The sound of two pairs of feet clacked across the floor, oddly distinct from the others. One could tell by the slow thuds echoing softly across the floor, that the owners had all the time in the world to kill. Both of their feet were pointing towards the same destination; the entrance of the building. The leading pair, which had a dignified air to its movements, was clad in a pair of polished smart shoes. The pair trotting cheerily behind was wrapped up in all bubbles and cotton candy, more commonly known as flats or ballerinas among the mortals.
Polished was reading aloud from a book while Ballerina was busy tending to her paper bags. Just before the exit, Polished halted and put away his book.
“Ladies first,” he curtsied and stepped aside. He had clearly been ahead of her, but he still indicated for Ballerina to pass through before him. Her eyes grew wide with wonder. Did he bow just now? She stepped through, looking rather shyly towards Polished; “Why, thank you.”
As Polished followed through after her, he flashed her a brilliant smile and wished her a “lovely evening”. And then he was gone.
Brits. Such true gentlemen.
I’ve been given the ‘evil eye’ for doing exactly the same back here in Norway, actually…
Feminists who think that “I can hold my own goddamn door, you male shouvenist pig!” and therefore give you the stare of death for holding the door for them, just to be nice… O__o
But mostly women here are just pleasently surprised by this kind of behaviour, and smile at you akwardly, not knowing what to say. It’s a little cute, really, hehe.
I don’t know. I’ve seen a few other guys doing it here, but for some of us it just comes naturally, I guess.
I wish more guys whould be like that, to be honest. If you’re in so much of a hurry that you can’t hold the door for a lady, you should have left earlier, I think. ;P
But it’s nice to hear that the men in England are still the way I remember them! ^__^
Always doing their utmost to be polite, even though it might be akward for you to adjust to.
And actually Brits have a nice sense of humor. It’s just about getting close enough to them that you can actually allow yourself to joke with them. I guess they’re kind of like Norwegians that way.
But I’m sure that you’ll do greaet in getting to know lots of nice people over there! =)
<3! That's just lovely! :)