[bryanrasmussen]

The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please."

"what are you talking about, I don't owe you anything!"

The door sighed deeply "Yes, but you acquired me from Mr. Joe Chip, who had run up quite a big outstanding bill with every door in the city. As part of a door led crackdown on financial crime Mr. Chip's comings and goings were relegated to a pay as you come and go basis, and you, as part of your purchase of this door from Mr. Chip (or perhaps Mr. Chips estate I don't have all the paperwork) will have to pay as you come and go as well. It's all in the contract"

"Oh yeah, well I got that contract right here!" Johnny was nothing if not organized, he pulled the eink contract out from a nearby cupboard.

At first it was difficult to find the relevant section, as the parts about regarding assumption of previous owner's debts were by default toggled shut and whoever had implemented the contract had decided to make the toggling element a very small dot that looked like it could be a speck of dust attached to the electronic paper. But finally after poking at the dot for some minutes he managed to toggle it, displaying the legalese hidden within, sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee.

"You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug.