The rest of the population.....
So.......
the funny thing about social etiquette is......it takes two to tango... ( if one of them isn't trying at all, it's just going to be a tang-le )
...you know, it's a busy, busy, world....bunch of people, running around, living their lives. You put a bunch of them all in a couple of square miles...they are going to have to learn to get along somehow.
There are unwritten 'rules of the road' when it comes to city living. It gets to a point where, when people are walking down the sidewalk or in a busy area...without even thinking about it, they sort of 'mesh', meaning, blend together effortlessly in a smooth randomness as they pass by each other busily, somehow without running into each other.
I make an effort, without even realizing it sometimes....BUT I WILL ONLY GO SO FAR.
Lately, I have been intentionally bumping into people. But wait, actually, it's they who are bumping into me, right. Okay fuckers...let's mosh.
This is what I'm talking about: there's a group of two, three, maybe four people walking down the sidewalk, all happy like, and if they are people with half a brain, they realize that when all of them are bunched up and strolling along, that they are sort of taking up the whole sidewalk, and as a proper courtesy, about half of them need to politely GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY of any individuals who may happen to be transiting in the other direction, after all, A SIDEWALK IS BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF A TWO WAY STREET (really?...yes!...okay then)
Well, amazingly...there are a lot of dumb fucks who are too stupid to actually realize this.
Case in point, (and this is actually something I find amusing): today, at the grocery store - three ditzy blondes (attractive, yes, well, at least physically, but without some intellectual substance to back it up, well, it's just all sort of plastic and fake) were walking with one guy...all one happy gaggle...anyways...I'm strollin' over to get some asparagus for my latest gourmet breakfast entree and, well, here's the jist of it...I'm all the way to the RIGHT, just like a vehicle...literally, as far over as I can be...I mean, if I was any more over to the right I would be on the shelf with a price tag on my forehead...so there I am..politely transitting along and going about my business..and this group of retards has plenty of time to do the right thing and get a feel for THE REST OF THE WORLD around them, and now it's their cue to politely COMPRESS their existence into one that isn't oblivious to the fact that there are other people around.....
long story short...this dumb broad, who undeniably sees me walking towards them as they are walking towards me (and, because 'she's so fine', or just an airhead..or both) makes absolutely zero effort to GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY, or should I say, respect my space, considering she and her friends are taking up more than their share.....(now, I'm a gentleman, I'll turn slightly in passing to make room...but there are those occasions where just already being over all the way is all your going to get out of me..I'm not about to spend my life going out of my way for people who aren't willing to do the same while they prance arrogantly through life)...so what happens..? ...bam!...she runs into my stiff shoulder....ha!...and then, a pitiful, sympathy seeking whine emits from that dense skull...'ow!'....oh..boo fuckin' hooo...dumb broad..funniest thing about it is, literally, she is the one who ran into me!....oh, the irony of it is so thick you can snatch it out of the air and make a sandwich with it. Amazing...this happens a lot too...I mean...when I'm in the wrong (and yes, it does happen)....hey, I'm like...whoa...my bad......
........but this broad (and usually all the others as well....guys & dolls alike)...is like all dumbfounded..you can sense the emotion..."that guy bumped into me...what a jerk..how ruuuuuude"...even though it's not me that's doing anything at all even in the slightest bit inconsiderate (unless you think not plastering myself to the wall or just plain jumping out of the way entirely to 'accommodate' the offending party is being inconsiderate).......
anyhoo..never ceases to amaze me....I find it both irritating and yet somehow mildly amusing when considering the sheer stupidity of it all.
In summary:
On a deeper, broader, philosophical level....consider this -
"Instead of cold, calculated, reason, it is passion that may plant the seeds of revenge,".........is there a such thing as pre-meditated revenge?...I mean..planning revenge even before the initial offense has been committed?...it's the scorpion sting...always ready...
and also:
"After squeezing back the intruder, you can't help but notice a smile creep onto your face,"
ya gotta squeeze....it's squeeze or be squeezed, people ! ...(those idiots!)
the funny thing about social etiquette is......it takes two to tango... ( if one of them isn't trying at all, it's just going to be a tang-le )
...you know, it's a busy, busy, world....bunch of people, running around, living their lives. You put a bunch of them all in a couple of square miles...they are going to have to learn to get along somehow.
There are unwritten 'rules of the road' when it comes to city living. It gets to a point where, when people are walking down the sidewalk or in a busy area...without even thinking about it, they sort of 'mesh', meaning, blend together effortlessly in a smooth randomness as they pass by each other busily, somehow without running into each other.
I make an effort, without even realizing it sometimes....BUT I WILL ONLY GO SO FAR.
Lately, I have been intentionally bumping into people. But wait, actually, it's they who are bumping into me, right. Okay fuckers...let's mosh.
This is what I'm talking about: there's a group of two, three, maybe four people walking down the sidewalk, all happy like, and if they are people with half a brain, they realize that when all of them are bunched up and strolling along, that they are sort of taking up the whole sidewalk, and as a proper courtesy, about half of them need to politely GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY of any individuals who may happen to be transiting in the other direction, after all, A SIDEWALK IS BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF A TWO WAY STREET (really?...yes!...okay then)
Well, amazingly...there are a lot of dumb fucks who are too stupid to actually realize this.
Case in point, (and this is actually something I find amusing): today, at the grocery store - three ditzy blondes (attractive, yes, well, at least physically, but without some intellectual substance to back it up, well, it's just all sort of plastic and fake) were walking with one guy...all one happy gaggle...anyways...I'm strollin' over to get some asparagus for my latest gourmet breakfast entree and, well, here's the jist of it...I'm all the way to the RIGHT, just like a vehicle...literally, as far over as I can be...I mean, if I was any more over to the right I would be on the shelf with a price tag on my forehead...so there I am..politely transitting along and going about my business..and this group of retards has plenty of time to do the right thing and get a feel for THE REST OF THE WORLD around them, and now it's their cue to politely COMPRESS their existence into one that isn't oblivious to the fact that there are other people around.....
long story short...this dumb broad, who undeniably sees me walking towards them as they are walking towards me (and, because 'she's so fine', or just an airhead..or both) makes absolutely zero effort to GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY, or should I say, respect my space, considering she and her friends are taking up more than their share.....(now, I'm a gentleman, I'll turn slightly in passing to make room...but there are those occasions where just already being over all the way is all your going to get out of me..I'm not about to spend my life going out of my way for people who aren't willing to do the same while they prance arrogantly through life)...so what happens..? ...bam!...she runs into my stiff shoulder....ha!...and then, a pitiful, sympathy seeking whine emits from that dense skull...'ow!'....oh..boo fuckin' hooo...dumb broad..funniest thing about it is, literally, she is the one who ran into me!....oh, the irony of it is so thick you can snatch it out of the air and make a sandwich with it. Amazing...this happens a lot too...I mean...when I'm in the wrong (and yes, it does happen)....hey, I'm like...whoa...my bad......
........but this broad (and usually all the others as well....guys & dolls alike)...is like all dumbfounded..you can sense the emotion..."that guy bumped into me...what a jerk..how ruuuuuude"...even though it's not me that's doing anything at all even in the slightest bit inconsiderate (unless you think not plastering myself to the wall or just plain jumping out of the way entirely to 'accommodate' the offending party is being inconsiderate).......
anyhoo..never ceases to amaze me....I find it both irritating and yet somehow mildly amusing when considering the sheer stupidity of it all.
In summary:
On a deeper, broader, philosophical level....consider this -
"Instead of cold, calculated, reason, it is passion that may plant the seeds of revenge,".........is there a such thing as pre-meditated revenge?...I mean..planning revenge even before the initial offense has been committed?...it's the scorpion sting...always ready...
and also:
"After squeezing back the intruder, you can't help but notice a smile creep onto your face,"
ya gotta squeeze....it's squeeze or be squeezed, people ! ...(those idiots!)