Monday, July 21, 2008

Expecting Civility

As I entered the mall recently, I noted a mother with a stroller heading toward the doors. As I walked from my door to the door she was approaching, she looked at me with a puzzled, even irritated, expression. When I opened the door for her, she immediately changed her demeanor, smiled, and thanked me more than once. I shouldn't read too much into someone's expressions, but I don't think it's a reach to assert that she was "worried" by my behavior initially.

Have we reached the point where opening a door for a mother and child is so unexpected?

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