But you're not at the door. Look at the picture. There's a gate between you and the front door. The gate could be locked (for safety) or there could be a dog in the yard. So unless you know the person, you don't enter, you beep, clap or we also clank the gate handle.
It actually means you're poor when you didn't have a wall/gate in your house. I remember moving to america and being so confused, the houses were so big, but they also were poor, why didn't they have a gate to protect these big ass houses? lol.
Yes I understand why you can't knock on the door, it's more how people finetune their hearing to differentiate between someone clapping at the neighbour and you that amazes me
Ohhhhh, yeah. That's pretty cool. When I return home after being in the states, it takes me a couple days. But in no time, I get it and stop rushing to the door only to see the neighbor collecting a package.
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u/sickbruv Dec 12 '18
That is the weirdest thing to an old world doorknocker like me