Ok, I’ve learned that I should enter through the right door, and the people leaving should leave through the left side of the door <they actually see this as their right, but since they’re coming at me, I see them going through the left>.\n\nAnyways, I find it awkward when someone holds open the left side of the door <because they’re going the opposite direction from me> and I always ignore them and go through the correct side of the door.  Then I get dirty looks, like they’ve tried to give me the world, and I’m rude for following common procedure … should I really walk through the wrong side of the door just because someone is holding it for me?
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Forget everything you know about doors just remember coming or going use the right hand door your right looking at the door.and if you knock over and elderly person you can give them the finger of shame, they shoulda known better.
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if you are truly following Jesus, you allow Him to open the doors, you do not go and push them yourself.\n i would question who is getting the glory from your talks.
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I try to get beyond my initial reactions of fear or disgust. I remind myself that these people need compassion and understanding. I realize that I can't know all there is to know about them in one encounter and that the homeless are not one homogenous group. There are a variety of reasons for their status. \n\nI would not complain that they should leave a store, library, train or whatever. I hope I challenge myself to question my assumptions and become more giving to them. Sometimes I do give them money or a transit card or something to eat. (Once I offered a doggie bag with pizza in it to a homeless woman and was puzzled that she rejected it because she didn't like the flavor. It's hard not to judge, but by forcing myself to see that she needs dignity and can decide if she can decline an offer of food so be it.)\n\nLet these encounters help you become a better person.
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It's not that big of a deal, Hell it's better than you bleeding all over your pants right?\n\nAt the end of the day, they should be mature enough to handle the fact, you were in the tiolet the door were closed as a general rule of thumb, it's in use, so to avoid such a situation again they would knock right?\n\nIf they are so traumatised by seeing a bit of blood, maybe this will encourage them to knock next time? just to check if the tiolet is in use.
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I live in the US where we have become very slopy when it comes to things like this. \nYes, you should stand up. Not only is it rude, it is akward to shake someone's hand while one person is sitting. \nI can see no reason why you would not do this other than sheer laziness.
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i do hold the door if the woman behind me is reasonably close, say 20 feet.  that's courtesy.\n\ni won't hold the door for a woman two blocks away.  that's stalking.\n\nlong live chivalry!!  to scotland!!
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Do you not know how to NOT answer the door?
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Did you know, when a man is having a suit made, one of the questions the tailor will ask is, "do you dress right or left?"  What he's asking is which side the customer's goods hang on.  And depending on the answer, the tailor will cut the pants a little fuller on that side.  Most men today, myself included, dress to the left.  In fact, I can't even imagine dressing to the right, so deeply ingrained is the habit.\n\nI know this doesn't really address your question (which, to be honest, kind of left me at a loss for words), but I thought it was a fascinating bit of trivia, being that we're on the subject of testicles and all.
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I think nowadays it's just good manners to do so.\n\nDragging up from the deepest corners of my memory, I have a feeling that the origin of the handshake was that it showed your enemy you were unarmed....most people being right handed....\n\nI much prefer a person with a firm handshake than one whose handshake can be likened to a limp fish....not nice at all.
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All of the above has happened to me more than once; at restaurants I have complained to the managers and if they are just as bad as their staff, I inform them that I will be telling everyone that I know how bad they're place is and those people will tell they're friend and so on. I have left stores that ignore me, my hard earned money is better spent elsewhere. And if I feel like I am being followed I stop, turn and confront the person doing the following!
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I appreciate when anyone holds the door open for me, and I try to hold the door open for others.\n\nWhen I'm out with my husband, I expect him to hold the door open for me.  I like that.
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I think it is the 'knocking on doors' element that bothers some people. Most people HATE it when people knock on their door, selling them something. Even if it is free, people will automatically presume there is a catch. \n\nMaybe you should ask your staff how they feel about this, and also do a bit of market research, looking into whether or not this is a successful way of doing things.
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Depends on the person. I don't even lock my front door. Most people I know don't even bother knocking - they just walk right in and say "Hi". \n\nI have friends who are completely uptight (in my view) and have to have everything planned out to the smallest detail. I don't drop in on them unannounced. It really shakes up their world for some reason.\n\nThere are no hard rules. Over generalization is the hobgoblin of this society. Remember, one size fits all, fits all equally poorly. Some people like myself would love to be surprised by an old friend. Other people would be so shocked by any alteration of their plans that they would suffer real physical anxiety over not being prepared to “entertain” guests. Whatever. Depends on who you're dropping in on and how well you know them.
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WOW.. \nYou know I have to say I do agree with you.   \nIn today's society, it seems it's okay to flush everything your parent's have taught you, away with the old school ways.  And in with the rudeness, and disrespect.\nI was just hoping I wasn't a dinosaur for teaching my children  the same values that was taught to me, and my siblings. \nMy boy's sometimes get irratated when I say ..."be a gentleman" open, or hold the door for a lady.   \nOr when I tell my daughter... "it's not lady like" .. blah blah blah blah...\nHowever, I'm hoping I'm teaching them the right things.  To stand out and be different then society!   \n\nGood Luck, I hope you get good responses.  I'm curious to read some of the answer's to this question.
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The chance of you having the correct door is one third.  That's because when you first chose a door you had a one third chance of chosing the correct door.  So you had a two thirds chance of being wrong.  After you choose a door, at least one of the remaining doors will be an incorrect door.  This is the door that springs open.  It doesn't change the fact that you have a one third chance of having the correct door.  \n\nIf the door you picked is incorrect, the remaining door is correct.  The odds that you've picked a wrong door are two thirds, therefore, if you switch doors, the odds are two thirds that it will be the correct door.\n\nIt's not intuitive, but I think it's correct.\n\n\nI figured out how to make it intuitive!  Suppose you have 1000 doors.  You pick one.  You'll almost never pick the correct door.  Then, have 998 of the remaining doors opened, and shown to be incorrect.  If you switch, you'll almost always (99.9%) pick the correct door.  \n\nWith 3 doors, the same principal is involved, it's just not as extreme or intuitive.
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He should ask either guard this question. “What door will the other guard tell me to go through?” Then what ever door the guard tells him he simply exits the opposite door. \n\nTwo negatives make a positive.
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Well, they can pretty much do whatever they want.  They aren't allowed to enter your home unannouced unless there is an emergency, but I've never heard that a "friendly visit" was against the law.  I would be so annoyed if my landlord did what yours does.  It's obnoxious and rude and some people just don't get it.  The only thing you can do is be straight forward and honest about it.  Start with a polite, "thanks for stopping by, we will call you if we need anything" and if they don't get the hint be more direct.