Who knew that the immortal and omniscient B-52s, in their 80s anthem Love Shack, would write a line that not everyone could relate to?!!! Impossible for such genius ;-) Seriously though, not many people might have thought about the fact that different cultures view slamming doors or knocking loudly on doors differently… it is always the smaller things that affect you most when you are in an unfamiliar place. For a Thai student in Britain, the constant banging of doors around her living space is driving her understandably crazy!

“…British students and wardens are so insensitive to banging doors. Why or are they insensitive to this thing? Or I, as a Thai who in general prefers soft and gentle approach, am too sensitive about this little thing? Banging doors I have experienced daily start from the reception area of the hall. Everytime the doors shut the loud bang can be heard a hundred yards away. It seems a warden who is in the reception kiosk pays no attention. Or she/he is just get used to it?…”

She must feel stuck in a world where everybody is loud, rude and insensitive, because in Thailand, slamming a door is only done when you are especially angry. I can vouch for the fact that this is the case in Australia, also. I am also sympathetic to the fact that it wakes her up in the middle of the night. As a fellow light sleeper and difficult –to-go-back-to-sleeper, I hate barking dogs and slamming doors!

Aside from this, all the banging jars your handle mechanisms, weakens your hinges and ultimately damages the structure of your door and house! The same problem is sometimes encountered with door knockers… huge heavy ones that make a much louder noise than necessary can both disturb other people, and weaken your door.

Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans do, I suppose  :-)

Photo credits: The Sound…of silence by Jeremy Plemon

          

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