[bengillies]

> Notice how a real person’s arm doesn’t reach the handle quite as easily as the stick figure in the diagram

Not that these doors aren't terrible design (they are), but notice how the stick figure is facing towards the handle when they open it, but the man in the image is facing away from the handle and reaching behind him to open it. If he turned around to face the other way before trying to open the door, he'd find it a lot easier.

[to3m]

He's doing that because the designers of the door appear to have forgotten that 90% of people are right-handed...