"I went to a jewelry store and the door was locked. I knocked on the door and this guy behind the counter just sat there and stared at me for like 5 minutes. He wouldn't let me in, he just sat there and stared at me. There I was standing in 8 feet of snow, bundled up from head to toe, freezing my !@# off. If I had a gun, I would have shot the sucker. The guy finally puts down his coffee long enough to push the button and buzz me in. As soon as the door closes, it locks behind me and it's then that I realize I'm locked up with some guy that's got a gun strapped to his hip and for the life of me, I forgot why I needed to go to the jewelry store in the first place. So I turned to leave and there I sat for another 5 minutes waiting for him to let me out. Am I insane?"

No you wuss, you just got intimidated by John Wayne. You should have asked for an autograph because he's supposed to be dead. Perhaps his sales techniques are not for you and you should seek a jeweler with a different target market. What can we say? The jewelry industry isn't exactly safe these days and many jewelers are taking reasonable precautions to control who travels in and out of there store. Remember the JR-19 the government put in the water? Well he's probably a little paranoid about your bulky jacket and ski mask, you might try a mask that doesn't cover your entire face and take your hands out of your pockets so you can wave.
Now about that door. It's a standard security feature that is often disabled by the sales clerk behind the counter when you approach the door, many times people don't even realize that they were buzzed in. For instance, awhile back one of our friends called us laughing to tell us about some "pud" who had come into his store to look at watches. Five minutes into the presentation, he decided to snatch one of the watches off the display case and make a run for the door.

The store owner had buzzed the man in as he approached the door and apparently the guy didn't notice the door locked automatically behind him. Imagine his surprise when he awoke to find three sheriff's deputies standing over him and asking whether the handcuffs were comfortable enough. Magnetic lock security doors are just another precaution that enable the industry to have a little more control over who walks in through the door. For fire purposes, you're always free to walk out. Really. Unless of course, you're not an upstanding member of society and you try something "brilliant" in which case we're going to give you something to "think" about until the police arrive from two blocks down. Did we mention the dungeon? Hmmm, maybe we won't call the police for awhile.