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JeJuJitsu · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's

I ask this, because I have the first cubicle next to the doors in our Teacher's Office. They heat the teacher's office, but not the hallways. When someone comes into the office, they never shut the door behind themselves. Ever. I mean, no one. Teachers, students, parents, male, female, whomever. And this blast of cold air is, well, farking cold, particularly if you aren't wearing a parka like the rest of the staff. I refuse to wear a parka indoors, and I won't change OUT of shoes TO slippers with my suit & tie.

Anyway, did they just invent the door here in Korea in the last 5 years? If not, why don't they close the door? Do they expect their mother to close the door for them? I mean, when I ask why they don't heat the hallways, they tell me it's wasting energy. Yet...all the rooms they DO heat, they leave the doors wide open--wasting more energy than if they'd heat the whole building (Having the furnace constantly kicking in full-blast is more wasteful that a regulated higher avg. temp, as far as I remember from science class).
Sure, the chill isn't bad now like the dead of winter but it's been going on for as long as I can remember.

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

I think it varies.

I've notices it too. People come in and they leave without shutting the door. Some people are really good about shutting it, other are not. You should tell your school to get one of those hydraulic things installed that will automatically shut the door. Or if it bothers you that much, you can go to a Mart and buy one yourself and screw it in.

ED209 · Joined: 17 Oct 2006

Maybe they were born in a barn.

JeJuJitsu · Joined: 11 Sep 2005 Location: McDonald's

drkalbi · Joined: 06 Aug 2006

I love at my uni when there are 2 doors that open side by side, but the students open just one and try to squeeze threw just the one. I feel like a genius when I open the other and walk threw.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

mnhnhyouh · Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Location: The Middle Kingdom

For me the interesting thing about the doors here is the placement of the hinges.

If there are two then they are symmetrical, but if there are three, they are often not, with the top and middle hinges being closer together, the middle one being moved up.

Has anybody else noticed this?

Or am I just being detail obsessed?

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rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

No,not at all.I've noticed that myself too,but I can't think of any reason to do it.

hubba bubba · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

Yes, I've decided that doors must be a new concept in Korea. Take my local Emart, for example. There are six big glass doors leading into that place. Yet, when I try to go inside, four or five of them will be locked. WTF??? Why would you lock the doors? Don't you want people to come inside??? Same with the Starbucks. Two doors, one always locked. Why?? I mean, what possible purpose or logic would make you keep the doors to your business locked? Will it deter theft? Save energy? Are you trying to lock the customers in??? Why why why!???

Ugh, that's really a sore spot for me. So f'ing annoying and pointless. If anyone knows why Korean people do this, please tell me.

rothkowitz · Joined: 27 Apr 2006

My school entrance has 2 doors,one of which is labelled "fixed",so that people coming in or not have to bump past each other through a 1 metre gap.

Hey,lets get really decadent.Lets open BOTH the doors.Seize the day.

I feel like I'm in some kind of asylum when I go into buildings here.Most aren't labelled at all and I'm trying locked doors before I finally get one to yield.

xtchr · Joined: 23 Nov 2004

[quote="JeJuJitsu
...but I think I'm slowly teaching them, as they have to notice the waygook getting up every 18 seconds, slamming the door shut and going back to his seat.[/quote]

Sorry to tell you this, but it probably won't be making a bit of difference. A slam doesn't seem to even register at all in this country.

Drew345 · Joined: 24 May 2005

Thanks for posting about doors, it has been on my nerves for a while.
My building is heated with steam. We get one hour of heat in the morning and maybe one more hour in the afternoon. Except for that the building is not heated.
Yet the students totally leave the doors propped wide open all day! Not just to the offices and classrooms, but the main doors to the outdoors. Even the windows. It is certainly like they live in a barn, and this is a big university.
It just seems acceptabe to have the indoors just as freezing and the outdoors.
Luckily, Spring is around the corner.

Alyallen · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Are Doors New to Koreans?

Privateer · Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Easy Street.

nautilus · Joined: 26 Nov 2005 Location: Je jump, Tu jump, oui jump!

I was thinking about them recently...Do you think one dy Koreans will really get into them? maybe if they have another economic meltdown I guess.