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    Holding Doors Open

    At my current client, people take door etiquette a little bit far IMO. Generally, if somebody is within say 10 feet astern of myself when I go through a door, I'll hold it open. Here it's like 100 yards! It happened this morning when I came into work - I was shuffling along minding my own business when I saw somebody holding the door open that I was due to go through 2 minutes hence. This , of course, meant I had to hurry along and then look grateful on passing through the door when in reality I just wanted to give him a kick in the shins for cramping my style! The funny thing is, I didn't actually hurry; I made it look as though I was hurrying without actually hurrying which IMO is even harder than the act of hurrying itself! There should be a verb for this act of feigning being in a hurry. Please feel free to post y0our suggestions & then we could have a poll!

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    Being fat?

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      #3
      I sometimes hold the door open for someone who, like you then starts hurrying (or pretending to). But then I decide they're too far away after all, and let go of the door. Sometimes it slams in their face just as they reach it.
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        #4
        Oh, verb. You fatted them, or fatorized (American spelling).

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          #5
          I misread the title, thought it was "Holiday Doors Open".

          First week in a new role, bad sign
          Fiscal nomad it's legal.

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            #6
            Originally posted by gricerboy View Post
            when in reality I just wanted to give him a kick in the shins for cramping my style!
            What "style"??

            “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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              #7
              Gricerboy, I work on a secure site that has a "no tailgating" policy, so you'd be f**ked, or not.

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                #8
                Originally posted by churchill View Post
                gricerboy, I live in a secure unit that has a "no tailgating" policy, so you'd be f**ked, or not.
                ftfy

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