Linda, let's remove your observations of the lady's emotional state:
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We did our usual Sunday shopping thing... grocery shopping, picked up pet food, yada,yada,yada. Before we went to the grocery store we stopped by Wally World to get my nephew snacks for his lunches for during the week.
When I walked into the store, there was a woman probably in her mid 50's or so struggling with 2 carriages that were stuck together.
Since I needed one as well, I got behind the one that refused to let go of the one that she wanted, put my right foot on the back right wheel so it wouldn't move, held on the handle and told the woman to pull the other one.
She hesitated. I told her to pull again, so she did.
The carriages came apart.
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That is what happened. A pretty positive story.
On top of that, we have your interpritation of her emotional state, which turned the incident into a rather negative and bleak one.
I can't tell if you where accurate or not -- but I can tell that your interpritations of other's motivations, from subtle emotional clues, where pretty negative.
Be careful what emotions and motivations you read into other people. It can quite often backfire and make the world you experience a worse place.
I know someone who assumes the worst motivations from some other people. She may be right or wrong -- but quite often her interpritations and reactions to those interpritations do absolutely no good.
I don't know if that is you -- it probably isn't -- but do be careful and check to make sure!
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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
Actually, there have been places in Canada where I have done things, like held doors open for people, and been widely ignored.
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Opening doors for people isn't politeness. It is minimium public behaviour! One should expect to be noticed & thanked for doing that about as often as one should be noticed & thanked for using the public toilets intead of the street...
(just kidding)