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When is it appropriate to stop thanking someone for holding doors open ahead of you?

Post 21

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

There are Mordors in Middle earth.


When is it appropriate to stop thanking someone for holding doors open ahead of you?

Post 22

Pink Paisley

A LOTR / Taggart cross-over?

"There's been a Mordor Inspector Taggart!"

PP.


When is it appropriate to stop thanking someone for holding doors open ahead of you?

Post 23

Pink Paisley

Oops.

PP.


When is it appropriate to stop thanking someone for holding doors open ahead of you?

Post 24

paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant

If someone killed Sauron, but no one knew who did it, would that be a Mordor mystery? smiley - smiley


When is it appropriate to stop thanking someone for holding doors open ahead of you?

Post 25

Pink Paisley

If Sauron had a disco party, would that be Mordor on the Dance Floor?

PP.


When is it appropriate to stop thanking someone for holding doors open ahead of you?

Post 26

SashaQ - happysad

I like a revolving door too, when it's big enough for me and my wheelchair to fit in - a simple pleasure to follow a curve.

There is still some ritual courtesy though - one time I encouraged someone to go first, then I went round, but they stopped right in front of the doorway so I couldn't get far out of the compartment. They said, "Wow, I didn't think you'd fit in there! Isn't it dangerous though?" just as the partition caught my wheel and pushed me sideways a bit. Cue the person saying, "I told you - it is dangerous" smiley - facepalm

A few people like to hold an automatic door open for me, but I don't rush if I'm far away. What I do tend to do is if someone opens a non-automatic door that I just happen to be next to, I will go through it, even though it often means I have to open the door myself when they've gone to go back to where I was... smiley - erm

I thank them for it, too... If there are a number of doors in quick succession, like there were in one building I worked in, and one person holds them open for me I will say thank you, then cheers or something like that, then I'll just smile and nod and if there are other doors after that, we will end up laughing.


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