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when one encounters a person riding a bike on a sidewalk, one:
- shuffles awkwardly and hope the person finds a way through your awkward shuffling.
- stops and waits awkwardly along the side of the sidewalk.
- bike? what bike? I didn't even notice it, though it was right in front of me, and the person almost fell off because of my obliviousness.
- blocks the sidewalk with two of one's closest friends, and proceeds to lecture the person on proper bike usage.
the last is slightly more infuriating when the people blocking your way are three rich, old, white women, who proceed to not only lecture you on riding your bike on the sidewalk, but also examine your brakes, because you wouldn't dare to get within 20 feet of them if your brakes were functional, and examine your iPod, because you must not be able to tell that they're trying to talk to them, and you wouldn't dare to ignore them and not show them proper respect if you knew they were trying to lecture you.
please, I'd prefer you not touch me, you senile snobs.
though I think the rich, old, white women were most pissed that I almost messed up one of their expensive toenail jobs.
- shuffles awkwardly and hope the person finds a way through your awkward shuffling.
- stops and waits awkwardly along the side of the sidewalk.
- bike? what bike? I didn't even notice it, though it was right in front of me, and the person almost fell off because of my obliviousness.
- blocks the sidewalk with two of one's closest friends, and proceeds to lecture the person on proper bike usage.
the last is slightly more infuriating when the people blocking your way are three rich, old, white women, who proceed to not only lecture you on riding your bike on the sidewalk, but also examine your brakes, because you wouldn't dare to get within 20 feet of them if your brakes were functional, and examine your iPod, because you must not be able to tell that they're trying to talk to them, and you wouldn't dare to ignore them and not show them proper respect if you knew they were trying to lecture you.
please, I'd prefer you not touch me, you senile snobs.
though I think the rich, old, white women were most pissed that I almost messed up one of their expensive toenail jobs.