Not even ironically. We have automatic sliding doors where I work, which are designed to open outward if pushed, to allow safe exit in a crowd stampede emergency.
Every so often somebody leans against it, bumps open the emergency mechanism, and trips the alarm. Which is pretty chill, but a staff member has to push it back into place before the door opens and closes automatically again.
Recently this happened, and instead of waiting 20 seconds for a staff to fix it, the customer pushed the doors the rest of the way out, because the door not opening automatically was “an emergency.”
The emergency: the button not working
Not even ironically. We have automatic sliding doors where I work, which are designed to open outward if pushed, to allow safe exit in a crowd stampede emergency.
Every so often somebody leans against it, bumps open the emergency mechanism, and trips the alarm. Which is pretty chill, but a staff member has to push it back into place before the door opens and closes automatically again.
Recently this happened, and instead of waiting 20 seconds for a staff to fix it, the customer pushed the doors the rest of the way out, because the door not opening automatically was “an emergency.”
So is there room to add “if button fails”?