You're about to be rude, not to mention disgusting. That's the message at Northern Kentucky University these days.
Kicks can damage the buttons.
Then there's the goop on the bottom of your shoes. How nice for those who must push the buttons with their hands. To dramatize the problem, NKU administrator Dale Adams sometimes plants his foot on a doorknob, then asks people whether they would want to grab it. They just don't understand what they're doing. At the Provident Bank building on Vine Street downtown, chief engineer Tim Nagle always stops people when he sees a kick coming.