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soulofseoul
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:30 pm Post subject: Whats with the doors here?? |
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Why is that a lot of buisnesses and buildings in general keep one door locked and one that people can enter and leave through?
My vent for the day :lol: :lol: |
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everything-is-everything
Joined: 06 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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To prevent warm air from escaping and cold air from entering buildings.
A lot of enterences in Korea are not designed like the ones from back home. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Because Koreans have a habit of not closing doors after they have opened them so instead of having employees constantly close two doors, they only have to close one. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| fermentation wrote: |
| Because Koreans have a habit of not closing doors after they have opened them so instead of having employees constantly close two doors, they only have to close one. |
Yeah, the villa I used to live in was left wide open year round. I'd close the door and it would be open twenty minutes later. Somehow it's not shocking that my apartment was always freezing. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| It's done all year round though so maybe it's not done to keep out the cold..............I think ajeossi's just like to control things! |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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They don't make it a habit to close doors, even when they have signs posted all over them asking you to.
Don't know how true it is, but I was told the diagonal door habit for dual dors is to keep the chi from flowing out of the building. Now if someone would just convince them that insulation would conserve chi.
The temperature of the building I work in is being heated to a toasty 20 degrees C. It wouldn't surprise me to see one of those two guys butcher shops open up inthe lobby. Free reifrigeration. |
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chrisinkorea2011
Joined: 16 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| they do it everywhere, go to the gym close the door when you go into the changing room and its open 10 minutes later. and this is by people in their 20's as well! |
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Bbang!
Joined: 31 Oct 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| The one-locked-door thing also drives me nuts. It is most definitely NOT a heating thing..... those two-way swinging glass doors that are hold in zero heat, closed or not. |
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etopkorea
Joined: 20 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| It's because they meant to put a window there but accidentally ordered another door instead. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Bbang! wrote: |
| The one-locked-door thing also drives me nuts. It is most definitely NOT a heating thing..... those two-way swinging glass doors that are hold in zero heat, closed or not. |
Apparently they do. Saw a news segment on heating and businesses that always have the doors open. Those big glass doors actually do contain some heat according to infrared cameras and businesses that leave the door/window open with the heat up, end losing a lot of heat and wasting energy. Which is kind of obvious that closing the door would make a place warmer. Didn't know why they needed a news segment to tell us that. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:05 am Post subject: |
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| fermentation wrote: |
| Bbang! wrote: |
| The one-locked-door thing also drives me nuts. It is most definitely NOT a heating thing..... those two-way swinging glass doors that are hold in zero heat, closed or not. |
Apparently they do. Saw a news segment on heating and businesses that always have the doors open. Those big glass doors actually do contain some heat according to infrared cameras and businesses that leave the door/window open with the heat up, end losing a lot of heat and wasting energy. Which is kind of obvious that closing the door would make a place warmer. Didn't know why they needed a news segment to tell us that. |
Common sense is all too often in short supply.
When they install revolving doors, they always see fit to install regular doors beside them, which remain open and defeat the purpose of the revolving doors. |
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Drew345
Joined: 24 May 2005
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:23 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe the locked door was recently broken and repaired, because it usually has a sign on it saying "fixed". |
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littlelisa
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| atwood wrote: |
| fermentation wrote: |
| Bbang! wrote: |
| The one-locked-door thing also drives me nuts. It is most definitely NOT a heating thing..... those two-way swinging glass doors that are hold in zero heat, closed or not. |
Apparently they do. Saw a news segment on heating and businesses that always have the doors open. Those big glass doors actually do contain some heat according to infrared cameras and businesses that leave the door/window open with the heat up, end losing a lot of heat and wasting energy. Which is kind of obvious that closing the door would make a place warmer. Didn't know why they needed a news segment to tell us that. |
Common sense is all too often in short supply.
When they install revolving doors, they always see fit to install regular doors beside them, which remain open and defeat the purpose of the revolving doors. |
Revolving doors always have regular doors next to them, even at home. I'm pretty sure it's building code-- some people (people in wheelchairs, for example) can't use revolving doors, and others, for example, people on crutches, or with suitcases that roll would have a harder time with them, and so there needs to be an alternative. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| littlelisa wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| fermentation wrote: |
| Bbang! wrote: |
| The one-locked-door thing also drives me nuts. It is most definitely NOT a heating thing..... those two-way swinging glass doors that are hold in zero heat, closed or not. |
Apparently they do. Saw a news segment on heating and businesses that always have the doors open. Those big glass doors actually do contain some heat according to infrared cameras and businesses that leave the door/window open with the heat up, end losing a lot of heat and wasting energy. Which is kind of obvious that closing the door would make a place warmer. Didn't know why they needed a news segment to tell us that. |
Common sense is all too often in short supply.
When they install revolving doors, they always see fit to install regular doors beside them, which remain open and defeat the purpose of the revolving doors. |
Revolving doors always have regular doors next to them, even at home. I'm pretty sure it's building code-- some people (people in wheelchairs, for example) can't use revolving doors, and others, for example, people on crutches, or with suitcases that roll would have a harder time with them, and so there needs to be an alternative. |
Yea, you're right. it's just since the great majority of people use the main entrance--the revolving doors--you don't really pay much attention to the side doors. Here it's pretty much the exact opposite. |
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The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
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| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| You just gotta break on thru to the other side as best you can man. |
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