If you’ve been hanging around the university recently, chances are you walk around the Main Building quite a bit. Most students have to come here at least once a week for a large lecture, or if they just want to ‘hang out’ with their ‘friends’ in the ‘atrium’.

But, something dark has happened. Since the summer, the original automatic doors have been replaced, with THESE MONSTROSITIES!

These are the doors in question

What’s strange, is that the original automatic doors still exist, but in a position behind the new doors. So you now have to compete with double the door-age in order to enter the building.

Handily, though, anyone unsure on how to use the doors can see small warning stickers instructing you how to do so. “Doors are not automatic” (so the laborious task of pushing has to be employed). There’s also a sign which instructs you to not have ball games (presumably inside the rotating bit), I’d have thought this was pretty obvious. Five-a-side football would be pretty tight.

It also says “only one person per quarter”. Challenge accepted. So far myself and a couple of others have discovered that you can get three people in there quite comfortably.

A fun trick to play on a stranger is to jump into their quarter as they’re pushing it. Being in close proximity with someone you’ve never met before is always fun, and informative.

We’ll reach out to the university for comment on this, but they’ll probably talk about energy efficiency and safety and stuff. We’ll let you know.