Pet Peeve Week: #4
Pet Peeve #4: People who don't hold doors
If you're within a couple of steps of a door I just pulled open to walk through, at the very least, I'll give the door an extra push open so that you can pass through without also having to pull the door open. This is not because I'm nice. (I'm really not that nice. Remember how in my last post, I called people illiterate?) It's because it's what you do when someone's behind you when you're walking through a door. You give a quick glance, and if someone's there, you give the door a little push.
But if you don't give a quick glance, if you don't give a little push, and you open the door just wide enough for you to fit through it and then let go, it makes me wish I could shoot lasers from my eyes at you. Not fatal, but potentially harmful. Or maybe the lasers will make you itchy. Do they make itch-inducing lasers?
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Comments
Becky said:
we may in fact be the same person. it's like that children's book- "are you my doppleganger?"
Syar said:
You've just made me realize I had a pet peeve I didn't even know I had.
So...quit it, people who don't hold doors!
No Cool Story said:
I hold doors AND smile :)
Because I'm nice like that.
I usually get the doors held open for me, but I'm a woman. I always think that those who don't hold it maybe are still scared from the last feminist (like my sil) who yelled at them.
Or maybe their mama didn't teach them any manners.
Lia said:
I hold doors if I see someone coming, but sometimes I'm mad at them for being there when I'm in a rush to get out, because I can't just be rude and let the door swing shut in their faces. And even though I always say, "Oh, no, don't run," sometimes I don't mean it. I'm waiting for you, and the least you could do is move quickly.
And then, I'm a bit ashamed to admit, there are the times when I'm in so much of a rush that I pretend not to see that there's someone coming, so I don't have to wait at the door.
But usually I hold the door, and I'm happy to do it. Usually. Really.
Nobody said:
eeeewww itch-inducing lasers. Sounds brutal.
I'd like to piggy-back on your pet peeve (why do we label something we seriously dislike, a "pet"? that's just weird) and say, it annoys me when people stand and hold the door when I'm like, half a block away. I am usually carrying one or two children, with at least one or two in tow, and there is no guarantee I will make it to that door before the establishment closes for the holidays. Or remodeling. It makes me feel like I have to run, and that's not pretty.
So, to those prolonged door-holders, I'd like to suggest the do it like it's done back home, Don't hold the door for Nobody.
Dallas Meow said:
Come spend some time in Texas - we'll teach you how to be a gentleman and WANT to hold doors -
'course. . . you'll also get the bonus of the boot scootin' boogie ...
p.s. jolly edible santas?
cadiz12 said:
i hate door-not-openers, but i think i hate people who don't say thank you when i take the time to hold the door open for them even more.
Tori :) said:
I like it when people say to me as I struggle with my kids "Wow, you've got your hands full..." and then let the door slam. Thanks butthead.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
50 Cent keeps compelling me to "shake...shake that azz, girl" but I says, "NO!" I must use my azz for good and not just for shaking purposes. My azz is the official door holder for people because I'm a raving germaphobe when it involves the public sector and my hands ain't going anywhere near that fecal contaminated door handle.
elasticwaistbandlady said:
What if I told you that my biggest pet peeve is people listing out their pet peeves?
aubrey said:
where do i sign up for that itch inducing laser gun? cuz i will take one. maybe two. for the punks who came to the mall on monday and sat down right next to and within clear earshot of the children's playplace and proceeded to use the f*word in every way imaginable. and whom when i asked them to can it or leave said "whatever" to me and didn't budge. they could use some of those itchy laser beams...maybe another one that makes them break out in rashes and disease.
Jon said:
I'm not going to lie to you. The technology for itch-inducing lasers exists. But if it were to fall into the wrong hands, just think of the havoc it would wreak. Just think about that...
Rhonda said:
I HATE people who don't hold doors...especially when you are pregnant or holding a small child. They are almost as bad as people who don't wave when you let them out in front of you in traffic.