The Whining and Bitching Thread

[The Ozzman]

Leaving your door open is good dorm / neighborhood etiquette, because it's welcoming to visitors and doesn't stigmatize you as the village hermit.

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[Einherjar86]

Regarding America and doors, a friend of mine said that most American outer doors are opened inwards. If you could choose, why the hell would you want to have an outer door open inwards instead of outwards?

What do you mean by "outer door"? Do you mean, for example, that there would be a "regular" or "inner" door (the main door), followed by a screen door or glass pane door (i.e. the "outer" door)? If so, I've never seen an "outer" door, like a screen or glass door, open inwards. I've never even heard of it.

 

[SentinelSlain]

Leaving your door open is good dorm / neighborhood etiquette, because it's welcoming to visitors and doesn't stigmatize you as the village hermit.

Well it's not actually that much of a close neighbourhood. I think it's more to do with there not being a cat flap and us having a very indecisive cat.

 

[Vimana]

Fuck allergies.

 

[divine_torture]

There's no way in hell I'd leave my door open. I live in a shitty neighborhood.

I fucking slept 'til 6 pm today. FUCK!

 

[Blind Guardian]

What do you mean by "outer door"? Do you mean, for example, that there would be a "regular" or "inner" door (the main door), followed by a screen door or glass pane door (i.e. the "outer" door)? If so, I've never seen an "outer" door, like a screen or glass door, open inwards. I've never even heard of it.

I mean the door that leads into the house/appartment, the main door is maybe the proper term yes.

 

[Einherjar86]

Oh, okay. In that case, yes; most of them open inwards. But lots of front doors open inwards because there is also a screen door or glass pane door in the same doorframe, and in warm weather lots people like to leave their main door open and just leave the screen door closed.

 

[The Ozzman]

Why does it matter in the slightest? It's like asking if you eat a baked potato with your left hand or right hand.

 

[divine_torture]

I lol'd because you chose a baked potato over any other food, or no specified food at all. Nice.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

onion rings are delicious

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Leaving your door open is good dorm / neighborhood etiquette, because it's welcoming to visitors and doesn't stigmatize you as the village hermit.

Um.... no.

 

[Einherjar86]

Why does it matter in the slightest? It's like asking if you eat a baked potato with your left hand or right hand.

Dude, let's not get sidetracked. That's a whole other discussion.

 

[The Ozzman]

Um.... no.

Coming from the guy who commutes, this is pretty hilarious.

 

[waif]

Leaving your door open is good dorm / neighborhood etiquette, because it's welcoming to visitors and doesn't stigmatize you as the village hermit.

Um.... no.

Not in New England, anyhow. Fuck that shit.

What do you mean by "outer door"? Do you mean, for example, that there would be a "regular" or "inner" door (the main door), followed by a screen door or glass pane door (i.e. the "outer" door)? If so, I've never seen an "outer" door, like a screen or glass door, open inwards. I've never even heard of it.

Also, some people have vestibules/coatrooms/w/e in their homes, where there's a screen door, then the main door, which opens into a small room where you can leave shoes and coats and stuff, and then a door which opens up into the house proper.

 

[Xorv]

they're fucking doors.

so, Two and a half men won an Emmy......DOES THIS BOTHER NO ONE>???@!!!!

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Coming from the guy who commutes, this is pretty hilarious.

I was referring more to the "leave your home door open to show people that you like visitors" as fucking retarded. I wasn't really commenting on the dorm thing, cuz, well, I obviously can't...I imagine it is quite discourteous to lock your door in like broad daylight because that's just douche-y, but that's a dorm...not all of us live in gated communities or rural New York

 

[The Ozzman]

I was referring more to the "leave your home door open to show people that you like visitors" as fucking retarded. I wasn't really commenting on the dorm thing, cuz, well, I obviously can't...I imagine it is quite discourteous to lock your door in like broad daylight because that's just douche-y, but that's a dorm...not all of us live in gated communities or rural New York

I was agreeing more with the dorm part. I don't leave my apartment door wide open. I will leave it unlocked most of the time though (except when I leave obviously)

 

[zabu of nΩd]

I'm not sure why you guys are conflating dorm room doors with apartment doors, because there is quite a difference between leaving either open. A dorm room is usually small enough that you're generally in eyeshot of the door while you're inside, so leaving it open while you're in the room is a common thing to do. I'm pretty sure most people still lock their dorms when they leave, though. It's not like people are going to perceive you as a "hermit" for closing your door when you're not even in your room (if they're not retards, anyway).

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I would agree.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Yeah. There's also that since you're usually with people you have a fair amount in common with at a dorm, leaving the door open helps keep you "in the loop" in the event that you're trying to make friends with your floormates and keep up with what's going on in the hallway or whatever. In an apartment, you generally don't give a shit about what your neighbors are doing.