Originally Posted by
darthbimmer
Wanting to leave one's room door unlocked as a fire "safety" precaution is both irrational and almost completely unhelpful. I don't know if anybody has ever died in a hotel fire because they couldn't manage to unlock their own door. Far more common threats to one's personal fire safety are 1) being reluctant to take meaningful action when there is an alarm or some indication of smoke or fire, and 2) not knowing where exits routes are well enough to use them in the event of an emergency when there may be poor lighting, smoke in the air, and panicking people. See the excellent link in cblaisd's post above.
Seeing that you seem to be so knowledgeable about how people react when they are woken up at 3.00 am by a fire alarm, when they are in an unfamiliar environment, perhaps you will enlighten us as to which hotel you were in to gain such a wonderful insight, when the fire took hold
If, however, you have not experienced such a situation, may I respectfully suggest that it is your comments that are less than helpful