automatic doors make terrible bulletin boards
Filed under: Procrastination Punditry, viewpoint — David Giacalone @ 4:19 pm
.. Granted, the handy rule of thumb you see in our headline is not an earth-shattering piece of wisdom. It hasn’t been passed down for generations in my family either. But, it came to me rather quickly this week, when I tried to read the notice found at the head of this paragraph. For the past week or so, that piece of paper has been prominently posted on both entry doors of the Central Library building of our Schenectady County Public Library. Despite several attempts at reading the notice, all I can say for sure at this point is that workmen participating in an Asbestos Abatement Program will be at the 99 Clinton St. Central Library to remove some asbestos sometime soon. I don’t know which contractor is handling the task nor when the removal will take place, or of the building will be shut down during the operation.
– northern entrance
Central Library –
I’d love to give you more information, but the Notice moves to the left as soon as one approaches it. That’s ’cause it’s attached to an automatic door that slides open when you get near it, and then slides back rather quickly once you pass through. Yes, I tried scooting over to peruse the Notice in that moment when the door rests fully open, but it begins sliding back to close as soon as one steps out of the entryway.
Sure, I could probably wait for a long line of entering Library patrons to pass through the doorway, or get someone to stand on the sensor pad a few moments, to let me to read the Notice while the door is fully open — or even come back when the Library is closed and the door is locked — but, that’s a lot of work and sort of beside the point for any self-respecting curmudgeon.
.. Southern Entrance SCPL Central Library ..
As you can see, there were quite a few stationary spots near the entrance, where one might have affixed an Important Notice. Prof. Yabut, our legal issue-spotter, wonders whether an obligation to post a notice could be properly satisfied, when it’s been placed on an automatic door. If the entire f/k/a Gang had not missed its afternoon nap, we might have tried some quick research to see whether the issue has been adjudicated. However, even when we’re in procrastination mode, we try to have better things to do with our time and limited energy. Enterprising law students, associates who have already met their September billable hours quota, or really bored law professors and webloggers out there, are nonetheless encouraged to pursue the legal point and let us know the results of your research or brain-storming.
.. In case you ever have to post a Notice or are contesting whether notice has been properly made, we repeat: Be it Swinging, Sliding, Telescopic or Bifolding, an automatic door makes a terrible bulletin board.
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