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by ilove_banh_mi 467 days ago
Everyone in my (US) family slams doors to close them, it drives me nuts. The whole building shakes. I blame the spherical door knobs, their design and appearance invites just pushing/pulling the door without gently grabbing and turning the handle.
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Oh yeah I had those in my old place in the Netherlands. They were really hard to open with wet or greasy hands too. I replaced them all with real handles.

I also really didn't like the tiny little twist lock, it's hard to turn and hard to see if it's locked or not.

They're really uncommon here though. But guess what, most kids still slam the doors because they're lazy lol. What does help is the cheap paper doors we have here.

Aren't door handles becoming popular nowadays though?
my youngest daughter just pointed out that car doors only close by being slammed