Cut the Crap #6 - Walking on the Right Side

I've had a lot of requests to get this issue out in the open, and I couldn't agree more.  I guarantee all of you had experienced this grotesquely annoying problem:

Move to the right damnit!

You're walking around campus, maybe jamming out to some quality music, and then someone starts walking directly towards you from the other direction.  Now, being an intelligent and level-headed person, you are walking (correctly) on the right side of the path.  But this guy just comes strolling along at the speed of a hyena with no signs of moving to the other side.  Then comes the awkward moment when he finally sees you and he does this sort of awkward indecisive shuffle with his feet, and you barely avoid a full-fledged tackle in the middle of the pathway.

What is it with these people?  Is it not Walking 101 to always walk on the right side of a pathway/sidewalk?  And don't even get me started on the people who decide to use the left door when the right door is perfectly available to pass through.  It just screws up the entire system until someone comes along with enough stones to end the chaos and open that damned right door.

Cut the crap, uneducated and absent-minded people.



-Major

The "Holding the Door" Problem

Everyone knows this feeling.  You're walking into a building and you open the door, but you see someone on their way towards the door also.  But when they're not immediately behind you, what do you freaking do?  Do you wait the few seconds until they reach the door?  Or do you just walk right on in, pretending you didn't see them behind you?  It's a tough and awkward situation.

Is there some sort of distance requirement?  "If the person is 10 feet or less away from the door, you must wait and hold it for them."  How far is 10 feet anyways?  What if they're 10.5 feet away?  Do you just screw 'em over and keep on walking so the door closes by the time they get there?

On the other side though, it's freaking weird when someone holds the door for me when I'm still a good distance away.  I mean, am I expected to quicken my pace to get to the door faster?  It's so friggin uncomfortable.

In situations like this, don't stress about it.  If you end up seeming like a dick, forget it.  Let them open the damn door.  This is Massachusetts, people.  We don't expect courteousness and we don't dish it out.

- Major