If they're going to be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year, why do they have locks on the doors?
Anyone else got odd ball things like this that bother them? Often these things sneak up on you if you're in an altered state of mind. Like why drive through bank machines have brail buttons? Plus I was watching a nature show a few minutes ago and did you know penguins can jump 8ft straight up in the air? Not to mention that great white sharks frequently launch themselves straight up out of deep water to fly through the air and catch prey... never going in the ocean again.
Originally posted by Hand of HecateSay they were robbed and are closed for the next day while the police investigate. Or a hurricane is approaching and the area is evacuated. Or perhaps it's for that last 0.25 of a day each year.
If they're going to be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year, why do they have locks on the doors?
Anyone else got odd ball things like this that bother them? Often these things sneak up on you if you're in an altered state of mind. Like why drive through bank machines have brail buttons? Plus I was watching a nature show a few min ...[text shortened]... ht up out of deep water to fly through the air and catch prey... never going in the ocean again.
Originally posted by Hand of HecateWhy do people buy hot water heaters? Hot water does'nt need to be heated.....
If they're going to be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year, why do they have locks on the doors?
Anyone else got odd ball things like this that bother them? Often these things sneak up on you if you're in an altered state of mind. Like why drive through bank machines have brail buttons? Plus I was watching a nature show a few min ...[text shortened]... ht up out of deep water to fly through the air and catch prey... never going in the ocean again.
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Originally posted by Hand of Hecatewell maybe they did not build the building, they just rent it. Also, standard practice is for external doors to come with a locking mechanism.
If they're going to be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year, why do they have locks on the doors?
Anyone else got odd ball things like this that bother them? Often these things sneak up on you if you're in an altered state of mind. Like why drive through bank machines have brail buttons? Plus I was watching a nature show a few min ...[text shortened]... ht up out of deep water to fly through the air and catch prey... never going in the ocean again.
Originally posted by Hand of HecateEasy answer:
If they're going to be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year, why do they have locks on the doors?
Anyone else got odd ball things like this that bother them? Often these things sneak up on you if you're in an altered state of mind. Like why drive through bank machines have brail buttons? Plus I was watching a nature show a few min ...[text shortened]... ht up out of deep water to fly through the air and catch prey... never going in the ocean again.
The 7-11 employees lock up the store inbetween customers when it gets late at night. This keeps someone from just pulling up and robbing the 7-11.
The locks also give the employees the chance to secure the doors if something suspicious is going on outside (that might lead to a robery, etc.)
I find chandeliers vaguely disturbing. Paintings of indoor scenes by the old Dutch Masters show ornate brownish chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, so presumably they were made of wood back then. Now they tend to be made of glass, but are just as fancy as the old ones were. But my gosh, why go to that much trouble over something which has the purpose of holding candles (back then) or incandescent bulbs (nowadays)? Status symbol, I reckon. But even if I struck oil and got rich, I would keep my house lighting system spare and functional-looking.
Ok, MaybeONEday is correct with the first one, I've pulled up to a 7-11 late at night, and had to have the door unlocked for me to enter the store.
The other reason is for the same reason why drive up ATMs have brail. The manufacturing plant has no idea where each individual door/ATM is going to go, so they put the usual stuff on each one. An ATM could go to a bank, or your local 7-11, or any of a hundred other places. Same with sliding doors.
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