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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
When to hold the door is a fine line of courtesy.
Essentially if it all can happen in a fluid exchange then all is good, but if someone is required to stop for more than a couple beats then everybody should move on.
To my thinking, if you hold the door for me with too long of a gap with the expectation that I'll hurry up to get there then you're the one being (very minorly) rude, not me if I don't.
But there are always those awkward gray areas where the timing just seems off for everybody.
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Agreed. I'm one who errs on the side of holding in the gray area (while trying to present as non-challant an attitude as possible to indicate that I'm doing it because I want to, not out of some obligation and that there is no need for the person to hurry), but I'm cool with people who have a shorter cutoff distance for me.
But I was well within the hold-zone this morning. And the guy knew I was there because he walked in front of my car as I got out. I was so close that had he not pulled the move where the door bounced nearly shut, I probably would have been able to reach the door in 1 step after he let it go. Clear violation of door-holding etiquette. Punk.