tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post8281097263169277441..comments2024-03-29T07:31:49.016+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: stoppers, close-callers, off-cutters, and U-turners: the hazards of walking in KoreaKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-52658275391672111742014-10-27T13:25:57.547+09:002014-10-27T13:25:57.547+09:00There is a particularly loathsome form of stopper ...There is a particularly loathsome form of stopper that deserves highlighting, namely the person that stops right at the top or bottom of an escalator while they decide whether to go left, right or on to the next escalator. Meanwhile people start to pile up behind them...<br /><br />A special shout-out should also go to drifters. These are the people that take one step to the side for every three forward so that you start to overtake them on the right but end up having to switch to overtaking on the left lest you be cut-off. Also those idiots who park their shopping trolleys perpendicular to the flow of traffic in a supermarket or right in front of the tasting stations so that all traffic gets choked.daeguowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03265027333985937239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-63785649475612977182014-10-26T14:23:54.967+09:002014-10-26T14:23:54.967+09:00Charles,
Ha ha—true enough! I don't get many...Charles,<br /><br />Ha ha—true enough! I don't get many kamikazes, though, in my own daily travels. They're sort of like the mad offspring of Off-cutters and Close-callers.<br /><br />I thought of yet another category: The Bulldozer, i.e., the person who walks straight toward you with no intention of yielding the path to you, thus forcing you to yield the path to him. I find these people most obnoxious when I'm all the way over to the right of the path. I can't dodge any farther to the right, so from my perspective, it's up to the oncoming person to dodge out of <i>my</i> way (우측보행!). The Bulldozer often seems aware of this fact, but just doesn't give a shit and keeps on coming.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-31461062466793036922014-10-26T11:31:26.387+09:002014-10-26T11:31:26.387+09:00What about the kamikaze, the insane cousin of the ...What about the kamikaze, the insane cousin of the close-caller, i.e., those who will walk right into you because they're not looking where they're going.<br /><br />I don't really think about these too much, though, to be honest. I guess I've become very adept at navigating foot traffic here.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-67435599535379574322014-10-26T02:08:47.254+09:002014-10-26T02:08:47.254+09:00John,
The lack of consideration is, sometimes, so...John,<br /><br />The lack of consideration is, sometimes, so astonishing as to be almost funny.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-16740958841603456382014-10-26T01:39:41.469+09:002014-10-26T01:39:41.469+09:00It's the Phalanx that makes me want to scream ...It's the Phalanx that makes me want to scream the most. The Stopper is a close second. Johnhttp://www.mccrarey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-11846833127669806092014-10-25T22:37:32.752+09:002014-10-25T22:37:32.752+09:00Inevitably, commenters will want to add to the abo...Inevitably, commenters will want to add to the above typology. <i>Bring it,</i> I say! I've already thought of a sixth type, not mentioned above: <b>The Corner-rounder</b>, i.e., a person who rounds the corner just as you're rounding the same corner. But the reason I don't think the Corner-rounder deserves a spot on the typology is that I can't attribute his actions to either maliciousness or stupidity. Corner-rounding coincidences are pancultural; they might be annoying, but there's no way to plan for them, and no way to say, "This was preventable."Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com