Do you knock before entering?

It depends on whose room I am entering and how the door is positioned. If the door is completely closed and I don't want to invade their space, then I knock. I just feel that's the right thing to do. If it's my partner's room and the door is closed, I'll walk in. It's just kind of my right I suppose, she does the same thing when it comes to my room. If the door is completely open, or partially open and I'm pretty sure nothing is going on, I may open the door and let them know I'm there by tapping slightly and I won't enter the room until they acknowledge my presence. I just feel that walking into anyone's room at any time is not right. It's invading someone's space and I refuse to do it unless I know the person really well and know that they don't care what I do. I feel I have to keep my distance more with some people than I do with other's and I adjust the knocking/room entering rule accordingly.

Yes, I ALWAYS knock before entering somebody else's room, property whatever, even my Son and Daughter-in-Law's place, to which I hold a key. If they're in, however, or even if I'm not sure whether they're in or not... I will knock, before using the key to take in something important. I was brought up to be polite. You'll have to hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door. lol. Brightest Blessings, my friend.

I hate it too. I tell people to 'go out and try again' in most cases. I think schools have decided that teaching kids about polite behaviour is 'so 20th century'. However, I don't see why I should put up with it. So, I just wait until the person figures it out for themselves. Professionally, I would never hire someone who came into my office without knocking. I wouldn't even say 'go out and try again', I would shorted the sentence haha!

I do if I don't know what they are doing behind a closed door, so to speak, if my boyfriend is in the bedroom with the door closed I know that it is closed to keep the children out and that I am always welcome, but if it is anybody, of course I knock, I wish my children did when they come to visit but none of them do, they just walk in, we keep our bedroom doors locked for that reason.

Oh hey Im right there with ya on this one, im a knocker! and I expect the same from anyone who wants to enter my space.What would be the sence of having a door in the first place if it wasnt for privacy.Maby you could hang a sign KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING- AND WAIT FOR RESPONCE. Its kind of like a do not enter sign people just have to see whats on the other side.

as a sign of respect and courtesy, i always knock the door before entering someone's room. to my mind that is someone's "private place" and if ever you barge in without even knocking or asking permission to come in is something like an act of "tresspassing" which is wrong. it's annoying when people just come and go to my room without calling my attention or simply saying my name.

I only live with my housemate and his door is never shut, he has the boiler in his room which has to be switched on for hot water, so I never knock, I don't need to. He never knocks on my door either, I only close my door at night because I don't like the cats coming in and jumping on my bed or pawing my feet, he'll usually come in of a morning bringing me coffee if he's on late shift, so I can hardly expect him to knock. I gave up asking him to

Yes, I agree with you. I knock before I enter, even if the door is open I still knock. I always knocked on my kids doors when they were living at home. To me it is simply good manners. To walk in without knocking shows that you do not respect the person's privacy. Maybe a way to cure people is to sit naked and when people barge in and see you naked they may knock next time. lol!

In my household their is just myself, my wife, and my father. As my wife works all day 6 days a week it's just dad and I. He sits in his lazyboy chair all day so there is really no need for doors to be closed here. Now when my daughter and the grandkids come around the doors are closed and they do know to knock before entering. They are very good at this for young children. I do not nor have I ever been the type to just barge in either. I have a key to my parents farm and was always told just come in no matter what time. I would knock first, then use my key, then annopunce myself and whoever else was with me just as an act of coutesy towards them. I never will barge in on someones privacy as such. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I Knock before entering, but that's me, that's who i am, i am one for privacy, i don't like people reading what I'm typing, i don't like people going through my stuff and i don't like people walking in on me! I've had to keep my bedroom door open now, because it doesn't make a difference, my roomies, they just walk right in, and it gets right under my skin, even when they were visiting, before they moved in, i would never walk into a room even an open one without asking if it was clear, i don't go into their rooms, i don't barge into anything, i don't go through pockets, drawers, closets, bags, anything, unless i'm told to, and even then, i wait for them to do so for me. For a while i actually started asking them if there was something wrong with their knuckles, and when they would say no i would ask if they knew what respect was. When they would say yes, i would say well you sure don't act like you don't have a problem with your knuckles and you sure don't show me any respect, then i put up a list of rules, just normal house rules that every home should have and they should not have to be posted, well i was laughed at. Now, i just say how flipping rude, and tell them where to go. I show them the respect necessary, in fact, i show them more respect then i would ever ask for, no matter what they do, heck i even do all their laundry. I EXPECT a little back, but, who knows, i don't think I'll ever get that, not till the day i ask them to leave and explain that one of the biggest reasons is that i just can't stand their lack of respect or give a damn towards me. I AM A Knocker. Wow bud, sorry, i didn't realize i had so much pent up frustration over this, thanks for giving me the outlet...

I knock before entering, always. It's a respect thing. My mother was really bad about barging into my room while growing up. She would do this thing in which she would knock on the door after she was already in the room, and even then, just once. I hated it.

yes, I always give a rap before entering a closed door - even if it is just a little child's room, I would not want to open the door unannounced and knock into someone.

Well, since i don't live at home or anything, during the day it's usually just my daughter & i here. I don't spend a lot of time in my bedroom or anything so that's not an issue. When i go to my parent's place, i'll do a quick knock on the front door before i walk in, just to let them know, with my sister, well, she's a lazy bugger so she's usually asleep when i get there so a knock wouldn't wake her so in that regard, it's more effective just to walk in there & jump on her!!! If she's awake though, i do know before i go in there unless the door's open a touch then i push it a little & peak my had in the room to see what she's up to. If she's getting changed or something, then she door is always shut!

If I am in someone elses home or an office setting I will knock before entering in a closed door. But in my own home there are no closed doors.

I always knock before going in someones house or even when I lived with my best friend and her husband. I never just walked in. I respected there privacy. I can't belive this is happing to you. I am so sorry.

Seeing as one never knows truly what is going on behind closed doors. I always knock and wait for either the person to answer to the door or for them to say "come in". I've had people tell me that I can come right in no matter the time, but I really don't want to walk in on someone doing well you know. *blushes* So I go on and continue knocking before entering, it's a good and polite manner that everyone should have.

Depends. I close my door and I prefer for someone to either speak through the door or knock. But my family's one of open doors. No knocking. If a door's closed we don't disturb one another til it's necessary..but you won't find alot of closed doors with us lol. Elsewheres, I knock. At home it just ain't really an option.

I always knock before entering and I though my kids to do the same ever since they were little. I think it's just common courtesy and one that is good to have. MY kids still forget sometimes but they're pretty good at it most of the times. Now in terms of bothering me if someone doesn't know, it sometimes does, sometimes doesn't, but more the reason to always knock just in case :)

We do not stand on ceremony in my house - in fact close friends and family knock the front door to let us know they are there and then come straight on in! As for knocking I even do this before I enter my kids rooms - we are all entitled to our privacy after all!

I think it's a common courtesy to knock on one's door before entering and downright rudeness just to barge in on someone...uh, no...fortunately I'm NOT a visitor magnet who welcomes anyone in.