Dawson, Michael wrote: > I'm walking down a sidewalk that is wide enough for two people. Ahead > of me are two students walking toward me, side-by-side. Neither of them > bother to step off the sidewalk, nor does either of them bother to stand > behind the other until we pass each other.
I've seen the same. I think one factor is that there's so much attention paid to internal group dynamics, that they can't really "see" much outside the group. > Of course, being the gentleman I am, I will usually step off the > sidewalk and let the assholes pass me. However, those days are about to > end. Anymore, if I sense that they are assholes and don't intend on > letting me pass w/o stepping off the sidewalk, I will stop in my tracks, > forcing one of them to make a conscious decision to walk around me. Sometimes I stop, with hand motions indicating I'm not sure if they'll be moving to the left or right. Another tactic I've been using lately, with very good success, is to take a considerate position on the sidewalk, not look any of the oncoming phalanx in the eye, and just raise my hands, in either surrender or bendiction. It's not threatening, but it tends to register on the group mind. If I'm coming up from behind them, then singing helps clue them in that they might find it, uh, useful an' stuff to look around while spread out across the sidewalk's width... the first few bars of "Oklahoma" is a little too dramatic, but there's lots of tunes which seem friendly and eccentric enough while still bringing them back closer to reality..... jd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190303 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
