Door Etiquette
At least twice a day I get caught in some kind of door predicament. In an effort to be polite, I often hold the door for those behind me, or if an elderly person is walking towards the door, I will try to walk faster to open it for them. But this can sometimes lead to some pretty awkward situations:
Door Limbo: When you open the door outwards in an attempt to let the outside person in, but they stand there and hold the door for you. You go. No, you go. No, YOU go. Then you both try to go at the same time and the whole scenario repeats itself.
Door Stop: You open the door for one person, and a barrage of people come through.
Door Jacker: A woman opens the door for an older man, who takes offense to it and decides to stop and hold the door for you instead.
Elevator Door: The doors are closing, closing, closing when you see someone dashing for the crack, and you struggle to press the right button but end up pressing the DOOR CLOSE button instead. Oops. Sorry.
Fat Lady In A Little Doorway: A rotund person tries to hold the door open for you by leaning against it, but their, um, ROTUNDNESS sticks out and prevents you from making it through without rubbing up against them in some way, which results in a dirty look. Like you were trying to be perv with a fat chick.
Door Limbo: When you open the door outwards in an attempt to let the outside person in, but they stand there and hold the door for you. You go. No, you go. No, YOU go. Then you both try to go at the same time and the whole scenario repeats itself.
Door Stop: You open the door for one person, and a barrage of people come through.
Door Jacker: A woman opens the door for an older man, who takes offense to it and decides to stop and hold the door for you instead.
Elevator Door: The doors are closing, closing, closing when you see someone dashing for the crack, and you struggle to press the right button but end up pressing the DOOR CLOSE button instead. Oops. Sorry.
Fat Lady In A Little Doorway: A rotund person tries to hold the door open for you by leaning against it, but their, um, ROTUNDNESS sticks out and prevents you from making it through without rubbing up against them in some way, which results in a dirty look. Like you were trying to be perv with a fat chick.
posted by Kristie at 1:00 PM
2 Comments:
Door jacker! That's funny!
As a guy this is always a dilema. In the era of post chivalry and feminism, we never know when to hold the door open. At least that's our excuse.
~Jef
Depends, how cute is the fat chick? ;-)
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