and today's random question is...

[swatkat]

Do you prefer to pull doors open or push doors open?

Comments

[ms-artisan.livejournal.com]

Push.

So I don't have to touch a handle 447,000 other people have touched. Ewwww...

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

I like to push too. I'm not sure why. Pulling is less fun, I think.

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

Pull.

Funny, you'd think push is the easier option, but I think I instinctively pull open doors rather than push them. There's probably some psychological issue behind that.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

My instinct is always to push open doors (including the ones that read 'pull'). I wonder what the psychological issues are?

[donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com]

See, I have just analysed the issue and have come to the following conclusion: I pull open doors, because when I push them open I let go of the handle and then the door comes back and hits me in the face. Also, if I push it open, it might hit the person standing on the other side in the face. So basically, it's a Strategy to Avoid Being Hit In The Face.

[roga.livejournal.com]

Pull, unless I'm carrying something.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

I hate pulling. Particularly when I'm carrying something, which I usually always am!!

[alex-kingston.livejournal.com]

push. i'm lazy that way. i kinda just push through or ram through the door with my body more likely.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Hee. Me too.

[alex-kingston.livejournal.com]

LOL! HI-5!

[amy-119.livejournal.com]

Push. Way more fun. :)

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

[evilstorm.livejournal.com]

Push, because I tend to just charge the door and slam it open with a shoulder.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Hee. I do that sometimes.

[jaybee65.livejournal.com]

Push, because I don't have to stop or slow down.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's it, I think! Pulling means stopping. And it becomes particularly difficult when you're carrying things - which I almost always am.

[slytherin-heart.livejournal.com]

I prefer to pull doors open; I naturally hold doors open for people, and it seems more natural when pulling them than pushing.

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

I hate pulling!

[sk56.livejournal.com]

Around here, exterior doors are supposed to open towards the outside (pull to get in/push to get out) to make it simpler to exit a building in an emergency. Interior doors are supposed to open in line with the exit signs, for the same reason.

Though I have a liking for revolving doors.