If Seven Eleven stays open 24 7 why does it have locks on the doors?

Answer 1

Because...

• The landlord installed it many years ago, before this 24-hour store signed the lease.

• Sometimes, when the clerks work alone, they also need to go to the bathroom.

• So that you can lock down in emergencies, such as tornado warnings, or lock down situations or when they're doing construction.

• They can lock up on holidays such as New Years Day, Christmas Eve night, and Christmas.

• For occasional, temporary down time such as inventory control.

• Doors are made that way. They are are manufactured with locks. You can't buy an exterior door that doesn't come with a lock.

• Stores are made that way. In designing a store you need to consider unforseen events such as emergencies or a future change in store hours. Some stores may abandon the 24-7 schedule years later.

• Since it costs practically nothing extra to order doors with locks, why not? It would cost a lot more later to add them in.

• There is an end to every beginning.

• The store is required to have locks for emergencies like a bomb threat when all customers have to leave the store, and it's closed for a big part of the night.

• Many stores, right after getting robbed, will lock customers outside, so that the police can take full charge and investigate what happened with all that missing money.

• If the store didn't have locks on their doors, the insurance costs would be higher.

• Many large United Kingdom 24/7 shops are not allowed to open on Sunday nights (due to old laws) and so would need the locks to close on Sunday nights.

• Many places lock up, if there is a power outage.

• Some stores used to have regular hours, before they became a 24-hour stores.

• A store may stay in business for a certain amount of time, then sell to someone else who wants locks on the doors.

Answer 2

Because there will be times when the store will have to close down. Some close on Thanksgiving Day and/or Christmas. The manager will shut the store down after a robbery or a electric power failure. It would be closed for quite a few days if the inside needs to be redecorated, renovated, or updated. The Health Department could order the store to close down until a particular problem is resolved. If all of the employees have to leave the store, they would lock the doors, too. There are probably a few more reasons that I haven't thought of, but this gives you an idea of why there are locks.

Answer 3

Because almost all commercial doors are manufactured with holes and hardware for locks installed. It would not be economically feasible to make special doors just to avoid adding $10 - $20 in locks.

It also makes sense because you can't plan for everything. Stores are closed in emergencies, and need to be locked before they actually open for business on the first day.

In many stores the clerk also locks the doors to use the restroom so the store is no left unattended.

Answer 4

Even a 24-hour store has to be closed sometime. If the electricity goes out, or if the area is flooded or hit by a tornado - even if the store manager suddenly gets sick and has to go to the hospital, they would need to close and lock the store.

Answer 5

the doors have locks on them because they are required by the city to be on the doors. It would be against code if the door didn't have locks, regaurdless of their store hours.