04/03/2019

People who don’t say “thank you” after having the door held for them are going to hell—not a doubt in my mind.

I’m sure Satan has a very special kind of eternal damnation just for them.

I’d even go so far as to say that hell might solely be comprised of unappreciative people, specifically those who don’t say “thank you” after the door-hold thing.

Perhaps, all the murderers and thieves just get a slap on the wrist and then go to heaven. But, the unappreciative “having had the door held open for them” people will suffer for eternity.

They deserve everlasting torment.

Why do you think I’m holding the door for you? Do you think I have nothing better to do than stand around holding doors open for strangers? Does this look like 1925 and do I look like a doorman? Because I’m not. I’m not a doorman.

No.

The only reason I’m holding the door for you is to because I’m kind to strangers until they provoke me.

If you thank me, we’ll both go on with our day and remember the interchange fondly.

If you don’t thank me, I’d like nothing more than to physically push you back through the doorway, and then lock the door to protect everyone inside from your churlish ingratitude.

Step off.

Until next time,

Michael J. Erickson, CEO & Co-Founder