The following Dodgers have been smited by the JDK for their crimes against Jam:
All the girls! for picking on the JDK and damaging his already delicate self esteem!
The Basserd Who Nicked Copper's Stuff For the offense of nicking Copper's stuff. You are a tw*t, whoever you are and we all hope you get run over by a tram in Nottingham. Or Liverpool. Or whereever else they have trams!
Copper For the crime of playing with her Wii instead of her Jammie pals!
For the last couple of weeks I've had an ongoing problem with this short blonde woman that simply refuses to acknowledge the people who hold doors for her. She seems to loiter around in a particular corridor just so that she can follow people down it and walk through the door while they hold it for her. Its possible that she has some phobia, allergy or religious objection to doors and requires the assistance of less door-fearing collegaues.
I have no problem with holding doors for people. I do it quite a lot. But I do expect some sort of acknowledgement, whether it's a 'Thanks' or a smaile or a nod or something. This woman just walks through as if it was my function in life to hold doors for her. And I've seen her do it to other people, too. And she's not even hot.
So, anyway - I've just stopped holding it for her. But that's because I'm passive agressive about this sort of stuff. I've dropped it in her face about 3 times this week and I still feel good about it.
I'm interested in how you lot would handle her. Would you call her out on it? Just let her get away with it? Punch her in the throat?
I hold doors for anybody, no matter who they are, because it's part of being a gentleman...I hold them open for ladies, crippled men, children and 22 year old athletes; it makes no difference to me...If it's acknowledged (and it usually is) I'm pleased...If not, it doesn't worry me as it's not a reflection on my actions...
People hold doors and gates for me also and I always acknowledge with my thanks...It's the way I was brought up...If others weren't raised by exceptional parents as I was, they have my pity......Ben
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What Ben said :) I always hold doors for people. If they don't appreciate it, that's their problem, not mine.
The woman you speak of sounds a little off.. it could very well be that she has some sort of phobia and she stands in that corridor waiting for someone to open the door, but feels embarrassed by the fact that she can't bring herself to, so doesn't acknowledge it.
Hold it open for her. It doesn't harm you in any way, and it may mean the world to her (even if she doesn't say it).
...Ben
