Probably shouldn't have told anyone about that. Don't be surprised if you get fired. It'll be a thinly veiled retaliation on behalf of the old woman you've probably killed.

The old lady is probably senile. What's the excuse for the rest of you?

Yes, you are hereby an ASSHOLE! It's so sad to think you are so selfimportant and your life too damn structured to stop for 2 seconds and help a little old lady. Don't worry though, the world seems to be filled with inconsiderate folks just like you-so you're not alone. Have a super day.

mwaaaah

Last Sunday, in Merriam Park, I was loading my friend's bike into the back of my car. A car pulled up with two women, probably in the 80-ish age range.

The asked me to move my car, since it was "the spot they were used to in front of their church". We explained that we were leaving in just a moment, and they were welcome to the spot. We went back to loading the bike.

She stayed away for about a minute, then walked back over and said "couldn't you move your car to the other side of the street now, then put the bike in over there?".

We thought about pointing out that they too could park across the street, and walk the extra 20 feet to church, but instead we just finished loading the bike without comment and left.

I'm all for courtesy, and it's warranted 99% of the time, but it's not impossible for someone to push it too far.

I have thought about this for a very long time. Door etiquette. You wanna know what really boils my blood? More than old ladies who can't open doors for themselves? More than Hoverounds? This: when you open a door for yourself, and after you have passed through it your forearm keeps that door ajar for the person passing through directly behind you, and that person passes through the frame of the door without ever touching the door itself. When someone ahead of you is holding open a door for you, however perfunctory, one must at least acknowledge the gesture by touching the door. Touch the door. The door is a baton that the former door-opener is passing to you. At least pretend to take it by merely pressing your fingertips against the glass.

If there is one thing that sends me into the quiet, seething, blind-red rage which propels me through the day, it is holding a door open for someone who doesn't even acknowledge my existence.

yes, that would have been very rude if you had refused to open the door. It's two seconds of your time and she might have a hard time with those doors.

http://shelovesny.com/etiquette/doors.html

Fuck her.

here's the thing... I grew up in MN but go to college in Charleston, SC, long known as the country's most polite city.
Just open the door for other people, say please and thank you, say hello to people you pass on the street (or in the skyway).
People defintely move a little slower down here, but it's much more enjoyable to just give eachother that common courtesy.
In MN, when a person in a store would say, "how are you today?" I used to answer "good," and continue on... but now it's "fine, how are you?"
even if you don't really care, just act like you do! You'll make that person feel better, and you'll feel better about yourself, too

Pathetic.

doesn't this woman have any children to hold the door for her? isn't that what offspring are for?

www.helovesnybuthatesher.com/etiquette/fucku

you'd think!

It took me a while to figure it out... SHE WAS HITTING ON YOU!!!

Wow. I always suspected that you have sociopathic tendencies. Particularly as you seem to see nothing wrong with reducing everyone around you to exploitable objects to be used and discarded at your leisure. Now we have a fine example of your mentality at play. What the hell is wrong with you? Is it really that much of a inconvenience to you to open a door for someone? Does every action you take on behalf of another person have to be tied to some kind of immediate reward for you? Sometimes you just do things because they're the right thing to do. If you don't understand that at this advanced stage in your life, I fear there's no hope for you. The most tragic part of this whole scenario is how mundane it all is. This level of self-absorption is what can be expected from your average consumption obsessed, television addicted middle American. Congratulations on joining that club.

You should be deeply ashamed of yourself.

Forget to take your Lithium, Jer?

Forget to put your ugly ass portrait back up into the attic, Glen?

If a portrait were to be made of glen, it would not be 'ugly-ass.' He's sexy. Not only do I think that, but so do his student...you should see what they write about him on ratemyprofessor.com