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One of my greatest pet peeves is when retail stores have one door open and keep the other door closed and locked. Since my employment experience has always been in an office (except for those regrettable<\/a> teenage years working at Canada’s Wonderland) I have never understood this rationale. Isn’t it a fire code violation? Do store employees enjoy watching people smack themselves into locked glass doors?<\/p>\n

So, this is a question I pose to our readers:\u00a0 Why do stores keep one door locked?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my greatest pet peeves is when retail stores have one door open and keep the other door closed and locked. Since my employment experience has always been in an office (except for those regrettable teenage years working at Canada’s Wonderland) I have never understood this rationale. Isn’t it a fire code violation? 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