Which side of the road ?
Recent Observation - When walking a 2 km road to your office inside a tech park, if you dont want to be offered lift by friendly people, walk on the right side of the road.
The climate has been good these days and I have given up cursing those who have chosen an office place at the other end of the Bagmane Tech park. One has to walk down atleast 2 kms along with dust and honking vehicles and their impatient drivers. But these days, it has been a pleasant walk except for the ready_to_help colleagues offering to pick you up on their way.
So Monday, I did an experiment and walked on the right side of the road, which is well separated from the left side by shrubs ! So people driving in, would hardly notice the pedestrians on the other side of the road. The only problem here is, all offices are on the right side of the road, so every time, one approaches the gate of a building, one has to pause and look for vehicles turning and making an entry.
So today I tried walking on the left side and as always before, I was offered a lift by a colleague, and this time, it was my ex-business manager. I know , one always has an option to politely refuse a lift. I have frankly told good friends that I prefer to burn down some calories on the way to work, but then I really dont know how to deal with friendly yet not-so-close colleagues. I have seen people getting angry when somebody refused to accept their drive offer, Especially when one stops their vehicle admist other pedestrians only to be told to go ahead ! So every time, I accept an offer, when I sit in, I just remark, that I love to walk when the climate is pleasant, so atleast next time, they would keep in mind before asking me ! Hopefully ! Otherwise its going to be the right side of the road !