Common Courtesy #1

Hey look! Another thing I often get on a soap box about: (un)common courtesy. Let's make it another series!

Regardless of what you do for a living, I'm sure you've run into this before. And if you're like me, it takes considerable effort to refrain from excoriating (one of my favorite words, btw...) those individuals that participate in this ridiculous act. Yeah, I'm talking about blocking a hallway.

Whether it be the seemingly harmless mom at Kroger who parks her cart in the exact center of the aisle while shopping approximately a quarter of a mile away, or the retarded people who hold impromptu meetings in the hallway at your workplace, this one really gets on my nerves. And to add insult to injury, it seems that most of the time these people don't care to move out of the way for any reason whatsoever. Or, even worse, when they do, it's this token little shuffle that makes just enough room for the most emaciated anorexic to slide by while scraping the wall.

And I think we all know what goes hand-in-hand with this little shuffle: the look of sheer inconvenience. And nothing puts me in the red like politely pointing out that someone is doing something silly, and being scolded and/or ridiculed for my efforts. (Just to be abundantly clear: yes, I am polite. Nothing like being looked at like a toddler who has just reached into his diaper and pulled out a large turd for simply saying, "Excuse me" because you're taking up the entire hallway.)

News flash: this hallway ain't yours...and it ain't mine either. We have to share it. I'm teaching my 3 year-old what sharing means. I sure as shit don't have time to teach that to a grown adult.

And while we're at it, lest I make another post for basically the same thing, let's go ahead an lump in those people who like to stand just on the other side of a doorway. I don't care what you're doing: checking your phone, having a conversation, smoking a cigarette...move out of the damn way.