[Noisebridge-discuss] Upstairs door latch mechanism?

[David Estes]

On Feb 10, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> This is exactly why it's easier to turn someone away by not buzzing the
> gate open, than it is to let them in and come all the way up the stairs
> and then try to turn them back.
>
> If someone presses the button at the gate and nothing happens, they have
> no one to be mad at, and they have not already gone up two flights of
> stairs toward their destination.  No big deal, they will proceed to some
> other place to hang out.
>
> -jake

Right, that makes sense. But in my case last night, I was
pony.noise/gate-ing in on my phone, and there were potential
undesirables standing in front of the gate, blocking my entrance. If I
rejected their entry I'd be on the street and outnumbered, instead of
inside with 20+ other people.