A few years ago we had an situation at an old office of mine. Someone held the door for a person who wasn’t an employee(the employee was trying to nice and assumed the other person worked there, with like 900 people in the building you can’t know everyone). Women commonly left there purses at their desk and some men left their wallets. This other guy walked around the cubicles while everyone was getting coffee/tea/water before starting and just grabbed all the purses and wallets. He stole from like 30 people, walked out a back door and was never found.
When you go through a self-closing door and someone is just a few steps behind you, keep it open.
Be careful where you do this. If you have to scan a badge to enter someplace like your office DO NOT DO THIS!
Context is important. That is for sure.
A few years ago we had an situation at an old office of mine. Someone held the door for a person who wasn’t an employee(the employee was trying to nice and assumed the other person worked there, with like 900 people in the building you can’t know everyone). Women commonly left there purses at their desk and some men left their wallets. This other guy walked around the cubicles while everyone was getting coffee/tea/water before starting and just grabbed all the purses and wallets. He stole from like 30 people, walked out a back door and was never found.
and what do you do when you do this and they call you an asshole or scowl at you?
I’ve never experienced that. Either the people are thankful or do not react at all.
lucky. where I live there is about a 1/3 chance the person you hold the door for tells you to f yourself or you are ‘in their way’.
Nobody ever smiles or thanks you. At best you get a blank look.
I like to do it when they are just a bit too far away and see if they run.
Right, ta.