Next time you’re in a rush to run to lab or turn in a problem set in the Science Center, be sure that you don’t let your hurry prevent you from holding the elevator. You never know when the person you don’t hold the elevator for will physically assault you for your “rude” behavior.

This past Saturday night, Boston police broke up an altercation at 1050 Tremont St. when two women punched, kicked, spat on, and beat a man with their handbags after he did not hold the elevator door for them, according to an article on the Boston Herald's website.

The man was also attacked with a plate of pasta. When the police arrived they observed noodles dripping off of Mohammed Warsam. The victim said he threw water bottles at the woman to defend himself. But we think it might have been more productive if he had saved the water to rinse the noodles off of his body.

The police characterized the women as “extremely agitated,” “uncooperative,” and “verbally abusive toward officers,” according to the article. The women, Kenyana McQuay and Waltia Funches, ages 27 and 28 respectively, were both summoned to Roxbury District Court on assault and battery charges.

The take-home lessons here are clear. Hold the elevator door for people, keep your anger in check, and don’t waste leftovers in petty squabbles. It’s little considerations like these that can keep you out of court and your clothes pasta-free.

Photo by Kane Hsieh/The Harvard Crimson.