# Is it rude for people to assume you have opened the door for them?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-for-people-to-assume-you-have-opened-the-door-for-them/329706>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 5, 2005, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-for-people-to-assume-you-have-opened-the-door-for-them/329706 "2005-11-05T22:48:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-for-people-to-assume-you-have-opened-the-door-for-them/329706/21 "2005-11-07T13:41:34Z")

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Oddly enough, the OP is one of my pet peeves. I get extremely annoyed when people try to push their way through me to get through the door _I_ opened and am currently going through.

I have “experimented” extensively with people and doors. I do it nearly every chance I get, and they never fail to amaze me. Buildings with 4-5 sets of doors are my favorite. I see people walking in a path to intercept me and my door, so I switch doors, usually the furthest from them. They follow me, instead of opening their own door, they expend more energy so that they don’t have to open it themselves.

I have also walked up to a door and stoped to do something like tie my shoe in front of my door, and the person on the other side (with a door to themselves that I am not blocking in any way), will wait for me to finish instead of opening his/her door.

Sometimes up to 30 seconds.

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