Holding Doors Open

[Platypus]

gricerboy, I live in a secure unit that has a "no tailgating" policy, so you'd be f**ked, or not.

ftfy

[Churchill]

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

[shaunbhoy]

when in reality I just wanted to give him a kick in the shins for cramping my style!

What "style"??

[alreadypacked]

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

First week in a new role, bad sign

[TimberWolf]

Oh, verb. You fatted them, or fatorized (American spelling).

[OwlHoot]

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.

[TimberWolf]

Being fat?

[gricerboy]

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!