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If I hold the door open for someone heading into Taco Bell, do I by default go ahead of them in line?
- Thread starter Dr. Feel Good
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The most important question.
But no. The act of opening a door is deferring right of way to another. The politeness of this act is partially about allowing them to go in front of you.
Nope. You have forfeited your place in line. Most of the time, people let me go first anyway since I was polite enough not to slam the door in their face. But I don't get upset when the opposite happens.
You open the door, let them walk in, then walk in behind them?
If I was the other person, I'd assume you wanted to be behind in the queue by choice, otherwise you'd have walked in first and held the door behind you.
If I was the other person, I'd assume you wanted to be behind in the queue by choice, otherwise you'd have walked in first and held the door behind you.
You hold the door open means you're behind them physically, so it would be weird for you to sprint in front of them and take your place in line in front of them.
If you hold open the door, and the person (without stopping) just walks to the counter to order ahead of you, that's normal and perfectly fine.
Dr. Feel Good Please confirm which side you're on.
If you hold open the door, and the person (without stopping) just walks to the counter to order ahead of you, that's normal and perfectly fine.
Dr. Feel Good Please confirm which side you're on.
I think we would need to know the entire future of politeness to correctly answer this question.
Alternatively, we'd enter a politehellworld where we'd experience all the times we could've been polite and experience intense cringe.
No. What's the point of you holding the door open for them if you're going through it first? The door would shut behind you, leading to them holding it open for you as you walk through and for them to walk through.
Not expected, but I'd let someone who held the door in front of me... It's not some sort of entitlement, though...
Also, what's the point of letting them in front of you if you're then going to be mad that they're in front of you?
Also, what's the point of letting them in front of you if you're then going to be mad that they're in front of you?
If you choose to hold the door for them to enter first then you have chosen to let them go first.
This.
Why is OP stopping, holding the door open for somebody then allowing that person to pass them whilst they act like a doorman? In this scenario the normal thing to do is continue with opening the door yourself, pass through then hold the door until the next person gets their hand on it so you're not allowing the door to swing shut on them.
Exceptions would be if the person behind is somebody with a pram/stroller, somebody in a mobility scooter or with a disability/injury or somebody carrying something with both hands.
Holding the door open is something you do when you aren't in a rush, so of course you let them order first.
Also etiquette around holding the door since COVID is weird. I was gonna hold the door open for someone at the post office a few weeks ago and the dude literally stopped cold in his tracks and stared at me. I then went in and realized yeah, we probably shouldn't be getting in such close proximity when there is a deadly virus out there.
Also etiquette around holding the door since COVID is weird. I was gonna hold the door open for someone at the post office a few weeks ago and the dude literally stopped cold in his tracks and stared at me. I then went in and realized yeah, we probably shouldn't be getting in such close proximity when there is a deadly virus out there.
Right? One of my favorite things about being married is arguing over stupid shit like this.
At Taco Bell specifically? No. Now you pull that shit at a Del Taco and you get prima nocta rights for sure.
Also I usually hold the door open BEHIND me as I enter (unless I'm with family or on a date, then I hold the door open for them). That way I avoid any confusion as to who's in first. 🤷♂️
Also I usually hold the door open BEHIND me as I enter (unless I'm with family or on a date, then I hold the door open for them). That way I avoid any confusion as to who's in first. 🤷♂️
You were there first. Holding the door open for someone is a common courtesy. It's not that I expect reciprocation of any sort, that's not what I see being allowed in front to be. It's just not wanting to be the guy that shuts the door "in the face" when someone was right there about to get in. At least, I read OP as they're not even two seconds out.
Whoever's on the side of "yes, you should be in front, you were there already and just held door open," is correct in my eyes. That said, definitely hold doors from inside and not out.
But yes, this lol. I'm talking for general, non-pandemic time.
Whoever's on the side of "yes, you should be in front, you were there already and just held door open," is correct in my eyes. That said, definitely hold doors from inside and not out.
But yes, this lol. I'm talking for general, non-pandemic time.
Lol, the other day a lady asked me to close her trunk for her (hands full) and looked at me weird when I waited for her to step away from it first.
It's a double courtesy, in my opinion. You're letting them in and letting them ahead of you.
Seems pretty obvious. Anything else is overcomplicating the social contract.
Seems pretty obvious. Anything else is overcomplicating the social contract.
No, but I also wouldn't hold the door usually
Also this, #2 is the most effort I'll put in to holding the door, if I even bother in the first place.
How are you holding the door open, OP? I think it will help us come to conclusion about who goes first.
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Also this, #2 is the most effort I'll put in to holding the door, if I even bother in the first place.
Its stange to me that anyone would even think like that. Like I can get the person you let in letting you go ahead, but they honestly don't have to. And to just go ahead and place yourself in front would be weird as fuck my dude.
I don't know if expect is the right word, but they absolutely should let you go first as you gave them a courtesy and it should be reciprocated.
I hold the door for people all the time and I can't remember an incident in which the person did not return the favor. The poll results seem weird to me but maybe it's a regional thing.
I hold the door for people all the time and I can't remember an incident in which the person did not return the favor. The poll results seem weird to me but maybe it's a regional thing.
I'm not that close to where I'm breathing down your neck when opening the door lmao
No. You allowed them in first. The line is first come first serve. Plus it's such an insignificant wait, that the thought would've never crossed my mind if I hadn't read this thread.
In fact, I'm pretty sure OP may be Larry David.
In fact, I'm pretty sure OP may be Larry David.
Who holds the door to let someone go first? You hold the door open for people behind you to not let it close in their face (which would be somewhat rude to let happen), but you're always in front of them.
Though in these pandemic days, the most polite thing you can do for someone is to stay as far away from them as possible, which kind of turns the whole thing on its head.
Though in these pandemic days, the most polite thing you can do for someone is to stay as far away from them as possible, which kind of turns the whole thing on its head.