Things That Completely Dumbfound Me, Part 2: Handicap Accessible Doors

Is it just me, or does it seem absolutely counterproductive that the hydraulics in handicap accessible doors make them impossible to open without using the completely unreliable "press here to open" switch? I really just don't understand how it can be construed as acceptable to make these doors so heavy. Being fully-abled, I always feel like a complete tool when I use the switch to open to the door, but I also hate having to wrench the twenty pound door open. I don't want to get a workout, I just want to go into the building! What's really frustrating about these doors? The switch inevitably breaks down and you end up having to open the door yourself anyway. My point here is that, when the door breaks down, is it really practical to believe that someone in a wheelchair or a decrepit elderly person could open this twenty pound door with ease? All I'm saying is, if I have a hard time opening these doors on a regular basis, how do people who are actually handicapped open them when the switch breaks? Are we supposed to believe that in this day and age that there is absolutely no such thing as light weight hydraulics? And why is it that these doors are always in the most convenient places? I actually do have the answer to that last question: It's because these doors are nearest to the ramps that our lazy a**es like to walk up instead of using the stairs (Ever notice that the handicap stalls in bathrooms are also always the best and most usable?). For answers to the rest of these super relevant and important questions; I guess only time will tell how seriously building planners take this epidemic (That was sarcasm in case you couldn't tell). Nonetheless, I'm not joking about the fact that I don't understand why these most convenient doors have to be so nearly immobile unless you use the switch that makes you feel like a jacka** to press.

Stone