Ambulation

I saw something on the street today that made me stop and wonder.

Ever find yourself walking in one direction, then suddenly realize you should be going in the opposite direction, but you are too chicken-shit to pull a 180 degree turn in front of passersby? The idea is that you don't want people who see you doing this to think that you're crazy. I often get this feeling.

Whenever this happens to me, I walk while tracing out the path of a giant square/circle, depending on how lazy I feel, and coolly change direction as I blend in with the surrounding crowd. To my knowledge, no one notices my clever trick.

Today however, I saw a fellow walking towards me who stopped abruptly, who then turned around and started walking in the other direction.

I thought to myself, "Hey wait a minute, that guy's not crazy.. He was just walking the wrong way. And now he's not.. Good for you buddy!"

So from now on I'm going to start changing direction wherever and whenever I feel like it, if going the wrong way down a busy sidewalk.