Friday, April 17, 2009
Crosswalks
Have you ever gotten annoyed because someone approached the crosswalk where you were already standing and pressed the button? Seriously?! Did you think I was just standing here hoping the sign would magically change? Of course I pushed the button! Well… I promise never to get annoyed about that again. A few days ago, I approached a busy crosswalk right before the light was supposed to turn green. When I say busy, I mean there were at least 10 people on each side of the street waiting to cross. I got there just as the light should have turned green (I cross there often and know the pattern), but…it didn't. Our turn came and went. Out of 20 people, not even one of them bothered to push the button. Not one! Wanna know something else? That's not the first time that has happened...and, believe me, it's not the second either. That has happened three—count that: 3!—times in the four short months I've been here. That's San Marcos for ya.
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Thanks for the hair compliment! This post is funny. I usually will push the button after assessing the other walkers if they look casual or clueless or no where near the button. And it does bother me if people after me push it because I don't usually fit the aforementioned profiles. But if there are lots of people there I too would have assumed someone would have pressed it!
It bothers me when someone comes and pushes it over and over and over again. It isn't going to turn to walk faster people. Once is enough.
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