Automatic Doors are Sketchy

The convenience of an automatic sliding door is unparalleled. I have days when I go into my apartment building carrying loads of groceries, my laundry tub (yes a tub not a basket), or a plethora of other assorted items and have to shuffle things around or do the tricky manoeuvres of balancing what I can on the wall while I get my keys and unlock the door and repeat when I reach my apartment. The repeat is usually where things finally fall because you have tested the limits of your balancing act for so long now through a door and up 3 flights of stairs. I digress, automatic doors are awesome but yes sketchy.

Dane Cook, an awesome comedian if I do say so, has a sketch about a run in he supposedly had at a Walgreen's and when he approaches the sliding doors he always feels like a jedi. Insert small moment of Star Wars music, something along the lines of bum bum bum bud da duh. I have inserted the skit below from YouTube, apparently it is just the sound. I recommend listening to the entire sketch because Dane Cook is, as previously stated, awesome. Although if you want the sliding door bit to understand what I am talking about just skip to 8:30.

Thanks to Mr. Cook every time I encounter a sliding door I now sing that small bit of Star Wars music. I then instantly freeze in panic thinking that the door is not going to open. Just for a split second, the delay kills me every single time. I wish I could have someone tape me just to see what it actually looks like when I approach these doors. All is fine, all is dandy, getting closer, getting closer, uh-oh it is not opening, uh-oh, oh good it opened just in the nick of time!

I know you are waiting for the Shellie Moment here and have been imaging reading the moment when I actually walk into the sliding door but so far I am lucky enough to not encountered that. I just wanted to share my feelings towards sliding doors and their level of sketchiness that I encounter frequently.