Augh, door holding! I would gladly give up ever having a door held for me if it meant never having to hold a door for someone ever again. Maybe 15% of the time it just so happens to go smoothly. The remaining 85% of the time it requires far too much perfect positioning intricately choreographed between complete strangers to possibly be worthwhile for either party. Even disabled folks with crutches or wheelchairs seem to have mastered getting doors open on their own to such a degree that attempting to hold the door more often than not is just getting in their way. Man, woman, it matters not.
Yes, sometimes getting my bike out through the door of the apartment building is a smidge awkward, and sometimes I manage to accidentally smack myself in the shins with the pedals ? but guess what? If you're going to try to stand there in some weird place while I'm attempting maneuvers, there's a decent chance I might accidentally smack you, and then I'll take the blame.
And what makes it worst of all is that people get so damn uppity about the whole experience all the damn time. "Hurry up, I'm holding the door for you" ? yeah, well, I didn't ask to hold the door, so why don't you just get moving and have a little faith that I'm capable of using my arms? Or maybe I'm out of breath or slightly distracted so I don't have a chance to turn and mumble "Thank you" in time before you deliver some smarmy passive-aggressive "You're welcome" before you go storming off and ruining my day.
It's getting so bad I'm darn near inclined to back up and find some other entrance the next time I see someone holding the door. Can't we all just agree to give up the whole blasted business once and for all?
Yes, sometimes getting my bike out through the door of the apartment building is a smidge awkward, and sometimes I manage to accidentally smack myself in the shins with the pedals ? but guess what? If you're going to try to stand there in some weird place while I'm attempting maneuvers, there's a decent chance I might accidentally smack you, and then I'll take the blame.
And what makes it worst of all is that people get so damn uppity about the whole experience all the damn time. "Hurry up, I'm holding the door for you" ? yeah, well, I didn't ask to hold the door, so why don't you just get moving and have a little faith that I'm capable of using my arms? Or maybe I'm out of breath or slightly distracted so I don't have a chance to turn and mumble "Thank you" in time before you deliver some smarmy passive-aggressive "You're welcome" before you go storming off and ruining my day.
It's getting so bad I'm darn near inclined to back up and find some other entrance the next time I see someone holding the door. Can't we all just agree to give up the whole blasted business once and for all?