Natwerk Designs

public bathrooms: why do you always have to PUSH to enter and PULL to exit?

shouldn't it be the opposite? after i wash my hands in the bathroom, the last thing i want to do is grab that handle to open to door to exit. so many guys don't wash their hands, and grabbing that handle kind of made the hand washing i just did irrelevant. there's gotta be a reason bathrooms are designed this way, because 90% of them have this setup! WHY!!!!???

Public Comments

1. In amongst the inscrutable questions of the universe, you've added a new one.
2. Most doors to hallways/walkways don't open outward because you'd hit people walking by. I have seen some bathrooms like that though. And I totally agree with you. Just use your drying towel to grip the handle instead of your bare hand.
3. One of the new mysteries of the world, right up there with what came first the chicken or the egg?
4. I KNOW! It's disgusting! Are these supposedly, "smart" architect design people even THINKING about this kind of stuff, and now it especially applys with this "swine flu" issue! I usually open push doors with my shoe, so it really irks me when I have to touch the handle! :)
5. When you have to go, you have to go NOW! Well, sometimes. Much faster to push than pull a door. Also, in theory everyone has washed their hands, so the door handle inside should actually be cleaner than the one outside. Not that that is always true....
6. i don't pee in public bathrooms.- :)
7. I can wait until I get to my private bathroom!!