Blue, we must have grown up in the same house!

Yep. I'm a door opener. I sometimes get caught at the stores however holding the door open for strangers to pass through too.

 

As RocketScience said, "We must have grown up in the same house!"

I do NOT sit with my back to the door. IF the 'defecation hits the rotary ocillator', I want to know what and where I need to react to/for/with.

The same holds true for flying. I either want to sit all the way in the back, or all the way to the front.

 

I'm 18 and I will second everything ya just said with a big HELL YEAH!

 

I must've grown up in that house too. I was told by Mrs. Bear, though, that my door-opening skills have deteriorated markedly since keyless entry became the norm.

 

I do the same thing. The woman usually says Thank you and the guy nods. It's funny. I make sure to hold the door for most ladies (especially if they are cute)

I once held the door open for like 3 minutes because people just kept coming. Finally someone took the door from me and said it was their turn. I said thanks! (:

-Matt

 

I guess we all grew up in the same house, because that is my Daddy exactly

DT

 

Same here! I always hold the door for the ladies/elders, even known for helping older ladies at the grocery store with buggies and to their car when they are overloaded!

 

Yup, I love old people. They always have interesting stories.

DT

 

I come from a time when etiquette and manners were common and expected (I'm 71). Being a creature of habit, I still rise when a woman enters the room or when she rises. This sometimes creates an awkward situation since many women are not used to such a gesture and don't know how to react. It is my experience that most women still appreciate courtesy.
Dono

 

Don't forget Removing your hat in the presence of a lady.

DT

 

What about taking off your baseball cap when you eat in a sit down cafe? I was always taught to take my hat off at the table or it could get knocked off - both the hat and the head!!

 

Yay for the gentlemen!! Sounds like Ford drivers are some of the most polite out there. I do like it when guys hold the door for me, though some make a huge production out of it and can get a bit annoying...If I'm 2 feet away from the door and he's 10 feet out, I don't expect him to race me there, I have arms too! The "don't turn your back on the door" thing presents an issue, because I don't like having people behind me either, but if it's a big deal to him then I say let him go for it. My question is...how do you proper gentlemen feel about women wearing hats at the table? I realize that in situations where the hat is part of the "ensemble", taking it off is probably not necessary, but I hate sitting down with a mixed group, and the guys usually take their caps off but any girls that happen to be wearing one keep it on (fearing "hat hair" ). It just seems tacky to me. I wear a cap to work sometimes, but always take it off when we're at the cook shack for lunch.

 

If the lady's hat is part of the ensemble, then by all means it should be kept on.

A guys hat is NOT an ensemble; even if it is, such as a fedora; guys? the hat comes off.

 

I have no clue about all that -

I generally wear grease, lead solder scraps, and bits of rubber stuff that land on me.

What does one wear as an "Garage Ensemble"?

Who gives a flying (something).....

I dress up sometimes, but it doesn't seem to fit me well.

*Frustercated*

 

Doors? Depends. If we're approaching the truck from the passenger side, I'll open her door first. Driver's side, well, it's probably 50/50 that I walk around and open her door, or just open mine and slide over to unlock hers.

For shopping, well, the stores usually have those auto open doors. I will hold a door for someone else though, if they're within 10 steps. I also got stuck holding a door for about 30 people. I was looking at my wife already sitting down, thinking "this is bs. I should be sitting down too."

Sidewalks? Same thing. If we're out walking the dogs, it's usually where the dog I'm handling leads me. If it's just the two of us, I'm 95% on the road side.

How about giving up your seat on a bus? My wife and I took a bus from our hotel in Waikiki to Pearl Harbor. The ride there was okay, bus wasn't full. But the ride back, holy cow. The driver packed us in there like sardines. An hour back to the hotel, and when the driver let enough people for us to sit down, he'd pick up another bus load at the next stop. And with all the older people he was picking up, we'd offer our seats again. Up, down. Up, down. And not even adjoining seats. It got to the point where we just stayed standing up with an empty bus, just in case. It's all good though. I figure someone standing at a bus stop was probably waiting longer than I was sitting on the bus, so they can have my seat and rest for a while. Guy, girl, young, old, pregnant or not. Don't matter.

At home, I drive. I haven't taken a bus since I was in high school. But I was like that even then.