Do You Say "Thank You" Twice When Someone Holds Two Doors Open For You in Rapid Succession?

I always do - as a good 'ol southern boy whose parents would kill him if he were anything less than polite - but it always seems a little awkward.

"thank you"...{less than a second later}..."thank you"...

I try to time it so I'm saying "thank" for the first door hold and "you" for the second one.

I remember one time at MSU I held open a door for some angry looking feminist, she went to the second door on the left, opened it herself and walked on by. She mad bro!

Only once here, Bob!

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Only once here, Bob!

do you say it after the first door or the second door.. are you invested in the process and want to make sure the person follows through?

I think if someone opens a door for you, then you're supposed to get the next one.

That's just common sense.

NigelUno wrote:I think if someone opens a door for you, then you're supposed to get the next one.

That's just common sense.

I know what you mean.. and I agree. Puts everyone back in their initial position.

but I was referring to when they walk through and sort of hold the door open behind them.. and then they do the same with the second door.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Only once here, Bob!

do you say it after the first door or the second door.. are you invested in the process and want to make sure the person follows through?

First door. Then it's usually a smirk if they continue the door holding with the 2nd.

Bob apparently doesn't have enough to think about

The Pantry wrote:Bob apparently doesn't have enough to think about

years and years of message board drivel and you just now figured that out?

Revolving doors are more energy efficient and do not create this problem.

Turtleneck wrote:Revolving doors are more energy efficient and do not create this problem.

I'm always afraid I'm gonna get trapped in those things.. find myself sucked into a vortex of an industrial-powered whirling dervish entrance/exit mechanism with windows for all the world to see... to point and laugh and enjoy my plight.

Thanks. And then full out thank you when walking past thru second door.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:Revolving doors are more energy efficient and do not create this problem.

I'm always afraid I'm gonna get trapped in those things.. find myself sucked into a vortex of an industrial-powered whirling dervish entrance/exit mechanism with windows for all the world to see... to point and laugh and enjoy my plight.

Or some weirdo is going to jump in the space with you instead of waiting for the next open space.

Turtleneck wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
I'm always afraid I'm gonna get trapped in those things.. find myself sucked into a vortex of an industrial-powered whirling dervish entrance/exit mechanism with windows for all the world to see... to point and laugh and enjoy my plight.

Or some weirdo is going to jump in the space with you instead of waiting for the next open space.

that's a freaky feeling..

I would. I'm not scared. And I am one polite motherfucker.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

Or some weirdo is going to jump in the space with you instead of waiting for the next open space.

that's a freaky feeling..

Yeah. This is America. It's not Europe. Get your own slice of revolving door.

Those revolving doors suck.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Those revolving doors suck.

Why? Do they confuse you?

Turtleneck wrote:

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Those revolving doors suck.

Why? Do they confuse you?

they sort of make me anxious - I have to time my movements and that makes me uncomfortable. Same with escalators. I'm not much of a dancer.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

Turtleneck wrote:

Why? Do they confuse you?

Same with escalators. .

You should move to Wyoming.

Yes, I do. No way do I wanted to be indebted to some stranger over a single thank-you. What if I go to my death-bed still owing that polite jackass? You think St. Peter is going to let me through the Pearly Gates? "I'm sorry, sir, but you died owing Fred Farmbottom a thank-you. You'll have to go through the red door. Watch your ass."

'Thanks' and then a nod after the 2nd

Why is it, that when faced with a double set of doors, half the idiots going the opposite direction want to use the door on their left, which is the door on my right?

tTito wrote:Why is it, that when faced with a double set of doors, half the idiots going the opposite direction want to use the door on their left, which is the door on my right?

Maybe they're English. :shrug:

Door 1: Fuck

Door 2: You (or Yes, depending on my mood)

Tim Wakefield wrote:'Thanks' and then a nod after the 2nd

This. But it's not just any old nod, it's the knowing nod of thanks and recognition.

But what about door holding techniques? There's the stand to the side and hold and there's the walk through and hold open just long enough, and then there's the ever popular walk through, stand to the side, and hold.

I'm partial to the walk through and hold open just long enough. If you're too slow, sorry Charlie, it's partly about you, but mostly about me. It says, I'll help you as long as it doesn't inconvenience me too much. I don't think I deserve a thank you for that and I don't look for one.

Of course, if the person behind me is carrying something that might make door opening difficult, then I do the go through, stand off to the side, and hold even if it inconveniences me. I'm a dick, but I'm not a total dick.

I just stand there and wait until it's uncomfortable and they leave.

Rocinante wrote:I just stand there and wait until it's uncomfortable and they leave.

I usually tip them twice.

Floyd Robertson wrote:I usually tip them twice.

You got Moose really confused now

tGreenWay wrote:Maybe they're English. :shrug:

Where revolving doors go clockwise?

Cym Jim wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:Maybe they're English. :shrug:

Where revolving doors go clockwise?

Only a Brit would enter one from the left side.  

What the hell else is wrong with you people, beside being socialists with no guns and having crappy dental hygiene?

Yes, Bob, I do. But then, I'm just an idiot like that. I usually take the second door as an opportunity, if the mood strikes, to say something to actually make the other person smile.

Y'know, if I can come up with it on the fly. Which, right now, I can't.