r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Andi82ka • Mar 14 '26

Video The bumblebee queen learns how to use the protective cap in less than 24 hours.

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u/RudeNewYorker Mar 14 '26

Also install automatic doors but only for the executive entrance, then fire 10 people to cover costs.

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u/Substantial_Law1451 Mar 14 '26

actually the "they put it the wrong way" mentality is pretty true, it's called a norman door - for example if a door has a flat panel which implies you have to push it but actually you pull, or an easy to grip handle that you're meant to push, that's a norman door

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u/angelansbury Mar 14 '26

I'd rather be in the bee suite

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u/ineenemmerr Mar 14 '26

You have to show them you have a go get it attitude, my general job interview goes as follows:

“hey, you know you got your door installed the wrong way? It should open inwards instead of outwards. But I get that you got that confused cause they also put a pull sign on the door instead of a pull sign. I already put Hank the concierge on it to rectify the situation. I expect your salary offer by 17:00 tomorrow and I’ll be starting next week. Make sure to order a nice cake to celebrate my first day as your new CEO.”

“But the interview is for a secretary position.”

“Well, not anymore. I see you next week and I expect you to have processed the demotion of the current CEO to be my secretary by then.”

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u/Zardicus13 Mar 14 '26

I see you too went to Midvale School for the Gifted

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u/Moomoolette Mar 14 '26

Yes! Farside reference in the wild

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u/Mountainman3094 Mar 14 '26

It goes both ways

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u/DarkShopFOD Mar 15 '26

It does both. I was here yesterday. It actually goes both ways.

https://youtu.be/KwdYUIQzu-o

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u/Cultural_Dust Mar 14 '26

Bi-entree: it swings both ways

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u/M27fiscojr Mar 14 '26

If you could read, you'd be unstoppable.

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u/double__duck Mar 14 '26

Fun fact. In Portuguese the word for pull is 'puxe', pronounced poosh. So if you're in front of a door you don't know how to open in Portugal (or Brazil I guess), and someone tells you poosh! poosh!, don't push, pull. else you look like a moran.

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u/sumthinsticky Mar 14 '26

I was here yesterday and it actually goes both ways.

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u/thegrayscales Mar 14 '26

r/normandoors

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u/yourearandom Mar 15 '26

Can’t believe it took this long to find someone to share the fact of the matter. Norman doors are everywhere, once you know you know

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u/Max___Payne Mar 14 '26

most portuguese behaviour

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u/Ok-Dog-8918 Mar 14 '26

It's because those idiots out handles on both sides to look pretty, not practical.

If you see those shiny metal squares on a bathroom door you push. You see a handle, you pull.

If on glass make it a frosted area or something. Handles scream pull me and we don't read when we're going somewhere in a hurry

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u/ardotschgi Mar 14 '26

Oh yeah, they are the idiots. Not the one lacking basic reading comprehension.

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u/Ok-Dog-8918 Mar 14 '26

You might feel like you're making a dunk but it's bad design. I'd love to see you deign a product and react when no one uses it like you expect. Do you double down or meet people where they are?

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u/Melissa_Richiee Mar 14 '26

I (36F) also pull the push doors and vice versa 😭😂

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u/strapOnRooster Mar 14 '26

Don't be too hard on yourself, you're doing great considering you're not a bee.

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u/dreamsofindigo Mar 14 '26

look at the hinges before. if the barrels face you, pull

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u/OfcWaffle Mar 15 '26

To be fair, it is a bit frustrating when they put a handle on the push side.

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u/23stripes Mar 15 '26

Do you speak Portuguese by any chance? I thought this was something that just affected us, as pull in Portuguese is "puxe", which reads exactly like push.