What is the name of that little dance that people do when they approach somebody and each person goes the same way to try to go around? Should you bear left or right in this situation?
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I heard it is the same as when you are driving; you have to always go to your right. If both person A and person B turn to their individual right, then you should not bump into each other.
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A number of names have been suggested for this including my favorites "shuggleftulation", "faux-pas de deux" and "doing the concrete quadrille". Cecil Adams of "The Straight Dope" has addressed this vitally important question here: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_241.html
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How about the 'pedestrian shuffle?' And I agree with bearing right (or left, if that's the way you drive where you live.)
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Pedestrian traffic is meant to follow the same rules as vehicular traffic. Where I live I think the object of the game is to ram as many people as possible, extra points if you knock them to the ground.
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Neither. Stand perfectly still on the right side of the walkway and wait for them to figure it out.
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Knock them down and KICK them for being such idiots!
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I call it the "two step tango"... I try to stay to the right but sometimes it just doesn't work. Normally, this results in a near collision with the person and "excuse me", "i'm sorry", "pardon me" and a giggle.
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The hallway waltz.
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Right side if it's opposite direction. I go first, if it's perpendicular. . I just go forward with constant speed without changing direction. Most people just move out of the way or let You pass, if You don't hesitate. . If someone is frail (like a woman, child or old) and persistently incompetent in path-finding I might slow down or stop, not to hurt this person.
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I don't know what it's called, but this is how you can avoid situations like that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx3m4e45bTo Jack
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I'll call it "the ego battle", the two people will see which one moves to one side and stays there, first. Whichever one stays put is the lesser man.
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Don't know what it's called, but I freeze like a deer in headlights. Some Freudian psychologist claims it's a sexual thing--a variation on our primeval mating dance. But of course EVERYthing has to do with sex, according to some...
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