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Originally Posted by bjones6416
Nope, you're not, because that's one of my pet peeves, too. Although in my area, most people will hold the door open. They may mug you when you get through that door, but the common courtesies are observed first.  |
I regret to say that those 'common courtesies' are only common in certain parts of the world.... In fact, holding a door open for an older person (not one with infirmities though) can get you a tongue-lashing of "I'm not too old to open my own door!" I've had that happen to me on several occasions.
In countries that follow Confucian societal models, strangers on the street simply
do not even exist, so why would one hold a door open? On the other hand, they WILL hold a door for a friend or relative, or someone that they have already been introduced to. Crowds behave more like a giant game of Bumper Pool, with people bouncing off other people at crowded intersections. They just aren't aware that there are others around...
Really bizarre from a western perspective...
Stitchawl