Last week we shared the responses to one of our questionnaire questions, “how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” and we thought you would enjoy the answers to this question as well…
Why is it that they put locks on the door of convenience stores that are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year?
Answers:
- Your guess is as good as mine! Why are they called apartments, yet they’re so close?
- So while they are being robbed they will not be interrupted?? My I phone lady had no idea on this one, so I had to come up with this one on my own.
- Top 10 Reasons For Locks on Convenience Stores:
- 10. The only employee working needs an emergency bathroom break.
- 9. Jay and Silent Bob are loitering outside.
- 8. Bart Simpson breaks the Squishee Machine.
- 7. To prevent looting after a natural disaster.
- 6. In case there is any confusion with Daylight Savings Time.
- 5. If you believe in the Mayan calendar and thought, “just in case”.
- 4. Everyone has the flu.
- 3. The convenience store looses electricity and needs to close.
- 2. To stem the rushing crowds upon Hostess’ return to the shelves.
- 1. Zombie Apocalypse
- For leap year.
- When the Mist comes, locks will help protect civilians from mutant insects. Oversized insects are notoriously bad at unlocking doors. Alternatively, they are there as part of lockdown procedures during an emergency.
- As we all know, the best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry, so I would imagine that they put locks on the door of convenience stores that are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year because even though a company might have planned to be open from here to eternity, in the unforeseen case of war, famine, plague, pestilence, flood, natural disaster, fire, act of God, insurrection, civil disturbance, strike, lockout, labor dispute, etc. they just might have to lock up the shop for a minute or two. On the other hand, it could just be that they’re cheap and an exterior door manufactured without locks would probably be a special order that would significantly raise the cost of construction. Really though, how do we know that there isn’t an always-open “convenience store” somewhere, say south of the border that doesn’t have locks on the door? It might not even have a door…
- Perhaps the owners occasionally want some alone time with the ice cream..
- I’ve also wondered that and also why do they put Braille on the keypads of drive up ATM’s?
- I don’t have an answer for this question. I do think I would enjoy working for a company that has a sense of humor. Like many things in life maybe this question has no explanation. Here is a question from Steven Wright, “If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?”
- Just to confuse you into thinking they might close so you better go ahead and buy that extra 12 pack.
