I also agree with Jewess, and SJS. Good posts. Everyone should show good middos to each other. I also open doors for the person who is following behind me or if someone ahead of me is encumbered with packages, a stroller, or elderly and unable to open the door. It is simply good manners. And the Ribbono Shel Olom who was angered by Adam Harishon’s extremely poor manners when he told Hashem that the woman He gave him caused him to sin (what an ingrate – especially since it was his own fault for being mosif and goraya), is the same One who gave us lots and lots of mitzvos specifically designed to TEACH us menschlechkeit. I reiterate, a guy who (ab)uses the Torah as an excuse to avoid being well-mannered, is a boor.
