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December 21st, 2008

Automatic doors

please use push button to open automatic doors thankyou

A brief moment of joy in Chelmsford yesterday.

Apologies to passers-by who were obstructed by a cameraphone-wielding idiot loitering outside Debenhams on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

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11 Responses to “Automatic doors”


  1. Peter Kirk says:

    Here in Chelmsford we put up signs like that to scare off anyone who wanders in by mistake from Basildon. ;-)

  2. Linda says:

    It all adds to the spirit of Christmas!

  3. Tim says:

    That’s brilliant! Made me laugh out loud – I love signs like that.

  4. Anne says:

    We have doors like that at our public library. Button pushing is optional. I was reaching out to use the door manually when the man behind me politely pressed the button–squashing my foot under the opening door. He’s probably still wondering why I whimpered so loudly.

  5. Sarah Kerr says:

    Hi Dave,

    You should send that along to http://failblog.org/. If you haven’t seen it before, their site is replete with such pictures. and it’s totally hilarious!!!

    Merry Christmas,
    Sarah the American Lambeth Steward

  6. Dave says:

    Sarah – I have indeed seen it. Good idea – I’ll send them the link.

  7. Russ says:

    Nice one, Dave – I’m surprised you weren’t nabbed by security. He was probably on his tea break.

  8. Matt Wardman says:

    Are you sure you aren’t a terrorist?

  9. racingdemon says:

    Happy Christmas, Dave! Thanks for twelve months of serious fun!

  10. David Keen says:

    Just wanted to say Happy Christmas, thankyou for keeping us smiling in 2008, and praying that the new year will be a good one for you.

  11. veritas says:

    We shouldn’t have push buttons anywhere. The Brewers had one and see what happened.