I’m doing some contract work for a company that resides in a building that has a main entrance revolving door. It’s not a huge revolving door, but is divided into quarters, each of which will accommodate only one person. And if that person has a couple of things in tow (for example, a laptop computer slung over a shoulder and another item carried by hand), it’s kind of cramped; but it’s not restricting. On either side of that revolving door is a standard hinged door, on which is the sign that clearly requests, [i]Please use the revolving door[/i].
Being in the building design industry (as I have been for 30+ years), the reason to me is obvious. A revolving door is an energy conservation item. It helps keep energy from escaping the building, whether that energy be heating in the winter or air conditioning in the summer. As such, I always use the revolving door.
I recently parked myself on a bench outside the front of that building, eating my lunch and making some cell phone calls. I noticed that very few people actually used the revolving door, even though the signs requesting to do so were clearly displayed. I might estimate that only one in ten people actually used the revolving door.
Do people have a problem with revolving doors? Do they not realize their real function? Do they refuse to use them just because it was specifically requested?
P.S. Isn’t that a great title for a discussion?
What did you really think you were getting into when you clicked on it?
And how many of those people who refuse to use the revolving door are [i]environmental loonie tunes[/i]?