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Many hotel doors close by themselves which means when
you
put
your food tray into the hallway you need to open a door
and hold it open while holding a tray full of dishes. The
kind of thing you'd see made into a comedy bit on the old
I
Love Lucy tv show.
This would simply be a piece
of plastic about 10 inches
long sticking out of the side of the tray that you'd stick
into
the cracked oped door and then push the door open with
your tray allowing both hands to hold the tray.
You'd need to open the door a crack and then flip that
little door lock thing into the opening to hold it open
that
first inch but then you'd stick the tray thingy in and push
it
the rest of the way open without risking dropping the
tray.
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Why can't you use a foot to open a door more than a crack, and hold
the door open? |
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I worry the door would shut over the tray, sweeping
everything on it out into the hall. Or maybe that is what
you were trying for? |
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//Why can't you use a foot to open a door more
than a crack, and hold the door open?// |
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Well, you've got to take one hand off the tray to
open it meaning you have to hold the tray up with
your knee, then you've got a split second to put
your foot into the path of the closing door after
putting your hand back on the tray. It's a bit of a
juggling act. I'm stuck here on business all week
and believe me, I've tried everything. It can be
done but not while in an alpha state. Anything
that detracts from my post meal alpha state must
be remedied with technology. That or booze. |
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//and what happened to the trolley ?// |
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No trolleys here. Just trays. |
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I'm not going to call room service to take my tray
when I can do it myself. Especially with the handy
little door opening doodad available. Waiters
smile too much. I don't like people walking into
my room smiling. Don't know why, I just don't. I
think it's because I don't buy it. I'd be like "Here's
your food asshole." Being a waiter's probably not
my gig. |
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//I worry the door would shut over the tray,
sweeping everything on it out into the hall. Or
maybe that is what you were trying for?// |
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No, but if it did do that it would impart a hilarious
spin to the tray which could be entertaining. |
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And to stop them getting nicked, print a coat of arms on them... |
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//No trolleys here// Only Zuul |
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I think they send Zuul around to pick up the dirty
dishes here. |
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This morning, held the tray with both hands,
pulled the door open with my pinky, stuck my
foot into the opened crack in this bear trap of a
door and pushed it open. The stiff door closer
needed about 100 foot pounds to push the thing
open, so I ignored the pain of the sharp edge of
the door against the side of my bare foot and
finally was able to do a shoulder roll out the door
to put my tray into the hallway. |
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A 3 to 6 " or so plastic door opening lever sticking
out
of one corner of the tray would have avoided all of
this. |
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1. Place tray near to door, but just clear of arc of swing. |
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2. Open door with one hand. |
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3. With foot, push tray into door arc, adjacent to hinge. |
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4. Gently allow door to close, pushing tray out into corridor. |
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Wait a minute...I just posted similar to [8th]'s anno
earlier and it's gone! I numbered them like that and
used almost the exact wording! I did have problems
with annos this morning, but that is just too weird! |
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See ? Yet another implanted false memory ! You need to wear the
tinfoil hat ALL THE TIME. |
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Well, couple of problems with the Beckham
method. |
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Raised threshold on the door for them to catch
on. |
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Glasses half filled with orange juice etc that are
very easy to tip over. |
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I'm picturing the tray having sort of like "horns"
sticking out from each corner that would just look
like decorations. Four inches would do it. |
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As a regular visitor to Malaysia (a predominantly
muslim country), I would just like to mention that
endless fun can be had in hotels by leaving a used
wine-cooler with the upturned empty bottle in it
outside randomly-chosen doors. |
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I wouldn't mind wearing a tin foil hat but really I have
proof from [jutta] that I was having problems leaving
annos yesterday. It's OK, I like your idea [8th], as it
was the same as mine!
[doc] You could pour the half glass of OJ down the
sink before you put it on the tray. (just a suggestion)
Do you live in a hotel?? |
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No Dear, only temporarily. Here in glorious LA for
a
class. |
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As far as making the tray less vulnerable to spills
during moving, I feel put upon just having to
move the tray in the first place. I'm supposed to
be a man-god, waited on hand and foot when I'm
traveling, not some clown juggling breakfast trays. |
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I'll just let room service take it. That of course
opens up a whole set of problems. They pick
through the un-eaten/drank stuff and set it aside
in case you weren't finished. Now I have half an
English muffin and glass or orange juice that I
need to put outside on the bare carpet without a
tray. |
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By the way, none of this is room service's fault,
they're great. It's us designer types that are
supposed to have these problems solved. |
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I for one will not relent until 1- the problem is
solved or 2- I loose interest the moment I get
back home. |
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Dr R, if you're going to be staying there a long time then disassemble the door closing mechanism and reassemble it with the spring reversed so that it self-opens rather than self-closes. You just have to push down on the door handle with your elbow and you're good to go. |
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Well clearly the answer is a voice activated servo-operated sliding
door, with a distinctive swish ... swish sound. |
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oh dear [doc] you made me laugh so hard!! Then I
say, install a doggie door within the door and just
push the tray out through that! Never having to open
the room door! |
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In glorious L.A.? Drop on down as far south as Oceanside this weekend and we can spend some time at Iron Sites - I'll bring hardware, or we can rent some cheap. |
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That sounds like a hell of a great time norm, flying
back Saturday morning though. |
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Love that whole area. I'd come down there on a
regular basis when my boy was in the Marines.
We'd stay in Carlsbad when he'd get back from
deployments. Never wanted to leave. |
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// what *do* you juggle ? // |
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If you are an employee of British Telecom,
the answer appears to be "your own
genitalia". |
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It is rare to encounter a more practised and
professional bunch of bollock-jugglers, and
this (disturbingly) also encompasses the
female employees … |
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//If you are an employee of British Telecom, the
answer appears to be "your own genitalia".// |
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Sounds like the making of a great slogan. "At British
Telecom, we're juggling more than just a tight
schedule." |
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