Please keep this door CLOSED...

the first thing i will think whats behind this door then i think if there is a dangerous thing behind that door and how to make myself safe of that? then i will try to do anything to get in this door

in my opinion, you should always keep the door close everytime when you open it... it is an appropriate sing age... "you", does not only refer for someone who open that door but for all users... it is a general command... because if you will say, always keep the door close once you open but, what if somebody open and do not mind to close it, someone does the closing... that signage is for everyone who uses that door... intended for the one who openned the door but never closes and to the one who sees that the door was open...

I would think it meant that you have to close the door again after you have opened it.

I can't think of another good reason to change that sign. Or maybe that is best for that reason. If we will get the sign from the toilet as it says: "Please flush after use" then we can say that "Please close after opening"

You can still go in the door, it just means that you must close it behind you. The sign doesn't say, "Do not enter door", it says "Keep door closed." You close it after you go through it.

Sure, I see your point. If you have to keep the door closed, then how can you open it in order to enter. Whoa! What if that is really what they meant and assuming the appropriate interpretation of the meaning is to "please close the door behind you" we could be opening a whole Pandora's Box? If they mean don't open the door that is what they should say and if they mean close the door behind you then, that is what they should state.

I think you can still use the door but when and after using it, you need to make sure that you close it. I think a better sign would be, please close the door after entering and exiting. I think that would be more self explanatory.

Yeah i know what you mean, the appropriate sign would be "close after use" or "please close the door behind you" the second one is used quite often.

hi agihcam no, it means do not let this door stay open, keep the damned door closed. thats all it means. that is an appropriate sign. if it meant you canot open the door,it would read please do not enter. that make sense?