i love canadians and americans and i will soon be a citizen of both :))

FYI... automatic doors often open slowly as a loss prevention measure... they're supposed to slow a person down in the event that they have been spotted shoplifting or something and are trying to run away.

i thought you could just push automatic doors. meant to be emergency only, but still.

im sorry to this person but what u just did was a complete fail

i always thought that we Americans were always the dumb ones..but the Canadians are moving up there

Wow. I'd say you walked right into that one, but you actually ran into it.

Do you know how they work? They're not speed-sensitive, idiot! They open at the same speed no matter what. Which should have been obvious if you've ever been through motion-sensor doors in your life before. I can't believe someone would actually think this could work.

First off, your "older brother" gave you this info . . . duh! The primary function of any big brother is to cause his younger siblings to do stupid things. You are very obliging. Put some ice on whatever you hurt and learn the lesson. dumba$$

First of all, YDI unless you're like 5 years old. Secondly, why are so many people saying American doors open really fast? I live in the US, and I walk through automatic doors all the time and almost always have to slow down as I wait for them to creak slowly open. This has happened to me in several states, often in new buildings that haven't had time to wear down with age.

I agree with #164. I live in the U.S and have never had that experience. Automatic doors are always slow to open...sometimes I avoid them altogether and just go to the doors that you open manually.