I get alot of grief from my male friends about how unresponsive I am to chivalry. My immediate reaction when someone tries to carry my bag or buy me a drink is “No, I can do it myself thank you very much”.

Until now I had put it down to my feminist upbringing or some repressed experience of When Gentlemen Go Wrong, but today I figured it out with 2 incidents.

Firstly, I went to buy coffees and as I’m walking out with my hands full, a guy pushes through the door and drops the door on me. Ass.

Secondly, tonight as I was coming into my building, I had to wait as a convoy of 7 dudes exited my building while I was waiting to get in, not even holding the door for me to eventually get through.

It’s this kind of behavior that makes me assume that any attempts at chilvalry in this city are reluctant or laden with ulterior motive. And I’m not interested in your superficial attempts at looking like a Good Guy.