There’s an entire section of human etiquette that exists solely to make things worse. Not uncomfortable. Not awkward.Worse.
You know exactly what I’m talking about — all those “polite” behaviors we’ve been trained since childhood to perform because “it’s the nice thing to do,” even though inside we’re screaming, Why are we doing this? Who invented this social nightmare?
So today, I asked Lubbock: What socially polite behavior do you secretly hate the most? And the floodgates opened.
The Door-Holding Olympics No One Asked For
Let’s start with the universal struggle: the early door-hold.
You know the move — someone sees you approaching from a distance that is, conservatively, the length of a football field, and decides to hold the door anyway. Now you’re forced to run like you’re escaping a Michael Bay explosion…