Door Slamming

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Why is it such a misconseption to most of the public, that when you get in or out of an old car/truck you HAVE to slam the door? We hired a new guy on at work last week and I am training him this week. Well, today was our first day out in the field and of course, I drove. The first time he got in the truck it was SLAM ! I thought the window was going to fall out of the track, he shut it so hard. I politely told him that the doors on the Nugget shut pretty easy, they don't have to be slammed. He did fine the next time, but that was it. After that, he slammed it everytime. After about the fifth time, I jumped his a$$ and told him that the next time he slammed my door, he's riding in the back and I wasn't kidding. Guess what, he quit slamming it. Still harder than he should have, but not near as bad.

I've gone through this the entire time I've owned an older vehicle and still don't understand why people insist on slamming the doors. It makes no sense to me, especially when they are told that they don't need to do it and not to do it. I worked hard to adjust the doors so they shut with ease, not to have some idiot screw up my adjustments with thier slamming.

I'm sure most of you have delt with this phenomenon, what's your thoughts or stories?

I once had a guy slam the door to my '65 so hard that the window fell out of its track and went to the bottom of the door. On top of that, it was at a car show that the truck was entered in. He's not my friend anymore. (for more than that reason though)