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CindyH: I’ve got four sons. From the time they could open the door for themselves their father taught them to hold the door for ladies. I’m
perfectly capable of opening my own doors, but courtesy is something to
be admired and encouraged. I’ve watched the compliments my teenage sons
receive when we’re out together. Courtesy isn’t dead. It just has to be taught.
Question: When did you last see an old-fashion display of manners?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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BethB on May 06 at 6:45 a.m.
One thing that’s nice about Spokane - and I’ve lived all over the world - is how men hold open doors for women. It’s a throwback to an earlier time, and it’s nice. I think it was different in other places where I lived because I remember noticing it when I moved here back in 1994. It’s not that no door was ever opened for me when I lived in, say, Washington, D.C. It’s just that, here, I can expect the courtesy. There’s something so civilized and gracious about the custom. Oh, and I’ll hold open the door for a guy too, if the circumstances call for it. And of course I can open my own door. So why does it make me happy when it happens? Must be the combination of “old fashioned” and “manners” that gets to me.
Jen on May 06 at 7:45 a.m.
CindyH, your comments were very encouraging since I have two sons, ages 7 and 9. We have taught them to hold doors, too, and sometimes people seem surprised when they do. I’m glad to know that the teaching lasts into those daunting teenage years.
idawa on May 06 at 8:15 a.m.
I guess last Tuesday - I went to a fraternal event at the WAC club in downtown Seattle with a bunch of gray hairs. These type of events are one of the few instances where I practice and see others practice table manners - ie, waiting for the last person at the table to get their plate before eating, using the right silverware, passing salt rather than reaching for it, and asking to be excused before getting up, etc…
Escapee on May 06 at 1:55 p.m.
I open doors on a regular basis for women, and so far, I’ve had no complaints. I’ve got no real reason for doing so, but I do it anyway. And I’ll keep doing it ‘til some womens’ libber slaps me in the face for doing so.
inlandempiregirl on May 06 at 6:33 p.m.
Just yesterday we had birthday treats for a student and every other student said thank you. A sweet little second grade student held the door open for me this morning. Fortunately in my school most students display nice manners every day. The staff also works twice at hard at modeling those good manners. I often put a reminder on the white board at the start of a teaching period….” Nice matters!”