Doors

I guess the tables aren't the only thing that are the same around here. Even more prevalent are the doors. Almost all doors here are the same. Well, business doors anyway. The hotel room doors, doors on houses, etc. are normal. But storefront doors, office doors, etc. all follow the same pattern and seem to be of the same manufacture.

For one thing, they all swing both ways. (Giggidy) Also, they all have this "locking" mechanism thing whereby if you open the door all the way it will lock in place and stay open. It didn't even occur to me that this pattern held universally until last night when I noticed that I accidentally left the door to the hotel lobby open in that "locked" state. I was already heading up the steps when I realized it and someone was walking over to close it.

I guess I'd just assumed that the door would shut itself. It's a pretty fair assumption everywhere else I've ever been. But doors here are kind of strange. (Even more strange, they all have "push" and "pull" signs on them... Even though they swing both ways. I don't get it.)