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Where has kindness gone?
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bear claw
bearded driveler
I hold the door for anyone an everyone. Unless we are heading into golden corral an the person trying to enter is a larger american than i am. Then it's every man or women for thier self.
I don't pay it no never mind. I just do the right thing.
Resica
Senior Member
Me too!
GoldDot40
Senior Member
It'd be nice if it was that simple, but I can assure you it's not. Case in point...and I don't mean to pick on anybody's home town...but when I delivered beer in Monticello, GA, them people would not hold a door open for you if their life depended on it. I usually ended up being the one to open a door and hold it open with one hand...350lbs of beer/hand trucks in the other...while very abled bodies would casually walk through that open door without a hint of gratitude.
turkeykirk
Senior Member
Do what I can to be polite and helpful.
3ringer
Senior Member
There is one group of folks that will almost never give you a friendly wave of the hand after letting them out in traffic. This burns me up.
LTZ25
Senior Member
I got to say most city people I encounter are nice as well as the rural folks , I guess they just treat older people better . I was in Florida last week and every time I went to cross the street people would stop .
ryork
Senior Member
I almost never give a Democrat any credit, but ole Zell Miller published a book called "A Deficit of Decency" a decade or more ago now. Since he was the last of the old guard Southern Dixiecrat/Democrat party before they became the socialist/fruitloop party they are today, I bought that book and he was spot on. Rich or poor, rural or urban, some folks have and some don't and the percentage of those who do gets smaller everyday.......
Miguel Cervantes
Jedi Master
You need to understand that not all other cultures subscribe to a code of chivalry or decency. Some African Cultures it is not only acceptable to steal and disrespect your fellow man, it is expected. Some of the Middle Eastern cultures aren't far removed from that edict.
Had a Yankee neighbor from Ohio years ago. They were raising their son in a manner not fitting to the South. They laughed at us for making our son say yes ma'am and yes sir. They said where they're from that is demeaning and degrading to make a child do that.
Guess what, their child grew up to be a degenerate teenager and was given the ultimatum of jail or military when it finally came to a head in their household. He chose military. Guess what they taught him to say!
EAGLE EYE 444
King Casanova
My Mother and Father would crawl out of their graves if I didn't do my best to be a gentleman and hold open doors etc for others and also offer any assistance that I possibly could under whatever the circumstances might be. My parents taught all of us kids in my family to always do what is right and to go that extra mile in offering help especially to my elders too. It wouldn't matter if you were black, white, green, yellow, red, blue, orange or have polka dots on your rear-end, I would surely do my best to help others as such.
Also, why he was holding the door for one of those tight jean types.
I'm just considerate like that. Besides some doors are just more rewarding to hold open than others like some shelters are more fun to erect.
BriarPatch99
Senior Member
I am another ^^... !
rjcruiser
Senior Member
Crakajak
Daily Driveler News Team
I do it because that is how I was raised.Not because I want an attaboy.
Jeff C.
Chief Grass Master
Yes sir, just
you there.I'm a door holder myself, along with other good manners that were instilled in me from a young age.
