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

In Thailand no one holds the door open for anyone, except maybe women with children, then you will get a thankyou.
Any other time you hold the door open you shouldnt expect a thankyou. Its great, I dont hold the door open for anyone unless theyre right behind me, even then I make minimal effort and no one seems to care.
 
If you depend on people to thank you for every small thing like holding doors open, you shouldnt bother to do the favour in the first place.

I cant see enough reason with not being thanked for holding the door open to make a fuss over it. Would you make a fuss over a deaf or mute person not thanking you? Because you really cant tell if someone is deaf or mute.

Thanking and saying sorry over every tiny thing is not manners or etiquette, in fact I make a very good effort of being polite and nice to people without ever having to use either word. They become meaningless when constantly used over something as small as holding a door open for some random stranger. If you want to be thanked, try a little harder. My best effort was offering to carry an old womans basket around while talking to her at the supermarket because it was too heavy for her since she had it on the floor and was kicking it along as she walked. I wouldnt have even noticed if I didnt get a thanks, and when I do I respond 'No need to thank me, just have a nice day'.

Beat that for manners :).

Doing something for people that they are fully capable of is not really manners, and neither is doing something without first being asked or asking.
 
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ticklemebougy said:
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.
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But if I let the door go in her face, you can bet your life she'll be going round the company telling everyone what a rude man I am.

The other thing I don't like about this woman is that she hardly ever covers her mouth when she coughs, thereby spreading her germs all around the office and probably donating her mucus infested cough to all and sundry.

Part of me wants something to happen that triggers a massive argument so I can let all of this out, but I don't suppose it'd be considered very professional to give an old woman a roasting (for want of a better word :p) in the middle of the office.
 
Robbie G said:
There's this old bat in my office. Miserable bitter woman, always grumbling and complaining. I was just coming back from the coffee machine and I held the door for her to go through. She just walked right past without acknowledging me or saying thank you. How annoying that is, really!
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Rude people inhabit all walks of life.

Let it worry ye, not.
 
I agree, just because you have manners doesn't mean others do. Rise above it and hold head held up high. Just don't forget to make sure it's closes 2ft in front of her next time. She'll make a comment then slowly she'll remember, balance is restored.
 
I was walking down a corridor once and went through a door and as I could hear people behind me I held it open.

I then got a torrent of abuse from one of the two women saying that she didn;t need a man to open the door for her and women are equal you know, blah, blah, blah.

I was too much in shock to say anything much except "**** off you fat dyke"
 
Greebo said:
I was walking down a corridor once and went through a door and as I could hear people behind me I held it open.

I then got a torrent of abuse from one of the two women saying that she didn;t need a man to open the door for her and women are equal you know, blah, blah, blah.

I was too much in shock to say anything much except "**** off you fat dyke"
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Not sure that much more needed to be said :D
 
Greebo said:
I was walking down a corridor once and went through a door and as I could hear people behind me I held it open.

I then got a torrent of abuse from one of the two women saying that she didn;t need a man to open the door for her and women are equal you know, blah, blah, blah.

I was too much in shock to say anything much except "**** off you fat dyke"
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If you actually said that then props. That's the kind of response I only ever think of after the event.
 
You shouldnt hold a door open for someone if you want thanks. If I hold a door open for a lady I dont want her to say thanks. Its my manners that make me hold the door open for someone not theirs.

Dont hold doors open for people to get thanks, hold them open because you want to.
 
I tend to open the door for myself and if there is someone directly behind me, else I wouldn't go out of my way doing it. *



Unless of course, if she is attractive

Robbie G said:
I'm trying to analyse myself and decide if I was a big fat pussy, or if I did the right thing by letting it slide in.
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Am I the only one who found this slightly disturbing? :p
 
This is my personal bug bear, I bloody hate it.

I went to Newcastle uni anyone who has been there will know the ra's (rich *********) well I was walking down the corridor infront of some lass ra, held about 4 doors open for her, didnt acknowledge me once so on reaching the last door I turned and slammed it in her face about an inch from her nose, she acknwledged me at that point :p Pretty childish but I felt a hell of a lot better for it :D
 
TFleming said:
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.
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Do you thank the driver when you cross at a pelican crossing? I mean, you DID press the button. :p
 
leaskovski said:
And this is why our contry is nolonger what it was. Community god damn it! Not just online community, but street/village/town community!!
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Community? You can stick it, I don't want to know the drugged up alco's that live on the corner, the inbreed ***** next door or the pedo down the street. Thank you but no thanks.
 
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