People who think that they deserve to be treated differently by throwing a card annoy me genrally. I don't expect to be treated differently from a man (afterall equality is ment to be about being treated as an equal), but I see it as courtasy if someone holds a door open for me. I always hold a door open for people, especially if they are elderly or disabled, as I have been brought up to be respectful and polite to people.

It seems to me that these people are just extremely rude. Unfortunatly the world is riddled with them. I find myself constantly having to walk in the road as people don't think about giving way when walking on pavements. People will not hold a door even if you are just behind them and have your hands full with the weekly food shop. From a lot of the younger generation I get odd looks for my slightly eccentric dress-sense (not exceptionally eccentric, it's probably because I don't wear trackies or 6 inches of makeup), and because I am well-spoken. I don't expect people to go out of their way to be nice to me, however I do expect politeness from people. Rudeness is one of my biggest peeves.