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The door pushers:
“A couple years ago, I worked at a cafe and met my fair share of… interesting people, but this couple takes the cake when it comes to sheer stupidity. For some quick context, the main entrance to the cafe is a door you just have to pull in order to open.
I was cleaning up the coffee machine when I looked out the glass wall to see a man and a woman approach the cafe. The woman tries to push open the door.
It doesn’t work.
I figure she just did that classic thing where you’re not sure which way the door opens and just try pushing first since it requires less effort than pulling. So I don’t think much of it and just get ready for when they enter.
She pushes the door again.
Okay. Maybe she figured the door was just stuck. I mean, that happens every now and then, right?
I’m about to go help when I see the man walk past her with that ‘I got this’ look on his face. He confidently places his hand on the handle and…
…he pushes.
He looks genuinely surprised and tries again. And again. And again. Each time, he gets more forceful, at one point slamming his shoulder against the glass door. The two are so preoccupied with this door that they don’t even notice me staring dumbfounded at them the whole time, other than being, you know, helpful.
Eventually, I figure that if I don’t help, they’ll either leave or break the door, so I push myself from the counter to go there and help them. That’s when they spot an open sliding door on the other side of the cafe, leading to the outside tables, which are very popular at that time of the year, and decide to go around and squeeze past all the guests sitting there and enjoying their meals.
When they finally made it through, it’s as if the stars and planets aligned perfectly. They look towards the main entrance to see an old man approach, place a hand on the handle, and… pull the door open with no effort.
It had been an absolutely uneventful day up until that point, so I had to ask a coworker who didn’t witness this to handle them, and I just walked into the back to laugh.”
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