There’s an order to things. From getting dressed to getting through life on a daily basis. Think about it!! Seriously, everything has a certain order…cooking – there’s directions and ingredients that go into things a certain way or getting dressed – you’d have a tough time putting on the underwear AFTER your pants.
There’s just a natural order to things.
One of the things I find people do that has a natural order – ENTERING/EXITING A BUILDING….seriously…hear me out! We are taught from an early age, walk to the right. Keep to the right. How many times have you been walking through the mall and notice the majority of folks walking to the right…then suddenly, there’s a small group of people walking towards you?? It causes major bottle necking and unnecessary weaving to avoid those people…because 9 times out of 10, THEY WILL NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO AVOID HITTING YOU. Maybe they don’t know their right from left…(insert a visual here for those folks – hold your hands out, pointer finger out, thumbs out…all other fingers tucked-the one that looks like a “L” is your LEFT!!) When you approach someone and you find yourself “dancing” it’s because they don’t realize….as soon as you find yourself in that position, you are suppose to IMMEDIATELY take to the RIGHT….you only find yourself “dancing” because there’s an idiot among you that tried to go LEFT. Pay close attention next time you find yourself asking a stranger, “wanna dance?”.
Anyway…now those same people are the ones that will approach an entrance…to your left. You are approaching the entrance from INSIDE the establishment…on the RIGHT as you are suppose to do. As you reach for the door handle…they STOP!!! YES…they stop!!! You continue through the door ON THE RIGHT and they attempt to squeeze by you JUST as you open the door.
SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!
Warning to you now!!
DO NOT DO THAT TO ME!!!
I will stop and I will make sure you realize that you are in the wrong! I’ve been known to stop and tell little ole women, “that door works”. Just the other day, my daughter and I were leaving the mall. We reach the door just as I notice a BIG group of people reaching the entrance from outside (I ALWAYS look – gotta prepare myself for their stupidity). THEY ALL STOP!!!!!! My daughter opens the door and proceeds to exit…I am close by and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE IDIOTS attempt to squeeze in the door she has just opened!! I STOPPED DEAD IN MY TRACKS and loudly announced, “those doors work, we are not here to serve you, open the door yourself”. To which I was looked upon with complete puzzled faces and a low mutter, “she’s rude” – NO, I AM NOT RUDE…you are!!!!
Come on people, seriously!! IF the door was broken or locked, like a lot of establishments like to do, I would totally understand you waiting – but WAIT until we are out first!!!! Don’t try to squeeze in the same doorway I am walking my fat butt out of…yes, I’m fat…so is half of the American population…if I wanted to get my fat butt stuck in a door, I can do that myself. Skinny or fat does not really matter, but the idea here is common sense. We drive on the RIGHT and we should walk on the RIGHT side too!!!
KEEP TO TO THE RIGHT – IT’S THE NATURAL ORDER!!!!!
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