I'm pushing something down the hall and there's a couple of people having a conversation. Like all good SC's, rather than doing so off to the side or in a room, they're right in the middle of the hallway. I say excuse me and two of them move but the third stands there.
I'm no mind reader, but by the way she was moving her head, smelling the fart, I'm sure the thought process went like this: "a voice came from behind me, my friends moved shortly after hearing that voice, am I hearing those voices again?, no it can't be just in my head because they reacted as well, okay, what do I do now.... ... ... .... I know, let me look in the direction of that voice". It took her literally 30 seconds of thought to look at me, and now she has no idea what to do.
I repeat, "excuse me please" and give a little wave to aid her in the desired movement. Once again she begins smelling the fart and moves on to math problems: "man pushing large piece of furniture in my direction, hope he doesn't hit me... ... ... good he stop, what I do now ... ... ... ... he said 'excuse me' ... ... ... excuse me? ... excuse me? ... ... ... ... could it be that he wants me to get out of the way .... ... ... yes that's it.... .... I'm so smart. Oh wait, what direction should I move? he waved to the left but he used his right hand and his left is my right which means his right is my left, which way is my left ... ... ... why is he banging his head on the furniture, doesn't that hurt?" This went on for over 30 seconds and I'm sure it would still be going on indefinately if one of her friends didn't pull her out of the way finally letting me pass.
SC's are drawn to the middle of hallways like flies to crap. You get the occasional snob who think that an inch is all you need to get through. They usually clue in once the furniture stops two inches away from them. This one however was simply too slow to process the information, she clearly had the capacity to take in all the factors, but could not put it all together to reach the conclusion that I wanted her to move.
BTW, smelling the fart and math problems are terms from Joey on Friends
I'm no mind reader, but by the way she was moving her head, smelling the fart, I'm sure the thought process went like this: "a voice came from behind me, my friends moved shortly after hearing that voice, am I hearing those voices again?, no it can't be just in my head because they reacted as well, okay, what do I do now.... ... ... .... I know, let me look in the direction of that voice". It took her literally 30 seconds of thought to look at me, and now she has no idea what to do.
I repeat, "excuse me please" and give a little wave to aid her in the desired movement. Once again she begins smelling the fart and moves on to math problems: "man pushing large piece of furniture in my direction, hope he doesn't hit me... ... ... good he stop, what I do now ... ... ... ... he said 'excuse me' ... ... ... excuse me? ... excuse me? ... ... ... ... could it be that he wants me to get out of the way .... ... ... yes that's it.... .... I'm so smart. Oh wait, what direction should I move? he waved to the left but he used his right hand and his left is my right which means his right is my left, which way is my left ... ... ... why is he banging his head on the furniture, doesn't that hurt?" This went on for over 30 seconds and I'm sure it would still be going on indefinately if one of her friends didn't pull her out of the way finally letting me pass.
SC's are drawn to the middle of hallways like flies to crap. You get the occasional snob who think that an inch is all you need to get through. They usually clue in once the furniture stops two inches away from them. This one however was simply too slow to process the information, she clearly had the capacity to take in all the factors, but could not put it all together to reach the conclusion that I wanted her to move.
BTW, smelling the fart and math problems are terms from Joey on Friends
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