Non Door Holders

I feel as if it's the simplest gesture one can extend to show courtesy and consideration. It requires nothing of the other person, less than nothing in fact. However, there are still individuals out there that will proceed to enter a doorway, see that someone is behind them and about to enter into that same doorway, and these delinquents let their fingers graze the edge of the door frame and slip out of their grasp, only to have the door abruptly slam in the approaching individual's face. As if to say, "I saw you coming and I don't give a fuck. Go to Hell!".

Or at least that's how I see it. Every time that it happens, I want to flip out. Inside of me a rage that is really quite unparalleled begins to rise and it requires me to settle myself in some way in order to not grab them by the shoulder and say "Who The Hell Do You Think You Are?". Perhaps it's the history with which I've been accustomed to the practice and with common courtesy that makes holding doors for others ever so simple to me. I can recall being a child of no more than seven or eight and going to the mall with my grandmother and my aunt, and probably even younger than that they had taught me that it was polite to hold the door for women of any age and to let them enter before I did. They also told me that it was decent and kind to do so for anyone and that the gesture would be appreciated and seen with respect. Other gestures were explained to me such as, pulling out a chair for a lady, covering my mouth when I coughed, keeping indecent conversation private rather than speaking loudly about such matters in public, as well as excusing one's self when leaving a group of individuals at a table.

What I think I dislike more than anything else is that this lack of holding doors is an indication of where the nature of people is headed. People are so enthralled with themselves and the selfish nature of being consumed with self preservation and centerdness. My life, my job, my things, my car, my house, my problems, my direction, my distractions...always Me, Me, Me...so much so that I don't give a Fuck about You, You, You! And that's why this world we live in has become so caught up in the problems it has; money laundering schemes, the destruction of the environment, bribes and buyouts, homicides, rapes, slandering, corporate greed and corruption and on and on and on. I think it starts with a mentality of looking out for Number 1, always and forever. Taking a step back to a time when our Grandmother's taught us the simplistic nature of considering others and simply put,manners ....may right the track just a little. God help the assholes that can't grasp that concept, Non Door Holders!