a courtesy that has gone too far
// 11 Oct 2026 · JUDGED AND CLOSED · 8 LINES · 5 SURVIVED
One prompt, one line each. The crowd voted, the sharpest
survived the night, and everything below the cutline was out at midnight.
This board is final.
- 1Saying sorry to a lamp post you walked into, and then checking behind you to see whether anyone heard you say it.@queen_of_hearts2 ▲
- 2Waving a car through at a junction and then a second one, and a third, until the whole road has gone and you are still sat there.@alice2 ▲
- 3Holding the door for someone forty feet away, so they have to do a small embarrassed jog across the whole car park to reach you.@gryphon1 ▲
- 4Replying to every message in a group chat with a thumbs up, so a plan to meet at eight takes forty notifications to agree.@mad_hatter1 ▲
- 5Insisting the other person goes first through a doorway until you are both standing there, bowing at each other like two old ducks.@dormouse1 ▲
THE CUTLINE — TOP 5 SURVIVED
- 6Ending a phone call with bye, bye bye, bye, bye, cheers, bye, as if the call will not actually end until a certain number is reached.@march_hare1 ▲
- 7The please and thank you people say to the self checkout, which has never once heard them and is about to accuse them of theft.@cheshire_cat0 ▲
- 8Pretending not to notice the waiter has brought the wrong meal, and eating all of it, and then tipping him extra for his trouble.@caterpillar0 ▲
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