half of the doors, they could bolt it. No notice required!

[sparrowsion]

… except for one to tell people not to unbolt the door.

[j4.livejournal.com]

PLEASE LEAVE OTHER DOOR UNBOLTED.

Tradition

[hoiho.livejournal.com]

It's Cambridge University. It'll be there for years, the door will never pen again, and it will become a tradition. Then, when they build a new admin ofice, the double entry door will, from day one, have a sign on it saying "PLEASE USE OTHER DOOR..."

[rmc28]

Oooh do it :)

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

It would be fun, especially if you were to do it in the style of an anonymous ransom note with each letter in a different font.

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

If you do it, I'll feel better about saying "TWAT!" while walking past a whiny American girl in StarbUcks who was giving the cashier a hard time yesterday.

I am not a time being.

[anat0010.livejournal.com]

I am a human being, therefore I am able to use either door.

As an aside does anyone else crack up when they see the sign, 'This door is alarmed' ? I can't help imagining a door in a constant state of being startled.
Oh its probably just me then.