I stop by my local post office usually a couple times of week dropping of ebay packages. There's about 4-5 staff there and they all know me by name. I enjoy going there and giving them a bad time. They're good people.

Many of my packages are bulky and/or whatever boxes I can get from the nearby grocery stores and I'm usually juggling a few at a time getting in through the 3 doors before the counter. Almost every time the local folks will ask if they can help out and hold open a door even though I can get it still with a semi-free hand. Almost no one local to the area does not help out.



Today I did need some help as I had 3 medium sized boxes in tow. As I walked to the first door, a young Chinese guy was also heading to it. He saw me and instead of getting ahead and holding the door open (which most of the other folks would do), he nearly ran to get ahead of me and held open none of the 3 needed doors. Luckily I was close enough behind that I could get a foot in the 2 of the 3 closing doors and push them open.

I don't think this guy was not helping out just to be mean, I just don't think, with a billion+ people running around and tens of millions in the largest cities, they go out of the way to help each other out. Survivial of the fittest I guess. I've also noticed when groups of Chinese are together eating at a long table, that most "power eat" the main food and then relax a bit as they wind down with a fruit or enjoy after meal visiitng. Its almost as if they've learned to get most of your food done first before someone orders you away to work or someone might snipe your food if you linger long. And I'm sure in the past (probably their parent's generation) that was the case. A learned response I guess....