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The Door Holding Game — Polite Distances?

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I came across this fun “Passive-Aggressive Door-Holding Game” on Digg. I found it very inter­est­ing since we’re still con­sid­ered one of the politest nations in the world (just google Canada polite nation) and hold­ing the door for oth­ers is some­thing most of us do. Here’s the game :D

Door Holding Game

This game reminded me of a hilar­i­ous video I had seen a cou­ple of years ago. Luck­ily some­one on Digg posted it:

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Do you hold the door for oth­ers? How close do they have to be? Any excep­tions for pretty women or hand­some guys?

13 Responses to “The Door Holding Game — Polite Distances?”

  1. Tammy

    I do, but they have to be pretty darn close…unless they’ve got their hands full or clearly need help. I hate hav­ing a door held open for me if I’m super far away from the door — I’m not a fan of rush­ing it!

  2. Ann

    Loved this! I do hold the door for peo­ple, but only if they’re right behind me, or if they need help like Tammy says above.

  3. Ann

    I don’t mind hold­ing the door open for some­one behind me but I hate it when they don’t get hold of the door them­selves and just walk straight past me with­out even a thank you, When that hap­pens I just say out loud so they can hear me. “You’re wel­come, this is giv­ing me prac­tice for my next job as a door­man at a hotel”

  4. foxeh

    Love this it is dead on! I agree with u Ann doesnt it burn u? Espe­cially when they are right in front of you open it just wide enough for their wide load to squeeze through and it slams right behind them in your face. Thats when I say wow nice man­ners today . But hey I still hold the door for peo­ple. This video is awe­some! Remem­ber thank you and excuse me are still in style. :)

  5. Carla

    I loved this. I agree with you Ann, if I have enough man­ners to hold the door, the least some­one can do is say “Thank you”. So thanks to Boo for post­ing this and open­ing the door for me to say my feel­ings lol.

  6. ThatguyRob

    To be hon­est with you THAT WAS HILARIOUS!. do he same thing hold the door for every­one i just dis­like it when they don’t have the decency to say thank you.

  7. Amy

    Too funny! I agree with Ann and I wouold like to add that as a mom with a baby, I strug­gle with the mall doors every visit and now I use the wheel­chair but­ton to auto­mat­i­cally open the door so I can get through with the stroller and all the baby para­phe­nilia that I pack for our trip to the mall — and I love it (read scar­casm here) when able bod­ied peo­ple jump in front of as the door begins to open or are huff­ing behind my back that I’m tak­ing so long. I have remarked to these peo­ple that there are other doors they can use, but no one seems to want to argue with a new mom full of off-balanced hormones.

  8. dropthehammer

    I always hold the door for peo­ple, and I hate it when they run. Its like i actu­ally incon­ve­nienced them by try­ing to help them out. some­times, i will actu­ally let the door close and then walk away fast, so it looks like they were far­ther from the door than they they thought were when i went through it. Depends how close they are when i open the door.

  9. Gretchen

    NICE ONE.
    regard­less of dis­tance, I usu­ally hold the door for older peo­ple, peo­ple hold­ing things in both their hands/arms, peo­ple with strollers, and peo­ple with dogs.

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