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Lonestarblue

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7. I've had the same experience in stores that lack automatic doors.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #5)

Sat Apr 6, 2024, 01:14 PM

Apr 2024

Many people just do not bother looking behind them to see if anyone is following them through the door. Part of the problem may be that we get so used to doors that open and close automatically that we no longer think about those that don’t.

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The older gentleman who gave up his bus seat for a pregnant lady is [View all] riversedge Apr 2024 OP

Funny, but isn't chivalry and virtue signaling dead? elias7 Apr 2024 #1

When you get pregnant you'll understand Hope22 Apr 2024 #28

HAH! bucolic_frolic Apr 2024 #2

no doubt staged NoRethugFriends Apr 2024 #3

exactly. i was gonna ask: what improv troupe are they with? nt orleans Apr 2024 #11

I am amazed others seem not to realize. The camera was out at the very beginning of the action NoRethugFriends Apr 2024 #18

No... Most just are not willing to miss the point of this little "life play" in skit form. hlthe2b Apr 2024 #23

PERFECT!!!! hlthe2b Apr 2024 #4

I advocate for giving up one's seat to anyone, male or female, young or old, that needs help... hlthe2b Apr 2024 #5

Thank you. riversedge Apr 2024 #6

I've had the same experience in stores that lack automatic doors. Lonestarblue Apr 2024 #7

I know what you're talking about Katcat Apr 2024 #16

This made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2024 #8

Is this a Mentos* commercial? JoseBalow Apr 2024 #9

OMG, what a perfect finale! ShazzieB Apr 2024 #10

I love this! That big guy served some just desserts that day! calimary Apr 2024 #19

I don't know, looks like a setup to me. A "made for X" video. patphil Apr 2024 #12

Sure, so what if it is. Perhaps the point is made more clearly by scripting and acting. So what Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2024 #20

Yeah, I'm a little confused about... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #29

I was taken on first viewing, but something made me view it several times until I could confirm it must be acted. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2024 #30

Bu there's a camera set up and sub-par acting... Think. Again. Apr 2024 #31

My wife and I got on the bus at a national park MurrayDelph Apr 2024 #13

Not just an older gentleman, but looks like someone the punk wouldn't want to mess with. erronis Apr 2024 #14

I am 68 years old sab390 Apr 2024 #15

If you look out the window at the moving scenery. KS Toronado Apr 2024 #17

Nope, but there is an empty seat at the back of the bus and an F logo in the upper right Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2024 #22

May have been the zoom that confused me. KS Toronado Apr 2024 #24

And she has a pillow under her shirt. poli-junkie Apr 2024 #21

::sigh:: GenThePerservering Apr 2024 #25

"A humorous awareness video" is the caption chowder66 Apr 2024 #26

Staged or not. sheshe2 Apr 2024 #27