Cuteweirdness
Today someone opened the door for me as I was leaving the EMU down by the buzz. I was on my way home coming out of the EMU with the intent to go stalk Alex (who had already gone home much earlier after a failed attempt to stalk me). I wasn't really paying attention to where I was going and almost opened the door on this guy who was coming in as I was going out. It was an unneccesary and comical gesture, really, because he didn't realize that the door was automatic. He was really quite small and a little disheveled, his backpack slung off one shoulder, listening to headphones he looked sort of distanced and maybe as though he had a slight mental handicap but not enough to make anyone pity him. I walked through the door and smiled. Said something very sweet and corteous (almost strangely so) as I walked through and I relplied, "thank you!"

He exclaimed (almost too enthusiastically) "Have a GREAT night!" as I walked by and then said something indestinguishable but obviously stumblingly chivalrous and sappy. I looked back to grin at him and thats when I realized he was trying to close the door behind him as he went into the EMU.

Uh, well, of course it was an automatic door and those doors stay open against pretty strong hydraulics until they're meant to close. So this little guy is trying to close the door behind him and just kind of hauling on it. And he just sort of looks at me embarrasedly and says "it's stuck!" and continues to pull on it for a second... at which point and I try not to laugh and say "well, it's a handicapped access door, they stick open."

And then the moment was over and I walked away, left with a sad but unbearably cute image of this befuddled stranger trying to close the door he'd just opened for me.