Odd behavior

[avanta7]

While at Target today, I noticed a man leaving the store at the same time I was. He was probably in his early to mid-30s, ordinary in appearance, casually dressed. He was slightly ahead of me and to the left. He stopped in front of the non-automatic doors when he realized they weren't opening, but instead of pushing the doors open and going out, he stepped around the barrier to his right, jumped in front of me and exited through the automatic doors. Then turned left on the sidewalk and continued on his merry way; in other words, retracing steps he needn't have taken, all to avoid manually opening a door.

I find this very curious.

Comments

Re: Such a strange little slice of life

[madame-urushiol.livejournal.com]

Why not simply turn around and open the door with his backside instead of jumping in front of me?

Precisely. Unless it's a pull-in door, there's the choice of shoulder, hip or rump, and the hands never have to touch the sweaty, muzzy door handle. Interesting human foibles, no?