[fhayek]

Properly tied knots take time. It could have been a non-slipping kreh loop knot that looks somewhat like a hangman’s noose, but it doesn’t slip like a noose. If you were tying a loop for a door pull, you would have wanted a non-slipping knot, otherwise the loop was cinch up on your hand and you would need your other hand to free it up. Someone who knew knots tied it, and tied it properly, so yeah, it took time.

[A Navy Vet]

Yes, it could have been a kreh loop knot that looks similar to a noose slip knot, but the pics I've seen it looks like a simple bowline (bolin) knot. Either way, no mech in these garages/bays would put a slip knot at the end of a convenience rope. As I've said, the point of these loops are for a better grip for the hands of oily/greasy mechs.

It's just commonsense, but then that's lost on some people seeing evil whitey behind every bush.