When interviewed about garage doors, most people have stronger opinions on that matter than you would think. Especially if you take the time to stop them and make them take the time to think about it. Some common themes and trends emerge.
When asked Ginny Graff initially commented, "I'm pretty neutral on garage doors. Pretty neutral." But when met with a few more moments of silence, she continued.
"I mean, I guess they're good? I, uh. Well. I don't like that loud noise they make when they open with the garage door opener. But I guess I'm glad I don't have to open them by hand, either. That would suck."
When asked, Ally Rabden paused, and gave a strange look. Then she commented about her experience with accidentally breaking her parent's door as a child.
"Now I'm sort of embarrassed by them. I was playing basketball and I sort of smashed into my parents old rickety door and it just caved in." She is not a large person, barely over five feet tall, petite. The fact that she was able to break the door astounds me, and I say so. She laughs.
"Yeah, I wasn't expecting it, either. Sprained my wrist and everything. It's a great story." She pauses. "Well actually it's a boring story. Sorry, I guess." She shrugs.
When I questioned a young brunette man named Dallas Trout, (what a name!) he got pretty angry.
"I hate them! It was so traumatic. Once, a garage door squished my cat. The laser beam things were broken, and the sensors didn't work to halt the descent of the door." He shuddered. "It was super gross. I was terrified of my door for years, as a kid."
Garage doors inspire interesting feelings in people. We will continue to interview people and find out what the general popular consensus is in the streets.