Life Needs A Rewind Button
I was walking back from class today and this funny thing happened. One of the sidewalks I take back here is pretty small. You could pretty easily fit two people on it, but three is pushing it. Basically, I was walking about 10 feet behind this guy who was coming up to two girls walking his direction. They were walking side by side and so were taking up the whole sidewalk.
Well, when this kid gets to them, it was obvious they were expecting him to walk off the sidewalk so both parties could pass, but he didn’t. He just walked straight and basically smashed into one of the girls. She tumbled over and they both started screaming at him. They were yelling stuff like, “Don’t you look where you’re going?”, “What’s wrong with you?”, etc.
What made it the most funny to me was that he basically didn’t raise an eyebrow. As calmly as could be he explained, “Yes, I saw exactly where I was going. However, I feel I’m as entitled–if not more so–to this half of the sidewalk as you are. You obviously weren’t going to move so I decided I wouldn’t either. I guess we saw who won that one.” And then he just walked away. The girl he crashed into almost started crying.
Needless to say when I passed them, she moved out of the way. It was great. I wish I could watch it again. The thing is too, I definitely agree with him. I’ve always thought it was ridiculous when people just assume I should be the one to move because they’re talking to a friend. Fuck that, I should get my half of the sidewalk too.
nick said:
May 01, 06 at 5:03 pmLOL…I agree completely Jared!
megan said:
May 01, 06 at 5:06 pmyou know, on are you afraid of the dark, there was a guy who had a remote to rewind and fast forward and pause life. which is pretty cool. but then it broke and he was stuck in some alternate universe. so it has its downsides i suppose.
corinne said:
May 01, 06 at 11:15 pmhaha, i think i remember that one. man, i loved are you afraid of the dark. that was some quality television.