Rudeness.
 

This morning as I walked into an elevator, I held the door open so the guy walking behind me could get in. There are only three floors in our building, (I'm on the third floor) so I asked him, "Do you want the 2nd or 3rd floor?" He barked "2". Well, it was more of an irritated grumble than a bark.

I hate rudeness. Can't stand it. So I pushed the button for the 3rd floor and stepped back. I'm sure he assumed that I pushed the button for the 2nd floor and he was mightily pissed off when we arrived at the 3rd floor. He said, "I said 2!". I looked at him and said "Next time try "Please"."

This kind of crap is getting more and more common. Last week I was going into a restaurant and held the door open for two couples. No one said "thanks". Not a word. They acted like I was their f*cking door man. I'm so tired of this.

Awesome!

Is it true that while Jesus may save, Moses will get it for you wholesale?

Here Here!

Maybe he was irritated that you didn't step back and let him press what ever button he wanted.

Kinda rude of you to control the 'button space,' ask what floor, and screw w/ him like that. :cool:

and then with the couples... Maybe the guys didn't like that you were taking away their opportunity to be the "nice guy." ...the women, well, they just didn't know you're a Doc. ;)

I usually hold the door open for people, I'm not doing it for the thanks...I do it out of kindness and humility for being as fortunate as I am.

Ohh the other thing...I can't control how other people respond, I can only tell you what I am going to do.

Years ago, I broke my ankle playing baseball and was on crutches for 2 months. I was amazed at how many times people would come up behind me, go around through swinging doors and let the door come swinging back to where I had to "shoulder block" it to keep from getting knocked over. There's alot of d*ckheads in this world, that's for sure.

One more reason why I like living in the midwest. Outside of Chicago, "please" and "thank you" are compulsory.

I hold doors open for people all the time. Around here, they "usually" do say Thanks or Thank You.

If they don't say anything, I sometimes say, "You're welcome." and then some will say Thank You, some will just look confused.

Other times I say, after they pass through the door, "Excuse me." and hold out my hand like I am looking for a tip. They usually look kind of confused and I say, "A simple thanks would be sufficient, but I will accept money."

It's easy to be rude to rude people.

The only thing that bothers me more than the rudeness, is the hyper-PC "I'm offended by..." reponse so frequently heard. I'm not saying you did this, but it seems to be used alot to establish some moral high ground. These folks are *******s, but they don't owe you anything for your actions, thats all.

Good point tabs. You can't control other people being pricks, only yourself. I figure if you hate such behavior, you have to try and be above it yourself. Karma and all that.

Things are a bit better in the midwest, but we still have our share of a-holes. I have to say though, when I go elsewhere, I do notice a difference (not in a good way).

Scott, the guy was blatantly obnoxious. Who gets a pass for that?

I don't use elevators for anything below floor #5. But when I do use the elevator, I don't bother asking other which floor they want. Everyone likes pushing buttons, so I let them push theirs.

Good going. That takes guts, but I doubt he'll forget the lesson. Well done.

truer words were never spoken

I hate rudeness too. A few weeks ago our neighbor's friends came over and swam in our pool (our neighbor asked first). Mind you, I was standing there watching the kids, making sure everyone was safe and after they were done, none of the kids bothered to say "thank you" except my next-door neighbors. Non of those kids are welcome to swim in our pool again except my neighbor's as they had the manners to say "thank you". Whatever happened to "thank you", "you're welcome" and "please"?

sounds like this guy pushed Moses' button(s).

Here's an etiquette question -- If you're following someone through two sets of doors, and they hold both sets for you do you say "thanks" at the first, the second or both (an instant later than you've said "thanks" for the first)?

I usually go with the first set, and let those regards carry me through the 2nd.

JP

Uh Oh, you got me started on elevator etiquette:

I was in Laughlin a couple of weeks ago staying at a casino hotel. Three times during that stay I was trying to exit an elevator and had to stop because some tard was in a hurry to get on the elevator and pushed his way on before anyone could get off.
Don't people realize that you are supposed to let everyone get off the elevator that needs to get off before you get on? How about the tards that stand right in front of the door waiting for the elevator so that when the doors open you have to squeaze through them to get off?

It all seems so common sense simple but some people just don't have a clue.
If it were my casino I'd put uip a sign that says
THESE ELEVATORS ARE RESERVED FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE. ALL OTHERS USE THE STAIRS


whew, I feel better now.

You should have pushed "2" on your way out and said, "There you go!"

SGB and Tabs have it right. Kindness and humility require no repayment.