" Louise Bremner" <dame_zumari@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Ed <gwbush@whitehouse.com> wrote:
>
> > > > If you think you've got an example of Japanese kindness, I'd be glad
to
> > > > destroy your delusion.
> > >
> > > A tiny ray of hope--a boy of about 10 held open the door of the local
> > > Seiyu as an elderly person approached, and didn't look disappointed
when
> > > said elderly person walked through without even apparently noticing
how
> > > come the door wasn't closed. He still stood patiently holding the door
> > > open as a couple more people barged through without thanking him, so I
> > > made a point of going through after them, and I thanked him. He looked
> > > stunned, so of course it's possible I've gone and killed that impulse
> > > towards random acts of kindness....
> >
> > I hold the door open for ladies (the guys can open the door themselves)
> > and am always thanked.
>
> I was taught to hold open the door for anyone burdened in any way (with
> children, packages, walking sticks, whatever...) but rarely get thanked
> (except for the time I held it open for a guy in a wheelchair who was
> having to reach far forward to pull the door towards him--that time, the
> thanks were so effusive, I got quite embarrassed).
>
> > I wonder where ????
>
> So do I.
>
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