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What psychopath architects are still designing bathrooms that you have to pull the door open in order to leave? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by MrBakedBeansOnToast@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It’s both a hazard for emergencies as well as a hygienic nightmare. We all see the people leaving without washing their hands!

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[–] Dettweiler42@lemmyonline.com 113 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Primary traffic routes during an emergency have priority. It is a hazard for doors to open into a hallway.

[–] archomrade@midwest.social 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

US based architect here: this is the correct answer

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Draftsman here, and yup. There's codes about this.