I have never in my life been abused or scorned by a woman for whom I’ve held a door or performed a similar small courtesy.
Move to Boston.
You’ll see it all the time. Just has it happen again last Friday. Waiting for the trolley standing next to a woman and with a smile and gesture said ‘ After you ‘.
Her response was a pinched face look of distaste and a ‘ No! ‘
I didn’t even bother getting into it with her.
I’ve been yelled at by women on the train when offering them my seat.
It goes on all the damned time.
- almost forgot about this one: woman screaming ‘ assault! Get your hands off me ! ‘ after I grabbed her from falling out of the train when the doors opened.
She’s leaning against one of the doors and when the trolley stopped, doors open and she starts to fall right out the door.
I grabbed her with both hands and pulled her in otherwise she would have gone backwards onto the station platform. A fairly steep fall.
Unreal. I was all of 23 or so. Never again - never.