Social experiment (rambling)

[Pandora]

Yeah, what was I thinking, every thing I read here is true. I forget that sometimes.

 

[Airgasm]

I am a honky and I hold the door.

and I'm a no-collar type

 

[mainman]

Yeah, what was I thinking, every thing I read here is true.

Thank god you never fudge the truth...

Why would one lie about holding a door open?

Just because I play an asshat on the board doesn't mean I'm one in the dirt world too...

I will however exclude you from the door held open list in the future....

 

[Pandora]

Thank god you never fudge the truth...

Why would one lie about holding a door open?

Just because I play an asshat on the board doesn't mean I'm one in the dirt world too...

I will however exclude you from the door held open list in the future....

Why are you getting so offended? I didn't say MAINMAN is full of crap. I quoted vrai

Originally Posted by vraiblonde
Well, SOMEBODY is not holding the door in here, dammit, and I want to know who it is!!

and said

Originally Posted by Pandora
It is the Internet; all the guys are going to say they are holding doors for women.

Yet, I bet if there was a hidden camera we'd find out they don't.

If I would have tossed the word "some" in would you have taken it so personally?

 

[slotted]

Why are you getting so offended? I didn't say MAINMAN is full of crap. I quoted vrai



and said



If I would have tossed the word "some" in would you have taken it so personally?

I answered honestly.

 

[Pandora]

I answered honestly.

Good, could you hold open the door while I leave this thread since mainman won't, since I’ve been disgracefully removed from his opening up doors list.

 

[StarCat]

I was actually sitting here reading this, thinking, wow good observation. I am the observant type as well. But you know that last observation you threw in there, I was like...that figures. I am guessing you did not come across any latino or asian men or women either?

OMG S T F U

 

[vraiblonde]

Forum guys who I know for fact hold the door because I remember them holding one for me:

Kyle
Ken King
Airgasm

The rest I can't vouch for or don't remember.

 

[StarCat]

Forum guys who I know for fact hold the door because I remember them holding one for me:

Kyle
Ken King
Airgasm

The rest I can't vouch for or don't remember.

I'm not a guy but I ALWAYS hold the door open for everyone, unless they are a really long ways away. I also say thank you to everyone. If someone holds open one door, then also the next one, am I supposed to say thank you, twice?

 

[Nickel]

I'm not a guy but I ALWAYS hold the door open for everyone, unless they are a really long ways away. I also say thank you to everyone. If someone holds open one door, then also the next one, am I supposed to say thank you, twice?

I say "Thank you" and smile the first time, and "Thanks" and smile the second time.

 

[StarCat]

I say "Thank you" and smile the first time, and "Thanks" and smile the second time.

I will remember that, I have a bad habit of saying "mmmhmm" instead of "youre welcome" but I say it like I mean "youre welcome."

 

[mainman]

Why are you getting so offended? I didn't say MAINMAN is full of crap. I quoted vrai



and said



If I would have tossed the word "some" in would you have taken it so personally?

If I was offended, I would be peeling your wig back right about now...

 

[Nickel]

I will remember that, I have a bad habit of saying "mmmhmm" instead of "youre welcome" but I say it like I mean "youre welcome."

I do the same thing out of habit. Then after the fact I think "Did they hear me?" But I still continue to do it.

 

[jwwb2000]

I always say "thank you" and make sure my kids do the same and use their manners. They might be hyper kids but they will have manners.

 

[Nickel]

They might be hyper kids but they will have manners.

I do the same thing. Make the kid take a second from his hyperactive monologue to say "Thank you".

 

[Pandora]

If I was offended, I would be peeling your wig back right about now...

 

[Kyle]

... I approach the C-store door and a late-40's, gray haired, nicely dressed in business attire, hair neatly combed, barrels past me to beat me to the door, opens it, bolts through and lets the door close in my face....

I was in a hurry! Geez!

 

[Abby]

And I just thought of something:

When I lived down there and would go to the 7-11 or Superfresh in the Park at night, there's all these black guys hanging around out front, catcalling you a bit and giving you the eye. But you approach the door and one of them will invariably jump over and open it for you.

I have no memory of white punks doing that.

Interesting...

I've always found the hangout crowd to open doors and carry bags despite the catcalling... it's a "sound and fury" thing. They're generally good kids, just bored. (Besides, bad kids wouldn't hang out near surveillance cameras, unless they're missing the matter that matters.)

As for the social experiment, I'd like to see if these same people let people over in rush hour traffic and/or wave to the person who lets them over. One sample of polite behavior isn't telling enough to determine the common factor.

But as a guess, I'd say upbringing.

 

[mAlice]

I was walking out of a store with 3 gallons of water, pushed door open with my butt and as the door opened a black woman about my age walked through without so much as a eff you very much, then a man about my age walked through and said thank you. Both of them were too self absorbed to even realize I wasn't holding the door for them, they just took advantage of the fact that it was open.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

Day and I went to JC Penny last night. I held the door open for two Asian women. Both of them walked through w/out a "Thank you!" or even a look in my direction. I made sure I told them "You're welcome!"