Sure, everybody SHOULD be polite and thank people who do nice things for them. But to demand a thank you from strangers who didn't even ask you to hold the door is basically the opposite of polite. If someone is going to feel entitled to an acknowledgement for an unsolicited action, I'd prefer they just not do it in the first place. I'd rather open the door for myself than deal with someone being snippy (or, even if you don't think that qualifies as snippy, I'd still rather not deal with having a stranger "remind" me of my manners).
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