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Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 3:19 pm
Here is a question. Let's see how far this goes.
Do you hold the door for people?
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RE: Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 4:07 pm
Yup, every time. Not only that, I call out people who DON’T hold the door for people.
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RE: Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 4:10 pm
Professor of Anthropology at Purdue noted that there people held the door as they went through. Next person took over and so on. Everybody gets the same treatment.
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RE: Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 4:40 pm
Sometimes
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RE: Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 4:53 pm
Always.
And I say 'you're welcome' out loud to those who act like I was supposed to do it. Entitled jerks.
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RE: Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 5:32 pm
The wide acceptance of bad public manners is a sign that a society is on the skids. People who don’t hold doors, who haven’t mastered the art of ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, people who scream at servers - these rat bastards need to be called out and confronted at every opportunity.
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RE: Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: January 15, 2023 at 5:44 pm by Anomalocaris.)
Normally I hold the door open for other people.
But on a few special occasions I even add a bonus. I hold it long enough for them to take it for granted that it will be held open until they pass, and then slam it closed in their faces, and then regret in a voice calculated to be loud enough to be heard through the still quivering closed door that it wasn’t quite on their faces.
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RE: Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 5:42 pm
Yes, but I've learned to ask first for someone with a disability etc.
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RE: Do you hold the door for people?
January 15, 2023 at 5:46 pm
Only for females and seniors.
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