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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
That's always a tough one for me. Not only handicap, but how far (in order to not totally derail the thread) should one go in order to help another person?
For some reason doors I always have problems with. Not that it affects me in any way, but your post made me think about it a bit. Typically if I don't know someone (i.e. on campus) I will walk through the door myself, and hold it open behind me for the person behind me (I think everyone does this). Thinking about handicap people, I always feel like I should help them more so than others, but I'm in a sense always nervous about getting into a situation like you did EG.
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I am one that typically will wait a little if there is a person not directly behind, but fairly close, I'll wait and hold it open to be polite. I've always done that for everyone. That's what I did for him, but he assumed I was doing it because he was in a wheelchair and therefore I thought he needed special attention. I was so embarrassed. Certainly a moment that made me think, "Why the heck do I even try?" I still do it, but wow, that moment will be forever burned in my mind.
It sucks when you try to do something nice for someone and they turn around and make you feel like a giant anus.