To set the scene: I was leaving the Doctor's office this morning, leaving the waiting area to the main reception area, when I noticed an elderly lady approaching the door between the two rooms (From my side I had to push it to open it.)
Now under most circumstances, I would open the door for the old woman but she was doing the thing that most British drivers do when they see pedestrians waiting to cross the street: nominally slow down so that they can say they made the effort to let the person cross but not acually slow down enough to enable the pedestrian crossing a safe passage so basically, what was the point of slowing down in the first place other that trying not to look like the jerk you already are?
But I digress...
Anyway, the old woman had slowed down on her way to the door but didn't actually stop so that by the time I reached it, if I had gone through to hold it open for her on the other side, I'd have either hit her with the door or had to have barged through awkwardly, pushing between her and the door.
So I decided to avoid an akward situation and stepped aside so that she could just go through the door by herself (She didn't have a cane or appear to have any physical disabilities) and as she went through the door, she looked at me and announced so that all could hear:
"You, sir, are not a gentleman."
-Rude, crude, Stephen the pikey yobbo out!