‘Who knew?’ wonder gobsmacked people as they discover how to actually use a door stop – but not everyone is convinced
IT’S the hidden feature in our homes that most of us don’t really pay much attention to – the door stop.
Ever since the first door was created, people have used different objects to keep it open, such as heavy rocks, metal cans and even bricks.
According to home interior pros at Sekelskifte, these have been used to prevent the door from closing, and it wasn’t until 1878, when a person got honoured for the invention of the more modern door stop.
After the inventor, named Mr. Dorsy, patented his door stop, others have come up with their own variants, and fast-forward to today, there are different types of stops that can be mounted on the floor, wall or on the door itself.
But although the feature seems pretty obvious and straightforward, a new TikTok video has revealed that we actually might not know how to use it properly.
According to one mum, Ashley, from Arizona, we’ve been using the door stop wrong all this time – however, the clip’s sparked a fierce debate.
In the now-viral video on her page, the USA-based parent confessed that it wasn’t until recently when she made the shocking discovery.
Instead of using the metal feature to stop the door from hitting the wall, the savvy mum had found a way to use it to prevent the door from opening and closing all the time.
In the clip, Ashley could be seen putting the wall-mounted door stop underneath the door – and the rubber bit at the top of the stop made sure the door wasn’t moving.
”Who knew!” the gobsmacked mum exclaimed in the caption
However, not everyone seemed to agree, as hundreds of social media users flocked to comments to share their thoughts and guesses.
One sceptical person said: ”It’s actually so the knob doesn’t punch a hole in the wall, how this helps.”
Another echoed the opinion, writing: ”I thought was was for not slamming the wall.”
”That’s not what that’s for,” someone else penned.
A fourth chimed in: ”Door STOP, not door hold.”
But the viral video – which has been viewed a staggering 3.6million times – also found itself fans, as some raced to give the hack a go.
”I just tried it and it worked,” read someone’s positive feedback.
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Another person was just as stunned, writing: ”The way my jaw dropped (I’m amused by the simplest things.”
”Learn something every day,” a kind-hearted social media user thanked the mum.
After being brutally trolled by thousands on the platform, Ashely, too, hit back at the mean comments.
”It works, does it not?”
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