As to yesterday’s question about the door mis-install:
I had 32 responses, with 4 people getting very close, but only one person nailing it.
That person would be TKDKerry. Congratulations!
(Update: Late entry Aaron got it as well)
I had planned on taking more pictures for clarification on some points that folks had brought up in their emails, but I had to rush out of the house to sign paperwork on a new firearm acquisition before going to work and promptly forgot to bring the camera to work with me (the new firearm will make its debut next week after I take it to the range this weekend).
So I’ll be clarifying some of the questions about the door below the fold and giving out some clues too and giving everyone another shot at having a giggle at my employer’s expense.
Apparently, there are a lot of things wrong with the install of this door. I had questions come in about the door’ security ranking and how its hinges were positioned, the locks and which side they were facing, the bolt that keeps the upper half of the door secured to the lower half, the height of the door from the floor, the peep hole and the mail slot.
Unfortunately for the folks who focused on them, none of these things have anything to do with the puzzle.
The picture was taken from inside the supervisor’s office. He hinges are on the outside, but that is of no real matter since the caps are welded. The door swings out because of the wall on the right hand side just out of the picture frame (I had to crop it tight to keep my employer out of this for now). It swings out 180 degrees.
The locks were put in correctly and the side that accepts the key faces out to the driver’s gathering area.
The door is a ‘security door’ but was not bought for that reason. The set of doors were bought because 1. They are split or ‘dutch’ doors and the supervisor’s specifically requested them to be as such so that they could still converse with the drivers while keeping them and their muddy feet out of the supervisor’s area, and 2. Because they were cheap. We are the premier trash and construction debris recycling company in town and we got them for nearly free after someone mis-measured for a job we’re helping with. This is also how I get the material for my target stands.
The mailbox is adhered by magnets and gets moved to the outside of the door during normal business hours.
The bolt that latches the two doors together engages and disengages properly as does the swing down door hold-open foot. It is my height that makes them look a little funny. There is less than an inch of clearance between the door and the floor and the bolt slides into a small box so that you cannot see the bottom of it when it is engaged.
The peep hole is unique in that you cannot see through it unless you are at least two feet away from it (done so as to not transmit light or movement to the possible bad guy on the opposite side), but even standing that far away, you can see clearly to the opposite wall 50ft away. It came with the door and the reason you can still see the centering marks is because the doors are still in primer.
But again, none of these things has anything to do with the puzzle.
However, I have included clues as to the real problem with the install of this door in the above paragraphs.
Look again very closely.
More hints tomorrow if no one else gets it and again, congrats to TKDKerry.