A kind of cosmic gift...
I was walking into a local corporate coffee shop and, being the kind of gentleman I am, I kindly held the door for the person who was walking out of the shop. The person did not say "thank you" as he walked out, so I let the door go; it hit him, and this caused him to drop the things he was carrying, including his cellphone, which broke into a few pieces. Enraged, he looked at me and said, "What the hell, dude?" I replied, "You didn't thank me, so I inferred that I was not doing you a favor, and I let the door go." Incredulous, he replied, "What?" I replied, "I'm not your doorman."
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I nominate you for the Nobel Peace prize. Seriously. You've done as much for civility as many recipients. God I'm sick of assholes.
wv: gesesse--goose essentialism
Spiros, until today I thought you were a huge a-hole but now I realize you are possibly a nice guy!
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::golf clap:: Well done, sir. Well done.
No, you're an ass.
You let the door go before he actually excited it? You are an ass.
I'm just glad to see the scoreboard return
Pure Genius!!
This is awesome, Spiros.
Anon 9:46, I don't know what's involved in 'exciting' a door. But by the sounds of it, anyone doing so might well deserve to have the door take some revenge.
Or, if you meant to say 'exiting' a door, then you are an imbecile. You leave a building by opening a door and walking through the doorway. You don't 'exit' the building, and you certainly don't 'exit' a doorway, let alone a door. Geez.
You let the door go before he actually excited it? You are an ass.
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Damn, you really are a jerk! (Translation: I don't have the stones to do that, although I've thought about it a hundred times.)
Well done sir. Well done...
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Probably the guy was waiting to thank you till he was sure you were going to keep holding the door till he got through it ...
Nah, fuck it, he was the arsehole! & a neat little explanation of the type he'd understand too. Love your work.
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Balls made of pure titanium!
Should have started the video recording on your cellphone as you let the door go. What a priceless document it would have been...
So you didn't even wait for him to get through the door before thanking you? Should he really have thanked you *before* you actually held the door open for him to walk through?
"balls of titanium," " the stones"...?
You think this excessively petty and uptight gesture is 'manly'? uh, okay. It is truly pathetic to get a thrill out of the idea of someone else doing it.
What is the motive for holding the door in the first place? Are you just hoping for an excuse to let it slam in someone's face? Blech.
If the 'thank you' is required, it's no favor, and if it's no favor, no reason to thank.
Once I threw a life-preserver overbaord, started to rope the drowning guy up, and he didn't say thank you. So I dropped the f-er. He made that argument (above) with his last breath.
7:57:
We're not talking moral duties, we're talking civilized norms. Your drowning person presumably was not an asshole, but someone who slipped, was swept overboard, or suffered pangs of regret for attempted suicide (otherwise would not have grasped the preserver). Someone in need, in short. Spiros encountered someone who I take it typically receives good fortune provided by others but feels no need to express gratitude for it. One species of asshole for sure, but by no means exhausting the genus.
Good grief! When someone holds a door open for you, even if it's a doorman, you acknowledge the person *as* you begin to pass through. No, you do not wait until *after* you've passed through the doorway and the person is *behind* you, like a mere afterthought.
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a diagram? shit just got real.
@ 2:54
>> >> "balls of titanium," " the stones"...?
>> You think this excessively petty and uptight gesture is 'manly'? uh, okay. It is truly pathetic to get a thrill out of the idea of someone else doing it.
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When someone holds the door for me, I thank him (her) WHEN I SEE IT, not after I pass through the doorway.
If you don't get this, your idea of etiquette is as retarded as your idea of manliness.
"When someone holds the door for me, I thank him (her) WHEN I SEE IT, not after I pass through the doorway.
If you don't get this, your idea of etiquette is as retarded as your idea of manliness."
Wow, you are truly a loser (not to mention a shitty philosopher)
Am I the only one here who believes that Spiros makes all of these little stories up?
I'm dating myself, but this is defeasible evidence that Spiros ≠ Carlton...
For maximum justice indeed, Spiros!
@ anon: 2:54 & 10:14: Someone needs to actually read a book on manners or put his/her big person panties on! If you are going to be a self-entitled jerk, the least that will happen to you in this world is someone letting a door go prematurely.
WV: propar - How the band Pro-Pain keeps score when golfing.
Read a book on manners? Zing! "Panties", gasp, but girls wear panties! I must be more macho from now on and get my underwear in a twist about the timing of a stranger's 'thank you'. Maybe I should also go kick sand in a 98lb weakling's face.... Hey 4:23, where do you live?
The guy in Spiros's story may or may not have been a jerk. I myself do not like it very much when people hold open doors for me. I can handle this simple task myself. Even worse when they give me a huge shit-eating grin while they're doing it. Like "Aren't you going to thank me now?" Well, no I'm not. I didn't ask for this "favor" and I'd just as soon you hadn't done it. Seems a strange attitude to you guys? Maybe so, but what's the harm in it? None that I can think of unless you think we're obligated to be obligated.
Lest you guys get the wrong idea, I'm a friendly and compassionate guy. I just think "gestures" like this are silly. Go help someone who needs it, please, I'm doing fine on my own.
Do I hold doors for people? If I arrive first, I'll open it and let them through, but I don't expect thanks. Why should they thank me? I'm not doing them a favor, I'm just making it easier for me to go through in a single fluid motion once they're done.
Spiros letting the door hit the guy on the way out? Definite jerk behavior on Spiros's part. You communnicated that you would hold the door for him by holding hte door for him. You then failed to do what you had communicated that you would do--and caused harm by that failure. Then you crowed about it. Jerk behvavior.
12.59: what a jerk
The world is better for all if people help one another and make life easier for one another.
If someone makes life easier for you then it is nice if you thank them. If you do not thank them then that is rude. It is not rocket science. Children often manage it.
So then, you're affirming that I am obligated to be obligated?
To add to my previous post:
You're saying that the guy who tries to perform simple tasks on his own without unnecessarily obligating others, and who holds doors open for others with no expectation of thanks is the jerk?
On the face of it, that's an incoherent position, based on any sensible definition of "jerk" I know of!
It can't really have effect, I believe this way.
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