My 7 year old is a door opening gentleman. He gets upset if his sister or I get to a door before he does. But he has yet to figure out how to gracefully stop so that he does not become the door man for the next 100 people going through the door.
We'll be in our bunk.
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SuziQ - May 13, 2004 7:22:35 am PDT #8089 of 10001
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P.M. Marc - May 13, 2004 7:34:03 am PDT #8090 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
See, how it works is the driver unlocks your door, lets you in, and you then lean across to unlock his or her door.
I'm too tired to 'xplain, but this was used to judge the worth of dates, back in the day.
DCJensen - May 13, 2004 7:49:01 am PDT #8091 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
See, how it works is the driver unlocks your door, lets you in, and you then lean across to unlock his or her door.
My mom taught me this when I was a teenager. Always unlock and open the car door. You don't have to close her in like you are the keeper of the door, as some find it uncomfortable. But if you do, make sure any jacket or dress is inside, please.
She also pointed out that unlocking your passenger's door first is always polite, male or female.
I haven't asked her since then about electric locks and remote devices.
Sadly I have not had much of a need for girlfriend car etiquette in my life. I have to brush up and check out the political correctness before I go to Arizona...someday.
Polter-Cow - May 13, 2004 7:56:09 am PDT #8092 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm a compulsive door-opener/holder.
Lee - May 13, 2004 8:00:34 am PDT #8093 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
If you're that close to someone, you pretty much have to keep holding it open, because the alternative turns to active rudeness.
But it's amazing how many people don't.
§ ita § - May 13, 2004 8:03:06 am PDT #8094 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But it's amazing how many people don't.
People you're actually with? That's horrible. There's a sort of unspoken elastic band around you, the moreso the fewer of you there are. Closing a door in the middle of that strikes me as appalling.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 13, 2004 8:05:06 am PDT #8095 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Some of us are just oblivious to the people walking too close behind us. I've had to apologize many a time because I didn't realize someone was entering a door behind me.
DCJensen - May 13, 2004 8:05:17 am PDT #8096 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
When lots of people (that i'm not with) are coming, I find when holding the door it helps to make the slip inside as soon as possible, and hold it open from the inside until the next person grabs the door. Then continue on.
I held too many doors too long until I perfected this technique.
I'm told it's common among door holders.
§ ita § - May 13, 2004 8:08:31 am PDT #8097 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've had to apologize many a time because I didn't realize someone was entering a door behind me.
Are these people in your group, though?
Lee - May 13, 2004 8:17:18 am PDT #8098 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I meant that as a general comment, not necessarily in terms of people I was with. The level of rudeness does increase for people you are with.