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Old 10-31-2010, 08:07 AM
 
Location: East Chicago, IN
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This bugs me to no end. If you're of the tourist variety, whatever, I get that. But in the morning or late evening people are in a mad rush, and it's an unwritten rule that the right side of the walk is where you traverse, man. Quit causing all this confusion.
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Old 10-31-2010, 08:43 AM
 
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I was more annoyed by the idiots taking pictures or just plain gawking up at skyscrapers. Some yokel from California is all it takes to make you late for a bus.
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Old 10-31-2010, 08:47 AM
 
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I don't like this either. Usually, I just keep walking and don't move, unless said person is in lala land.
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Old 10-31-2010, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Lake View Chicago
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Yep, this drives me crazy. I work downtown, and heaven forbid I have to walk down Michigan Avenue. Ugh. So how about the families of five or six people that decide to walk abreast and take up the whole sidewalk? I think I hate them more than the people walking on the wrong side of the sidewalk.
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Old 10-31-2010, 09:50 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Waah waah
Crybabys
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Old 10-31-2010, 09:53 AM
 
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The problem is even worse for me because I always continue walking on escalators or moving walkways.
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Old 10-31-2010, 09:57 AM
 
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And then when they just stop? Argh!
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Old 10-31-2010, 01:56 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Originally Posted by tb4000 View Post
This bugs me to no end. If you're of the tourist variety, whatever, I get that. But in the morning or late evening people are in a mad rush, and it's an unwritten rule that the right side of the walk is where you traverse, man. Quit causing all this confusion.
Do you like getting hit by a door when walking down the street or barreled into when leaving a building by someone walking down the street?

Clearly you have not spent much time downtown in your life.
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Old 10-31-2010, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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...people walking on the wrong side of the sidewalk.
It is not the wrong side of the sidewalk in a major city with lots of pedestrian traffic. See above post.
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Old 10-31-2010, 08:40 PM
 
Location: East Chicago, IN
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Do you like getting hit by a door when walking down the street or barreled into when leaving a building by someone walking down the street?

Clearly you have not spent much time downtown in your life.

I've worked in the loop since 2005, otherwise this would not bug me as it does. It's common sense, man.
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