So here's another socially awkward situation. Someone goes to hold a door open for you. Normally, this is a nice and courteous act. However, some people do this nicety to the extreme. For example, I'm approaching a door and someone is going through that door holds it open for me. However, I'm a good 20 to 30 paces away from the door. What's up with that? Now, I either have to conduct a sudden burst of acceleration to get to the door and acknowledge this kindly act or be thought a jerk.
But why does someone do this when the other person (namely me) is so far away? It leads to this awkward situation where the "nice" person is contorting their body, two steps past the door, leaning back in a sprawled position, holding the door with the tip of one finger while balancing their lunch in the other hand, teetering in an off-balance position, waiting / expecting me to accelerate from half a block away to come to the door that I would have gotten to about 30 seconds later.
Just keep walking. I can open my own door!
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