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OK, so at my desk job at the school, I have to buzz parents in and out if they are collecting their kids from after school classes. When I push the button, the doors open automatically and let them in.
However, it is important to note that these are not your typical automatic doors. There is no sensor on them that will stop them from closing when someone tries to go through them. Once those doors start closing, they aren't going to stop. There are signs on the doors stating this, and the staff and children understand.
But do the parents? Nooooooo.
When they see the doors closing, they see it as some sort of challenge. They must imagine themselves being Indiana Jones or something, because they dart for the door and try to make it before it shuts. Like I said, there is no sensor on this door, so it isn't going to stop!
I've seen people running as if they were in a marathon towards the doors. I have seen others make it through by the skin of their teeth. I have seen another lady clip her foot on the door as she ran, sending her to her knees in the car park. Arms have been trapped. Whole entire bodies wedged between the doors, and the unfortunate woman who got her handbag caught and didn't realise until she jerked forward and nearly fell.
I have actually had to start shouting "DON'T RUN!" to parents! Not their kids. The kids are usually patient, and will wait for me to open the door for them. Other poor souls are dragged by their parents who believe that cutting five seconds off their journey home is more important than their lives.
And then we got to today. A rather large man ran for the door, but didn't make it, smacking himself off the glass the poor cleaners had just polished. Rather than wait those two seconds for me to push the button to open the doors, he proceeded to stick his hands in the cracks in the door, and FORCE them open.
Me: Don't do that! I'll open the door for you!
But it was too late. I heard a massive SNAP and a cracking noise. The whole mechanism on top of the doors came crumbling down, and I was left with a mess of metal and rubber on the floor, while the large man walked off without looking back.
Now the door is wrecked, and if a parent wants in or out of the school, I have no choice but to get up from my desk and open the door for them. Last time I checked, doorman wasn't in my job description. I also have to seat myself as close as possible to the door, and it is freaking freezing!
My manager and I are going to track down this jerk, and send him the bill.
However, it is important to note that these are not your typical automatic doors. There is no sensor on them that will stop them from closing when someone tries to go through them. Once those doors start closing, they aren't going to stop. There are signs on the doors stating this, and the staff and children understand.
But do the parents? Nooooooo.
When they see the doors closing, they see it as some sort of challenge. They must imagine themselves being Indiana Jones or something, because they dart for the door and try to make it before it shuts. Like I said, there is no sensor on this door, so it isn't going to stop!
I've seen people running as if they were in a marathon towards the doors. I have seen others make it through by the skin of their teeth. I have seen another lady clip her foot on the door as she ran, sending her to her knees in the car park. Arms have been trapped. Whole entire bodies wedged between the doors, and the unfortunate woman who got her handbag caught and didn't realise until she jerked forward and nearly fell.
I have actually had to start shouting "DON'T RUN!" to parents! Not their kids. The kids are usually patient, and will wait for me to open the door for them. Other poor souls are dragged by their parents who believe that cutting five seconds off their journey home is more important than their lives.
And then we got to today. A rather large man ran for the door, but didn't make it, smacking himself off the glass the poor cleaners had just polished. Rather than wait those two seconds for me to push the button to open the doors, he proceeded to stick his hands in the cracks in the door, and FORCE them open.
Me: Don't do that! I'll open the door for you!
But it was too late. I heard a massive SNAP and a cracking noise. The whole mechanism on top of the doors came crumbling down, and I was left with a mess of metal and rubber on the floor, while the large man walked off without looking back.
Now the door is wrecked, and if a parent wants in or out of the school, I have no choice but to get up from my desk and open the door for them. Last time I checked, doorman wasn't in my job description. I also have to seat myself as close as possible to the door, and it is freaking freezing!
My manager and I are going to track down this jerk, and send him the bill.
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