Open the door your own damn self...

Over the course of time, it is shown that human beings are growing in size. No, no I am not talking about human population. Although we are infesting this planet like gnats on rotten bananas, we are getting larger in size, girth, and that is what has fired up my rant today.

Perhaps I am being unreasonable and it IS too much to ask of someone to open the door for herself. I work in a large public building and I understand the need for a handicap-accessible door. I like how prevalent those blue, large, square (round) buttons have become in our culture. At the same time, I am normally repulsed by who actually uses those things. Seriously people, grab the handle and pull the door toward yourself. Maybe we could, as a society, stop pushing that button.

Today I saw a rather large woman, empty-handed and otherwise unencumbered, go out of her way to use the handicap button to open the door and enter the building. Admittedly, I could stand to lose 25 pounds. I have been overweight for about a year now and it affects me in multiple ways. For example, my blood pressure is WAY too high, especially given my family history and struggles with high BP. Yet, I can somehow find the strength, every single time, to actually open the door with my own two hands. Sometimes I can even summon the power to manage my door-opening skills such that I pull the heavy metal and glass beast open with one hand. Astonishing, I know.

More than the laziness involved, I think the amount of worthless energy consumption bothers me. I suspect the electricity used to mechanically open the door is negligible. Still, it seems that large people are most guilty of using the handicap button AND are eating too much food. Without intending to poke fun at people, I really just want to know exactly how much of the world's resources really large Americans intend to consume.

Hey, I get it, that button is really, really easy to push. Nothing like having someone get the door for you and you don't even have to thank her.

Okay, here is how I want to finish this thing: Please stop using the handicap door button everyone. If you pull the door handle often enough, maybe you'll find the strength to put down the extra large soda and the strength to walk around the block during your morning break.

I don't have a clue how this post relates to baseball or faith or music. Just stop pushing that darn button, okay?