EMERGENCY EXIT!

So I'm going to assume that everyone who is reading this knows what an emergency exit is. The signs for the exits are located at the end of every corridor in every public building and must be at least 6 inches in letter height and 3/4 inches in letter width. These signs direct you to the emergency exit that will usually have a posting that says "Emergency Exit Only: Alarm Will Sound". Everyone is nervous around these doors because most of us have had an occurrence of almost opening one of these doors by mistake. Because we realize that some crazy loud alarm will sound if we open the door, we stay far away from them. There is a set of doors at the Marga Hosaeus Fitness Center that lead you out to the running track on the west side of the gym. On these doors is posted "Emergency Exit" in big bold yellow letters on all four doors. I have watched numerous people stop and stare at these doors before they pass through them because they aren't sure if an alarm will sound or not. It has actually become comical to me and I admit that I have had the same reaction before. But why is it that we are so hesitant? Most of the people I have seen stop at those doors I have ran with on the track in the past. They know that there is a running track through those two sets of double doors and that it's still there. It's because when we see the words "Emergency Exit" our automatic system tells us that we should be cautions because an alarm may sound. Till this day I am still skeptical of what might happen if I open a door that is labeled emergency exit. There is a difference between an emergency exit and an "Emergency Exit Only", but sometimes it just doesn't click fast enough. That's probably a good thing though.

Door in the basement of Renne Library (see how they make it VERY obvious not to go through it).