When passing another pedestrian on the sidewalk who is walking/shuffling/crawling slower than you are, no matter which side you try to pass on, the person will unknowingly drift to that side as you approach, forcing you to:

a) stop short and pass on the OTHER side or
b) be driven right off the sidewalk and onto the grass/dirt/gravel/busy street as you stubbornly pass on the side you intended.

chumpchange wrote:When passing another pedestrian on the sidewalk who is walking/shuffling/crawling slower than you are, no matter which side you try to pass on, the person will unknowingly drift to that side as you approach, forcing you to:

a) stop short and pass on the OTHER side or
b) be driven right off the sidewalk and onto the grass/dirt/gravel/busy street as you stubbornly pass on the side you intended.

It's a Vancouver thing, apparently. I was taking the bus to work every morning and this old guy always got off at the same stop as me. He uses his umbrella for a cane and swings it all over the place, so passing him was rather perilous . I finally figured out that he always veres to the left, so I would just scoot around the other side. The problem is that the guy hobbles pretty fast so, if you don't go at at least jogging speed, he'll catch up to you and you're right back where you started.

m.koren wrote: The problem is that the guy hobbles pretty fast so, if you don't go at at least jogging speed, he'll catch up to you and you're right back where you started.

Just like the slasher villian who just shambles along on two bum legs, yet still manages to catch up to the people sprinting away from him.

lemur68 wrote:

m.koren wrote: The problem is that the guy hobbles pretty fast so, if you don't go at at least jogging speed, he'll catch up to you and you're right back where you started.

Just like the slasher villian who just shambles along on two bum legs, yet still manages to catch up to the people sprinting away from him.

Makes me think of Scooby Doo... without the Scooby Snacks.

overcast days take forever to pass.

Little Atlas Heavyweight wrote:overcast days take forever to pass.

Currently touring with Bright Eyes.

lemur68 wrote:

Little Atlas Heavyweight wrote:overcast days take forever to pass.

Currently touring with Bright Eyes.

BRILLIANCE!!!

Nothing passes as slowly as the days at your job between when you give your notice and your last day, when you just don't give a fuck any more.

I'm sure we could all post the old chestnut of people coming toward each other and both doing a little dance to avoid each other, blocking each others way every time.

But once I was in Tenerife and did this with an old man who turned out to be English. He explained to me that as we drive on the left we're inclined to walk on the left but as the Spanish drive on the right, they're inclined to walk on the right.

So now whenever I'm in public, especially walking up steps, I keep to the left.

No one obeys this rule. This silly old man made it up to keep me bumping into strangers for the rest of my life!

tbone wrote:Nothing passes as slowly as the days at your job between when you give your notice and your last day, when you just don't give a fuck any more.

I just went through my last two weeks of work, and I have to disagree. You can use that remaining time to have some fun on the job without really worrying about the consequences, and enthusiasm picks up when you can see the end in sight. Also, if you had any problems with coworkers, both sides can now rejoice.