That gave me a chuckle. I have 3 short steps (two-sided) with only a rail on the outside, to get to my front door. It is interesting to see my friends approach - some walk around to the back side, to hold on with their right hand, others come up the front.

Almost noone comes up without the rail, each of us has either experienced or witnessed "The Joy of Falling." When entertaining, I stand on the landing and hand trays down to be placed on the patio table, which I learned the hard way after tripping on a step and dropping a tray of 12 margarita glasses (fortunately they were still empty!)
Sue