Today, my older brother told me that no matter how fast you run at automatic sliding doors, they'll open in time. So I ran at a pair. They don't. FML
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Today, I walked into an automatic glass door at a mall when it failed to open. A woman asked if I was OK, so I said, "I'm fine, the door must be busted." The automatic door then opened immediately after, proving it worked just fine. FML
Today, I realized I've been saying "Excuse me" to automatic sliding doors for the past week. They haven't responded yet, but I'll keep you posted on their social skills. FML
Today, I was in my backyard. When I wanted to come back in the house, I tried to open the sliding door. I knew that my brother locked me out so I banged on the door very hard, causing the glass to break. It turns out that the door wasn't locked. FML
Today, I went to run outside, only to smack straight into our sliding glass door. Just a few hours beforehand, my mom put up a strip of colored tape to stop this from happening. FML
Today, I walked up to a store’s automatic doors. They didn’t open. I waved my arms, stepped back and forward again, nothing. A staff member came over, tapped a button, and said, “It’s manual.” FML
Today, I was at a store when I saw a cute girl from my school. Trying to act cool, I went to hold the door for her. Too bad it was an automatic door. FML
Today, I walked up to what appeared to be an automatic door. I stood for a second, waved my arms, but nothing happened. Then a guy came from behind me, pushed a clearly visible button under a clearly visible sign that read "Push to open." He said, “It’s OK, happens to everyone.” It doesn’t feel like it does. FML
Today, I was walking towards the bus. The bus was scheduled to leave at 3:20, and it was 3:19 so I decided to run for it. As the doors were closing, I managed to just slip my hand into the door, so it didn't fully close. The bus driver saw this, looked at my face, and then drove away. FML
Today, I was trying to be polite by holding the door for an elderly lady in a shop. What I didn’t realise was that the doors were automatic. I ended up standing there awkwardly for a good 5 seconds, holding onto thin air, while she just smiled and walked by. A bloke behind me said, “The doors don’t need your help, mate.” FML
Today, as my brother parked in our hotel's parking lot, I told him to be careful because the car wasn't straight. He retorted, "Yeah, just like you". My mother was in the back seat and heard everything. I hadn't come out yet. FML
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24788 7
WTF were you trying to prove?
redbluegreen 41
Older brothers will say anything to make you look like an idiot, and you can't move faster then the machine can do it's job. I can't believe you believed him.
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Comments (173)
Nacirema20 0
YDI for believing him... Dumbäšš
awesomeperson 0
wow no shit they dont open no matter how fast you run at it. YDI
celestial_42 0
you think you'd try walking quickly first, rather then go straight to running at them. even not running i have to wait for them sometimes
monkyepum 0
Lol, for your information, they say "Push In Emergencies" BECAUSE they don't open fast enough. I've stood in front of one and still had to wait a second for it to open. :P If they did open that fast, it would be dangerous. *Olympic runner charges at door* *Door slams open and flies off due to high speed* *Old lady dies*
Domadin 0
Wait, don't you think about these things before you do them? Running would probably make the door less likely to open at all, since the camera may not see you or something or the sort.
hardcoreprep37 0
Sounds like something my older brother would do.. HAHA!
emikonaito 0
Funny, I fell for the same thing when I was seven ^-^';; I'd probably have fallen for it now too though
gowzer90 0
YDI for being so dumb as to believe that ur brother would tell u the truth. As a rule NEVER believe anything an older or younger brother tells u. It is 9/10 bullshit and only said so that we can rip the pish out of u and generally make u have a bad day.
xSceneSceneBabyx 0
that's one thing I wanna do before I die. I also want to walk up a down escalator and down an up escalator.
antonioohama 0
@#213 I've done that already.