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I try to be nice and polite without being a pushover. I generally will hold a door for someone, but then again, I will also hold a door for a guy friend or a stranger in the hallway. I won't let a whole line of people walk in though. But people around here generally accept such gestures gratefully.
I tried to hold a door for a stranger when I was in NYC (I don't look scary or anything, and it was entirely appropriate), and she stopped dead in her tracks, looked at me like I was insane, took three steps to the left, and went in another door.
I guess to each their own, and people are used to different customs in different places.
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