Ambulatum Interruptus
I think I’d make a good New Yorker – at least when it comes to walking. A while back I posted a little rant on how people don’t seem to know how to use the roads properly (or at least considerately). Now the NY Times treads the same path.
Think You Own the Sidewalk?
Marc Santora, New York TimesOn the sidewalks of New York there are jaywalkers, baby walkers, dog walkers, night walkers, cellphone talker-walkers, slow walkers, fast walkers, group walkers, drunken walkers, walkers with walkers and, of course, tourist walkers.
Unfortunately, all of these walkers are walking into one another.
“People no longer know how to walk on the sidewalk,” said John Kalish, a television producer in Manhattan. “There was a time that any real New Yorker had a built-in sonar in terms of walking down the sidewalk, even a crowded one, and never bumping into someone. Now — forget it.”
The article mentions 7 rules for making the sidewalks better:
- Stay to the right
- Don’t be a sudden stopper
- When walking with friends, don’t crowd every lane of the sidewalk
- Keep it moving
- Don’t be a heel stepper
- Get off the phone [damned straight!]
- Keep Fido on a tight leash
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Posted to General Rants • 2002.07.17 (Wed) • 08:19
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