Do You Hold Doors For People?

[Brian Cronin]

I'm a big door holder.

How about you folks?

If you DO hold doors, do you discriminate based on sex? Age?

Do you only hold the door if it seems the other person literally NEEDS someone to hold the door (people with packages, etc.) or do you just do it for anyone walking by?

-Brian

[stealthwise]

Yep, I do it all the time. I don't discriminate, but I make a point of making sure to do it for older people or those with children.

[Dan Apodaca]

I do it almost all the time. Sometimes I'm in such a hurry that I can't stop and hold the door, or being a dick somehow (for example, I was at 7-11 and the guy ahead of me was being super condescending to the cashier, talking on the phone the whole time, AND treating his girl like shit), and then I might find myself letting that door slam right in their faces.

But for the most part, yeah, I hold doors. It's one of those little things that is so easy to do, which can help make the world a nicer place.

[Dan Apodaca]

Rather, THEY'RE being a dick somehow...

[Mikl C]

I try to, but I mostly hold it after I've walked through so it doesn't slam back on them.
And yeh, more to the womenz.

[Johnny Triangles]

I hold the doors for people, don't discriminate by sex, but the one thing I stopped doing is holding it for people who are more than a certain distance away. I realize that once you go past a certain distance, you put the person in a position where out of guilt they feel forced to speed up or go into a light jog to keep you from being inconveniences by holding the door too long. So what was meant as a favor originally now becomes an inconvenience.

[Stony]

Yeah, usually to hold the door open if they're following or coming the other way.
Non discriminatore.

But I don't rush off in the middle of doing something else to open the door for someone, unless it someone who clearly needs it... like Australians.
They'll just stand there mystified all day otherwise.

[Karl H]

I hold doors for everyone but especially girls. It seems not that many blokes do it and my new missus reckons its one of the things she first found attractive about me!!!!!

[Karl H]

I hold the doors for people, don't discriminate by sex, but the one thing I stopped doing is holding it for people who are more than a certain distance away. I realize that once you go past a certain distance, you put the person in a position where out of guilt they feel forced to speed up or go into a light jog to keep you from being inconveniences by holding the door too long. So what was meant as a favor originally now becomes an inconvenience.

I totally get that. They should have rules or something, like with men and urinals... We need guidance damn it!!!!

[dancj]

I hold the doors for people, don't discriminate by sex, but the one thing I stopped doing is holding it for people who are more than a certain distance away. I realize that once you go past a certain distance, you put the person in a position where out of guilt they feel forced to speed up or go into a light jog to keep you from being inconveniences by holding the door too long. So what was meant as a favor originally now becomes an inconvenience.

Yeah - I hold doors for everyone, but I often realise too late that I've overstepped that line.

Dan

[Deathstroke]

I do hold doors for people.

While it's not a conscious thing, I do find that I seem to hold doors for women more than guys.

The guys can fend for themselves I guess.

And I hold the door if I'm going in or out, and a person is doing the opposite. Regardless of whether they have packages in their arms.

[Shellhead]

I used to hold doors for people all the time, regardless of age or gender. However, I sometimes got stuck in awkward situations where a whole bunch of people wanted to pass through that door and I would make my date or my friends or whoever wait while I was holding that door for a time. So I now I am more selective about the situations where I hold it. One or two people, sure. A crowd, no they can fend for themselves.

[Rallura]

Yes I do, and no I don't have rules about it, I just hold the door open.

[Chase]

If someone is exiting and I'm closest to the door, or if they're near behind, I'll hold open the door. I still believe in being a gentlemen, regardless of living in Las Vegas.

[Gingold]

Yes. I've got no time for non-doorholders.