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In London they drive on the left, but from my experience, and from what I've read using google (because I was so curious about it), Londoners refuse to follow any "rules" about which side to walk on. I'll tell you, it feels very chaotic to me walking around London.
But in the US, most people that I encounter seem to understand the "walk on the right" protocol.
What does irk me though is when I'm walking down a sidewalk, and I encounter a group of three or four abreast, coming straight at me. I usually just stop and stare them down, but it's as if they expect me to step OFF of the sidewalk to accommodate them.
I don't think people are teaching their kids how to walk properly in public.
I was in a hardware store yesterday - it was very busy - and people kept running into me.
Most of them were just darting from here to there, without looking - some were on the "wrong side" of the aisle - were walking on the left of the aisle.
My mother taught me at a young age to always walk on the right side of the sidewalk/aisle . . . if everyone does that, then you don't run into each other. I don't think parents are teaching their kids this important "skill" these days.
I believe they were collecting supplies to upgrade their mailbox.
When everything annoys me, I figure I've got to be the problem.
What amazes me about Oriental people is how they dart around in crowds. We were in a MLS that had many Chinese from the US and Canada. Getting caught in a crowd of them at convention was truly a walk on the wild side.
The man is supposed to walk next to the curb. This came to be back when people drove horse drawn carriages and ladies' gowns could be splashed by passing carriages. This still holds true in the age of cars.
Walk on the right, stand on escalator on the right so people can pass on the left. Don't stop dead in the middle of the sidewalk or at the top of stairs.
I have more of an issue with people that don't know how to use people-movers in airports. If you aren't going to walk, you stand on the right so people can get around you. If you are walking, walk on the right unless you need to walk around a person. Then walk on the left. Pretty annoying experience last week when a group of 3 standers were blocking the entire mover while they chatted. There were about 10 of us behind them wanting to walk around. They were oblivious.
My kids learned this at a very young age at O'Hare.
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Seriously?
