This article appears in Nov 20-26, 2008.
Sidewalk Hogs
To all you people waiting for the bus, hanging around outside stores, or otherwise just sitting around enjoying the weather: Please do not stand right in the middle of the sidewalk. There are very few things less frustrating than being in a rush and hav
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you could always just say “excuse me please”would that kill you?
So it’s kindof annoying sometimes. I agree. But seriously. Please find something worthwhile to bitch about. Your life must be so so difficult if you feel the need to bitch about something so insignificant. Don’t think that you’re never accidentally in someone else’s way as well.
I guess I don’t mind this, as long as they are not literally blocking the sidewalk with a mass of people that you’d have to walk into the street to avoid, as I see more often than I’d like. What I don’t like is when people suddenly start backing up or turning to go in a different direction and then bash into you because they couldn’t be bothered to look where they’re going and apparently forgot that the sidewalk is a thoroughfare as well as a place to wait for the bus.