Please Use Other Door                                         04/03/23
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Is this only in  the US? You show up at a  business, with an expansive
entrance, and all of the doors  have signs that say, "Please Use Other
Door  --->" pointing  you in  the direction  of the  one door  that is
unlocked.

When did  this start  happening? Was it  like that when  I was  a kid?
These are  old buildings,  mostly. New  buildings are  designed around
single points of  entrance/exit, emergency exits excluded. I  was at a
Sam's  Club the  other  day,  a massive  building  with  one point  of
entrance,  and one  point of  exit. A  new building,  no need  for the
"Please Use Other Door" fiasco.

We were driving through a touristy  town today, and stopped at a place
called "Ozarkland",  a sort of  "road trip destination".  Three floors
(plus  a basement!  but the  3rd floor  and basement  were closed,  so
really only two floors to visit) of tourist junk and overpriced candy.
Bought the  kids some ice cream,  and sat for a  while (after perusing
the  wares; my  favorite  was a  little sound  machine  that spat  out
Richard Simmons  soundbites). As  you have guessed,  it had  two front
doors,  but one  one operational  one.  The other  had the  ubiquitous
"Please Use  Other Door --->" sign.  It was an old  building. The sign
was handmade.

My  guess  is  that  the  modern  explosion  of  shoplifting  has  led
businesses to desire  more control over the flow of  traffic. I wonder
if it works?