Originally Posted by
College3.0
I had a road cyclist call me a dumba$$ one day when I tried to give him an assist in a similar way with my vehicle. I guess he misunderstood that I was using my vehicle to protect his person, not in fact, being a poor motorist and/or resenting his presence on the road. It really hurt my feelings.
BITD in the early days of women's lib, I was exiting the subway and held the swinging door for the person behind as I always did, and still do. It happened to be a woman, and possibly I held it a moment longer than I might have for a man, but as she passed through she turned and called me a male chauvinistic pig.
I was so-o-o-o tempted to swing it back into her.
You don't have to tip people who try to do you a favor, but there's no reason to insult them either. Take it as an act of good faith, even if you neither need nor want it.