Sunshine Meets Rain

Josh and I have recently started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm. We’re currently in season 3, which is all my fault because while I enjoy the show, I can’t bare to watch more than two episodes at a time. They’re far too awkward for me. Hilarious awkward, but awkward nonetheless.

Today I realized what an impact this show is having on my life. While running an errand today at work, I opened a door to a building and noticed a woman about 6 steps behind me. Because it’s the holiday season I decided to hold the door open for her as well. You know, ’tis the season. My door hold was not the hold it completely open for you until you walk through kind of deal where you’re standing on the outside and allow the other person to go in first. No, my hold was the I‘m halfway through the door about to continue walking, but I’ll hold the door open for you to grab it yourself type of hold. A kind of passing of the baton. And since I’m taking up half the door frame there is really no way to misread the hold.

So I’m holding the door open expecting this woman to grab it to keep it open and then I’ll be on my merry way, but her hand never reaches out. The door is never passed off. Instead she squeezes her way through me and the other half of the door and continues on without comment.

I mean, what is that? Isn’t there some sort of code or rule or something that frowns upon this? I just kept thinking WWLDD? He would have done something equally as awkward as the initial offense and it would have come back to haunt him because the woman would end up being the wife of a TV executive or his dentist. Pre-show I probably would have been a little annoyed by this, but would have forgotten about it by now because it’s just silly and non-important. Post-show I am still thinking about this woman and am still flabbergasted that someone would do such an appalling thing.