🥫🐝better: a series where I write about how small improvements of everyday objects make my day flow a bit smoother. Buildings at my university have a restroom-room-door problem. Restroom doors where I am swing one-way. This is signified by the handle of the door; if there is a handle, you need to pull it towards you, but if there is only a metal plate in place of it, then you push. My ideal door to a restroom is: I pull the door towards me, touching the handle. This does not matter if I touched the handle, because I'll wash my hands when I leave. I push the door away when I exit. This makes sense because I don't want to touch the handle that everyone touches with a washed hand. I don't even need to touch the door with my hand for this; I can kick it open with my leg or push it with my arm. However, the architects or whoever put these doors in place did not think about this; they put them the other way. I either use a paper towel to grab the handle, fumbling to throw it away while the…
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