Giving up one's seatFollow

and I even open doors for ladies as they enter stores...

Yeah, sometimes having a guy open the door for ya can be kinda awkward, but still chivalry must not die.

Not that I have much opportunity to use public transportation, but I will give up a seat to someone that looks like they're in need (elderly, fat, mom w/kids, handicapped,...) most always. Like others mentioned though, I kinda like standing when things get crowded.

Easier to get a stranger's hand in your skirt that way, eh?

WTF good would that be? A coat of asses would have more fat and therefore be warmer.

This. I also open/hold doors for other people.

Same here, I hold open the door for anyone if they're close behind me or for people who look like they need it (hands full and such).
It also annoys me to no end if someone just lets the door slam in my face instead of holding it when I'm right behind them.

I hold doors, too.

I had a friend in school who would hold the door every Wednesday after morning prayers, having the whole school stream past her and I was just getting fed up with it because I stood with her and everyone bumped into us and she'd be too shy to actually let go of the bloody door.

Then you read too much in to it and are rude. You have no idea if that person is holding the door for you because you are a woman or because you are a person and it is purely an act of politeness.

I held a door open for a woman once as she flew out of a cab looking flustered as could be, juggling coat, briefcase, purse and coffee, and obviously in a hurry. Being in none myself I held the door on my way out more to get out of her way than any other reason. As she passed she shot me a dirty look and I got one of those half grunt/half gasps that people do. As the door closed I called her an ungrateful ***** making sure it was loud enough to hear. Later, when I got a call from my boss asking why I called the director of our PMO a ***** I was tickled to retell the story.

I don't mind if people hold the door open, I just dislike it when people who go out of their way to do it and cause me to go slower.

I already said it's rude to slam a door in a stranger's face, and I'll hold it open if someone has an armful of stuff.

It's not really a gender thing, I just don't want to deal with strangers when I don't have to.

I say thanks when it's to hold a door open to keep it from slamming in my face, which I think is just common courtesy.

I don't scowl or make a scene when people hustle ahead of me and get in my way, but I'm still not too enthused. Thankfully, it doesn't happen very often. I probably should have differentiated more between the two, but I thought it was assumed.

Edited, Nov 5th 2010 3:25pm by Sweetums

Yeah, I'd hate the woman who did that equally, so I guess that's pretty feminist

I call it "common courtesy" to hold a door for anyone who is only a few steps away, or obviously inconvenienced. I don't care if they thank me, ignore me, or curse me. Golden rule, and all.