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I was over at Target last night using their wi-fi. They close at 11 pm. So I drove a short distance to Kroger Supermarket, arriving at perhaps 11:10 or 11:15 pm. Kroger is open until midnight.
Kroger has two sets of sliding doors, one marked "In" and the other marked "Out." There are some sort of sensors above the doors that open them automatically as you approach. The doors are maybe 20 or 25 feet from each other.
I approached the "In" doors--and nothing happened. The doors appeared locked, but I thought maybe the mechanism had broken.
So I came in through the "Out" door and approached the first employee I see, who is named Kevin.
The following dialog ensues:
Me: Were you aware that the "In" doors are locked?
Kevin: Yes, I locked them myself, as I do every night at 11 pm.
Me: Why?
Kevin: Because I am the only one here after 11.*
Me: This is very inconvenient for the customers.
Kevin: That's their problem.
(* I failed to ask him how locking the "In" door would make things easier for him. I don't really see any logical connection.)
By the way, despite Kevin's assertion that he does this all the time, I am often at Kroger just before it closes and this is the first time I've encountered locked doors.
If a store is open until midnight, it should not lock any doors before midnight. And the least they could do, if they are going to do this, is post a sign on the door asking people to come in though the "Out" door.
Kroger has two sets of sliding doors, one marked "In" and the other marked "Out." There are some sort of sensors above the doors that open them automatically as you approach. The doors are maybe 20 or 25 feet from each other.
I approached the "In" doors--and nothing happened. The doors appeared locked, but I thought maybe the mechanism had broken.
So I came in through the "Out" door and approached the first employee I see, who is named Kevin.
The following dialog ensues:
Me: Were you aware that the "In" doors are locked?
Kevin: Yes, I locked them myself, as I do every night at 11 pm.
Me: Why?
Kevin: Because I am the only one here after 11.*
Me: This is very inconvenient for the customers.
Kevin: That's their problem.
(* I failed to ask him how locking the "In" door would make things easier for him. I don't really see any logical connection.)
By the way, despite Kevin's assertion that he does this all the time, I am often at Kroger just before it closes and this is the first time I've encountered locked doors.
If a store is open until midnight, it should not lock any doors before midnight. And the least they could do, if they are going to do this, is post a sign on the door asking people to come in though the "Out" door.