....Sidewalk Hog? Have you completely forgotten sidewalk etiquette? Is this you:
1. You walk side by side with your friend/wife/husband/boss/co-worker/sister/whoever, and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
2. You have a HUGE baby carriage and perhaps a dog and you walk down the middle of the sidewalk. When you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
3. You ride your bike on the sidewalk (why, oh, why are you riding your bike on the sidewalk?! If you can't ride on the street, you shouldn't have a bike!), and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you make them pass you on the grass?
4. You and your friend walk two abreast with your baby carriages and perhaps your dogs, and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
5. You set your kids' playthings up on the sidewalk, taking up all of the pavement, and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
6. You decide to grill and invite the neighbors, setting your tables and grills and whatnot up on the sidewalk, and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
7. You walk down the sidewalk with your face in your phone, completely forgetting that the real world is actually going on all around you, and because you're so engrossed in what someone's eating on their newest post on Facebook, you don't see someone coming from the opposite direction and make the person pass you on the grass?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you are a Sidewalk Hog! MOVE OVER when someone is coming up the sidewalk from the opposite direction! I mean, really, people, how difficult is that?! The sidewalk is the last bastion of walking, which I do a LOT, and I've encountered such incredibly rude people over the years, and I'm sorry to say that people are becoming even more rude. And they look at me like there's something wrong with me. Seriously....I've had enough. The sidewalk belongs to all of us! Share it! Thank you.
1. You walk side by side with your friend/wife/husband/boss/co-worker/sister/whoever, and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
2. You have a HUGE baby carriage and perhaps a dog and you walk down the middle of the sidewalk. When you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
3. You ride your bike on the sidewalk (why, oh, why are you riding your bike on the sidewalk?! If you can't ride on the street, you shouldn't have a bike!), and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you make them pass you on the grass?
4. You and your friend walk two abreast with your baby carriages and perhaps your dogs, and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
5. You set your kids' playthings up on the sidewalk, taking up all of the pavement, and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
6. You decide to grill and invite the neighbors, setting your tables and grills and whatnot up on the sidewalk, and when you see someone coming from the opposite direction, you don't budge and make the person pass you on the grass?
7. You walk down the sidewalk with your face in your phone, completely forgetting that the real world is actually going on all around you, and because you're so engrossed in what someone's eating on their newest post on Facebook, you don't see someone coming from the opposite direction and make the person pass you on the grass?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you are a Sidewalk Hog! MOVE OVER when someone is coming up the sidewalk from the opposite direction! I mean, really, people, how difficult is that?! The sidewalk is the last bastion of walking, which I do a LOT, and I've encountered such incredibly rude people over the years, and I'm sorry to say that people are becoming even more rude. And they look at me like there's something wrong with me. Seriously....I've had enough. The sidewalk belongs to all of us! Share it! Thank you.