yesterday this girl and i were walking opposite ways through a doorway into the staircase. i am in the stairwell trying to get onto the hallway and she is in the hallway trying to get on the stairs.
the door opens towards me, and so i open it and we are both standing in the way of the other person.
i apologize, and try to hold the door for her, but instead of moving to the side so that i just let her pass, i hold it across the doorway, so that for her to pass she would have to walk under my arm.. she apologizes and i move my arm, and she goes to hold the door for me, but she is leaning across the doorway to hold it, so to pass i have to squeeze in between the two inch space between her and the doorway.
we stand there for a moment, both blocking the other's way, until i finally figure out that i can just step away from the door all together, back into the stairwell and just let her pass me, so after much apologizing on both sides, we both make it where we want to go.
i need a door etiquette manual.
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