I’ve been thinking about why we hold doors open for each other. Many times, I catch myself (and others) hold a door open for themselves, even when it’s being held open. Today, I commented to a Hall Receptionist that it seemed odd that this happens. What do those people think will happen? After politely holding open the door, it’s going to slammed in their face as they walk through it?
I could see one reason for the “double-hold”. As this picture demonstrates, holder #1 has only a fingertip grip on the door. There’s definitely a possibility of the door swinging back in this woman’s face.
I was going to rant about this tonight, but as I was doing a quick Internet search, someone had already beat me to it.
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