Don Mathis (tdm@akguc.att.com) writes:
> One would think that in England they probably walk on the left of Halls,
> stairs, and aisles. WRONG... I could find no pattern at all. I would say
> they meander randomly. Going through a department store was a trip because
> I would seem to be continuously saying, "Excuse me!"
mmm... I have to disagree with you there, at least for outside sidewalks.
Their department stores have the same getting-around problems as ours, what
with nitwits in front of you who get off the escalator and stop, stuff like
that, but I noticed that they walk on the left in two-way pedestrian flow.
Once I remembered which side to walk on, the only people I bumped into were
Americans.
-- Andy
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