Do you think people are inconsiderate in lots of small ways?

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I believe this is often the case. There are many small things that people don't do, often because they couldn't be bothered, but it would make life easier if they did. For example I used the staff bathroom a little while ago and someone had used the last bit of paper and left the empty roll on the holder. There was a new roll right there but they didn't use it. Another example from this morning, I went to use the photocopier and someone had jammed it and then walked off so I had to unjam it. Then after that I also found that both paper drawers were empty so I had to fill them. Yet another example was that I was sitting in my office when I saw a person outside walking towards a door carrying a box. At the same time another colleague walked through the door. I would have thought they could hold the door open for the person with the box, but they didn't. It would have only taken a couple of seconds, but instead when the person got to the door they had to put the box down, open the door, hold it open with their foot, pick up the box and then walk through. Those are things that happened in the last hour. The problem I find is that a lot of little things like this just add to the stress of the day and if everyone showed basic consideration for others most of these things would not be a problem.