In the old days, hotel room doors had knobs, you would put the "Do not disturb" card on the knob, and it would stay put. In the 1980s they change over to electronic locks and, at the same time, to handles in place of knobs. Handles are a good idea because it's hard for someone with arthritis in their hands or certain other disabilities to turn a knob. But there is a problem: They didn't put a notch where the handle comes out of the door to hang the card on. The result is that the sign tends to "walk" down the handle and often falls off entirely, and you have to put it back in place every time you open and close the door. The industry that makes electronic locks for hotels should set a standard that ALL electronic locks should have one of the following:1. A notch in the door handle in which the "Do not disturb" card can be firmly seated.2. A hook under the door handle on which to hang the sign. I think I saw this setup once at a hotel where I stayed, but it's unusual in the U.S. And hotels should insist on buying electronic locks that have one of the above features. It's amazing to me how hotels can spend hundreds of dollars per room on frills such as coffee makers and hair dryers, and overlook something as obvious as this.

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