UCI Hospitality
I have noticed something during my time at UCI. There are a lot of nice people here.
I think seven out of ten times, someone will hold the door open for me when I walk near a door.
Most of the time, they are walking in front of me, notice that I am walking behind them, and just hold the door open long enough for me to hurriedly walk through, smile, say “thank you!” and duck my way through. I quicken my pace so they know I recognize their kind gesture and I accommodate by making the process faster.
Sometimes, it’s a simple act of just looking behind you right after you’ve walked through the door, to see if anyone is behind you, and just hold the door a while longer so they can get through.
And I’m not one of those girls who cry and moan about about how chivalry is dead. This isn’t about chivalry, or guys holding doors open for girls. It goes both ways. I don’t expect it to happen, but it’s nice that my classmates at UCI have sort of all passed this courtesy along. I find myself more cautious of people walking near me when I get to a door, and I always try to hold it open now. And I think other people have started feeling this way too. It’s such a nice feeling that a simple gesture few people started with have grown to porportions of about 70% of all door openings.
Makes me proud to be an anteater. How many universities can say the same thing about their school?
That’s nothing…at Berkeley, we hurriedly opened the door and tried to close it before other students could try and reach it. That way, they could get a little more exercise when opening the door. You know all the engineers need to work out their muscles. ESP the girl ones. lol Go Bears!