The question for today is a little odd.
I was going for a walk and a couple people who were walking kept walking so slow in front of me and there was no room for me to walk around. I tried to walk around them but they kept taking up the whole entire sidewalk with walking in the middle. I even said: “Excuse me, could I please get through?” Then the person just looked at me funny and acted like I was crazy for asking. The guy who was with her said: “You need to learn to wait. She is walking as fast as she can!” Then I argued: “That’s not the point. The point is you guys are hogging up the entire sidewalk when you have room on the other side to stay to the right when people are trying to pass!” Were they rude or was I being rude?
My first instinct is to simply move around them if there’s a problem. Go in the street or grass area. I mean, that’s what I would do. But, I’ll play along with your question.
This is really interesting because I never heard of this happening. Like I said, you would walk around via outside of the sidewalk. But, I like what you said when asking to get through. Problem is, I wonder about the tone of voice. If you sounded harsh, you may have escalated the situation. So then, you were being rude.
