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Hotel room doors are notoriously heavy and violently slam shut. Why don't they just use normal doors?

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Hotel room doors are notoriously heavy and violently slam shut. Why don't they just use normal doors?

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Hotel room doors are notoriously heavy and violently slam shut. Why don't they just use normal doors?
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