This is how you open a door….

I know I have ranted and rambled about the annoyance of constantly being asked for the restroom key by our customers who do not bother to read the sign on the door telling them to ask for the key at the coffee shop.

What I did not go into in that rant and ramble was the (far, far) sadder fact that some of our customers do not seem to know how to operate doors. Several times we have seen people trying to put the restroom key into a dummy lock on the door into which it patently would not fit. We have had to rescue people from inside the restroom who could not get out due to there being two handles on the door. Yes, rescue. They bang on the walls and bellow for assistance.

I’m going to let that sink in for a minute.

You see, these are people who have managed to get up, negotiate the intricacies of putting on clothes, have exited their own home (presumably through a door…) and quite possibly navigated to the shop in a vehicle of some description, maybe even a car, which they drove. And yet…. they are defeated utterly by the necessity of pushing down on the push handle and twisting the twist handle simultaneously. And then pulling the door towards themselves.

Not rocket science.

The scary thing is, that there have been enough incidents to merit a further instructional notice being put on the door (presumably also to be ignored, but at least we’re trying…). When I first saw the sign I had to run off into the staffroom to catch my breath as I was laughing so much.

I’m sharing it here, because I think everyone could use a good smile.
Here, in all its glory, is (one of) the exterior restroom door signs:

*headdesk*