People that don't say "thank you" when you hold the door for them

TFleming · 11 Mar 2010 at 22:50

Zebra crossings are what do my head in. fair enough you have to stop but it's still nice to say thanks for the driver which had to change what they were doing to let you past. I never see people say thanks for letting them across.

bledd · 11 Mar 2010 at 22:50

Tummy said:
And attractive women?

All attractive women bow at my feet, door or no door.

Azza · 11 Mar 2010 at 22:51

bledd. said:
I only hold it for old people / people with pushchairs, or people who look like they'll say thanks

I hope I'm not the only person who laughed at this.

Tummy · 11 Mar 2010 at 22:52

bledd. said:
All attractive women bow at my feet, door or no door.

bledd · 11 Mar 2010 at 22:53

Azza said:
I hope I'm not the only person who laughed at this.

bwahaha, I just re-read it, oops

FatBoyObese · 11 Mar 2010 at 22:58

Azza said:
I hope I'm not the only person who laughed at this.

Nope....I laughed

"andy" · 11 Mar 2010 at 23:01

i hate people who dont say thanks and therefore always say it myself

i nearly always hold doors open if i see someone behind me

saying that though i once had ''i only held the door open'' barked back at me after saying thanks to someone :/

bledd · 11 Mar 2010 at 23:05

"andy" said:
i hate people who dont say thanks and therefore always say it myself

i nearly always hold doors open if i see someone behind me

saying that though i once had ''i only held the door open'' barked back at me after saying thanks to someone :/

if you get someone like that, just do monkey noises and the monkey arms REALLY loud at them

chiggz · 11 Mar 2010 at 23:33

i hate it when drivers dont feel the need to indicate when theres no other cars nearby.. so i stand for 5 seconds waiting for them to go past when all of a second they turn the corner!!

grudas · 12 Mar 2010 at 00:35

i never say "thank you" always with earphones.. dont want to look stupid screaming "THANK YOU!!!!1!!111" x]

kylew · 12 Mar 2010 at 00:41

Do you do it because that's the type of person that you are, or do you do it to be thanked?

grudas · 12 Mar 2010 at 00:42

kylew said:
Do you do it because that's the type of person that you are, or do you do it to be thanked?

i thought that was clear from the first post?

if i ever do it.. i never even care about the "thanking bit" really why would you?

starfighter · 12 Mar 2010 at 00:43

dmpoole said:
I once had a woman who took offense and told me she was quite capable of opening a door herself.

Oh yeah, not many things worse than rude people but militant feminists are one of the few. should have shouted catch and slammed it in her face.

honestly some people in here, I can tell you are all a bunch of socially inept forumites. I am pretty geeky but if someone holds a door open for you then you say thanks or atleast look them in the eye, not put your head down and storm through. I don;t want some kind of reward, just not to be treated like ****.

kylew · 12 Mar 2010 at 01:08

grudas said:
i thought that was clear from the first post?

if i ever do it.. i never even care about the "thanking bit" really why would you?

To me, the first post answered its own question really.

If I'm going to hold a door a open, it's because I want to, not because I want people to thank me for it.

ticklemebougy · 12 Mar 2010 at 01:15

When someone holds the door for me a normally say cheers or thanks, i also normally hold doors for people if they're close enough, im not bothered about being thanked. If it bothers you so much dont hold the door for them in the future.

ac1d1ty · 12 Mar 2010 at 01:20

kylew said:
Do you do it because that's the type of person that you are, or do you do it to be thanked?

This.

I open a door out of curtesy, simple as. I don't care if they are black white woman male cripple or athletic, its polite.

EdGey · 12 Mar 2010 at 01:33

Agreed with the commend about driving. Also, giving way for other cars when you don't need to etc. Its not a major issue where i live but it happens, its annoying.

.Simon · 12 Mar 2010 at 01:59

Send them back!

Oh I beg your pardon, I seem to have wondered into the wrong thread. *leaves thread, saying thank you to the door attendant*

Pestilence · 12 Mar 2010 at 02:19

kylew said:
Do you do it because that's the type of person that you are, or do you do it to be thanked?

I think that's too much of a broad view. I would believe that others, like me, do it because it's the type of person they are. However, one does expect and appreciate thanks for doing so. The action isn't to "seek" thanks - it's simply polite to give it.

The same goes for boarding the bus, for example. I may wave someone ahead of me even though I got the stop first, saying "Go ahead mate". It's just the type of person I am...I don't care if they pay and sit before me, but a "thanks mate" is just the polite social response.

grudas · 12 Mar 2010 at 07:53

Pestilence said:
I think that's too much of a broad view. I would believe that others, like me, do it because it's the type of person they are. However, one does expect and appreciate thanks for doing so. The action isn't to "seek" thanks - it's simply polite to give it.

The same goes for boarding the bus, for example. I may wave someone ahead of me even though I got the stop first, saying "Go ahead mate". It's just the type of person I am...I don't care if they pay and sit before me, but a "thanks mate" is just the polite social response.

i hate people who rush/push when getting on the bus.. :/ dont get the idea how hard is it not to push someone from the back?!? i do always let out womens/with kids out first.. do the same when getting in...