Norms, Observations and Annoyances: No. 8

Door Entitlement refers to the belief held by some Door Hunters (see: Norms, Observations and Annoyances No. 3) that once positioned on the bit of platform where the doors normally come to a stop you are entitled to your 'first in' status even if the train deviates from its normal stopping position and drags the doors further down the platform thus rendering you out of position. You can easily spot commuters with a sense of Door Entitlement by their desperate efforts to elbow past the lucky (and far less arsed) commuters who while initially out of place now find themselves, as a result of the driver missing his mark, in a lucky pole position for carriage entry and the choice of seat that goes with the privilege.

Annoyance Ranking: 8