People that wont shut doors after them
People that wont shut doors after them
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Frane Selak

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418 posts

8 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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What is it with these people, thankfully I don't have that many guests but when people do come round it seems they are absolutely incapable of shutting a door after themselves. Now I'm not talking about a kitchen door or living room door but the front and back doors. Take the person that works for us for a start, he comes to my house in the morning, I leave the door unlocked for him and he just waltzes in leaving the front door wide open behind him, same on the way out. If he gets something from my workshop at the back its the same story with the back door. If he is working at my house and goes for a piss, front door wide open again so I shut it, he comes out and leaves it swinging again. this is despite me pleading with him to shut it after him many times.

Mr stinky (from another thread) came round this morning to borrow my car ramps, he walked in the front door leaving it wide open, followed me into the shed leaving the back door just the same. Other people do similar as well, yet if they have a st in my house it seems they are incapable of opening a window.

Its the middle of winter, do these people have absolutely no concept of the cost of gas at all? In the case of our apprentice its not like he is thick, he's just spent a year living in Australia and Thailand and managed not to kill himself. I go out of my way to make sure a door is shut after me, even in a shop.

Freakuk

4,405 posts

174 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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That's my wife all over.

She finds it impossible to shut doors, she'll gladly walk outside and leave the front/back door open and let all of the heat out and cold air in which annoys the hell out of me.

She also likes to leave a tap running for no apparent reason.

Smollet

15,265 posts

213 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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Poor breeding. Pure and simple

dxg

10,114 posts

283 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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As my mum used to day, "they live in a field."

Cupid-stunt

3,233 posts

79 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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My wife - her friends come over to drop something.
They talk at the doorstep ... door wide open.

I've gotten to pushing her out and talk outside or asking her friend to come in.
st for brains, the lot of them.

She normally walks over to the Hive thermostat and boosts the temp for a couple of hours.

BOILS MY PISS.....

Spudgunassassin

83 posts

19 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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These are the same cretins that’ll abandon their vehicle in the middle of a petrol station forecourt with the engine running and driver’s door left wide open whilst they go and do a “quick” shop.

Jasandjules

71,957 posts

252 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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Yup we've had guests let the dogs out that way..........

toasty

8,197 posts

243 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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Frane Selak said:
What is it with these people, thankfully I don't have that many guests but when people do come round it seems they are absolutely incapable of shutting a door after themselves. Now I'm not talking about a kitchen door or living room door but the front and back doors. Take the person that works for us for a start, he comes to my house in the morning, I leave the door unlocked for him and he just waltzes in leaving the front door wide open behind him, same on the way out. If he gets something from my workshop at the back its the same story with the back door. If he is working at my house and goes for a piss, front door wide open again so I shut it, he comes out and leaves it swinging again. this is despite me pleading with him to shut it after him many times.

Mr stinky (from another thread) came round this morning to borrow my car ramps, he walked in the front door leaving it wide open, followed me into the shed leaving the back door just the same. Other people do similar as well, yet if they have a st in my house it seems they are incapable of opening a window.

Its the middle of winter, do these people have absolutely no concept of the cost of gas at all? In the case of our apprentice its not like he is thick, he's just spent a year living in Australia and Thailand and managed not to kill himself. I go out of my way to make sure a door is shut after me, even in a shop.

languagetimothy

1,624 posts

185 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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toasty said:
Frane Selak said:
What is it with these people, thankfully I don't have that many guests but when people do come round it seems they are absolutely incapable of shutting a door after themselves. Now I'm not talking about a kitchen door or living room door but the front and back doors. Take the person that works for us for a start, he comes to my house in the morning, I leave the door unlocked for him and he just waltzes in leaving the front door wide open behind him, same on the way out. If he gets something from my workshop at the back its the same story with the back door. If he is working at my house and goes for a piss, front door wide open again so I shut it, he comes out and leaves it swinging again. this is despite me pleading with him to shut it after him many times.

Mr stinky (from another thread) came round this morning to borrow my car ramps, he walked in the front door leaving it wide open, followed me into the shed leaving the back door just the same. Other people do similar as well, yet if they have a st in my house it seems they are incapable of opening a window.

Its the middle of winter, do these people have absolutely no concept of the cost of gas at all? In the case of our apprentice its not like he is thick, he's just spent a year living in Australia and Thailand and managed not to kill himself. I go out of my way to make sure a door is shut after me, even in a shop.
yes Toasty, that came to my mind too. I expect Everard opened that back door a few times too.

Muzzer79

12,667 posts

210 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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These are the same people who leave lights on in a room they exit......

zalrak

683 posts

108 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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That’s never happened to me. I guess you must just be unlucky.

STe_rsv4

1,155 posts

121 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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Cupid-stunt said:
My wife - her friends come over to drop something.
They talk at the doorstep ... door wide open.

I've gotten to pushing her out and talk outside or asking her friend to come in.
st for brains, the lot of them.

She normally walks over to the Hive thermostat and boosts the temp for a couple of hours.

BOILS MY PISS.....
You are me biggrin

BrownEaredDog

1,284 posts

124 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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dxg said:
As my mum used to day, "they live in a field."
Similar to the groundsman at my prep school..."You, boy! Were you born in a barn?" biggrin I've had a slight "thing" about making sure outside doors are closed ever since...

Al Gorithum

4,940 posts

231 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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My daughter is incapable of closing a door or a drawer. Drives me mental. However, I'd rather live like that than without her!

Arrivalist

2,394 posts

22 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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Spudgunassassin said:
These are the same cretins that ll abandon their vehicle in the middle of a petrol station forecourt with the engine running and driver s door left wide open whilst they go and do a quick shop.
Wonder if you’re legally OK to drive it to a safer area, lock it and give the keys to the owner while they shop?

BrownEaredDog

1,284 posts

124 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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Smollet said:
Poor breeding. Pure and simple
I agree, combined with fecklessness, absolute lack of self-awareness and basic respect for others.

TrevorHill

657 posts

14 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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Freakuk said:
That's my wife all over.

She finds it impossible to shut doors, she'll gladly walk outside and leave the front/back door open and let all of the heat out and cold air in which annoys the hell out of me.
I married her twin sister. Heat The Street as I glowingly refer to her.

Digger

16,120 posts

214 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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You could always swap the door hinges for self-closing ones, & have some of those rubber wedge door stop widgets handy for when doors need to remain open?

Apologies for some practical advice in the midst of all the whingeing biggrin

gotoPzero

19,930 posts

212 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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When I was working we had a reception with a UPVC door into the main waiting area.

I would say 50% of people would come in and just leave it open. Then walk out through the open door and leave it swinging.

We also had 2 other problems. People yanking - and I mean full force - on the door handle, despite a sign that clearly said push - as it was an inward opening door. Sometimes people would ring the office "scuse me mate I am outside but your door is locked...." erm no read the MASSIVE yellow sign on the door that says push.....

The other one was people who SLAM the door then lift the handle to engage the frame locks like they were pulling the ejection handle on an F16... because thats what they do at home. In 15 years we replaced the handle at least 5 times. Every single time someone would snap it off they would just put if down on the side and walk off... ffs.

Seems people dont "door much" these days.

BrownEaredDog

1,284 posts

124 months

Monday 22nd December 2025
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Cupid-stunt said:
She normally walks over to the Hive thermostat and boosts the temp for a couple of hours.

BOILS MY PISS.....
Blimey, she must really be boosting the temperature for that to occur wink