When you reach a door way at the same time as another person the following rules apply?

When it comes to opening doors, only go in front of someone who opened the door if they motion you through. Same rules apply to whoever swiped their card to access the door—wait until the first person has walked through before you follow. 15.

Who should go through a door first?

Whoever gets to a door first opens it for the other person. There is no gender specific rule. If you go through a revolving door first and someone is following, push the door hard enough for you both to twirl through. Hold the elevator door for someone on the outside of the elevator, then step in.

When you approach a door that pushes open you should?

When you approach a door that pushes open, go on through as you hold the door, standing aside as you continue to hold it so others may enter. First come, first serve is a general rule in door etiquette.

How do you make a door open both ways?

Remove the handle completely, let doors open both ways (inwards and outwards) and just let people push the door swing open the direction they are going towards. Naturally, removing the handle and letting doors open both ways would solve many usability problems: Remove the confusion regarding which way to turn the handle

Which way should a door open at the top of stairs?

A door at the top of a staircase (such as to a basement) should open away from the staircase. This is actually the code in most jurisdictions. Not only could the person travelling through the door fall down the stairs, a person standing on the stairs has to walk backwards down the steps in order to open a door that swings over the stairs.

Which side of the door should the door be on?

Another thing is that, all else being equal, the doorknob should be on the side that you reach first during the typical flow of traffic. Commercial entrances almost always have doors opening outwards. A door that is on an exit path will often be made to open inwards, towards the space being exited.