Habitrails for humans....

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

As I was walking down to the cafeteria to grab something for breakfast this morning, I realized that this medical center is one HUGE habitrail for humans....

For the uninitiated, a habitrail is a maze of corridors that you can buy for small, rodent pets.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitrail

The only difference is that the corridors *should* allow 2 parties to pass each other, provided each party remains on the side of the corridor. But this being a medical center, you get a certain group of people who feel that they're entitled to walk 2-3 abreast and chat with each other, ignoring anyone coming in the following direction. It happens outside, on the sidewalks too, but in corridors, there's no place to go but plaster yourself up against the wall to let them pass.

Thus starts my game of corridor chicken. I do not move....period. I stay in my 'lane' and either force them to move onto the other side of the corridor, or bump into me. This actually was more fun on crutches, where I did take up more of my side of the corridor. For someone to get around me and avoid tripping over my crutches, they had to move back. Now, they only fall back or shift over a little.

I'm so easily amused......

[Bluerobin]

Mich, I used to do the same when I worked and ran into these idiots (literally). Being large, I usually came out better then they did. What used to tick me off were the lunch time walkers, on a rainy day. Hey folks, this ain't the parking lot and no, you can't walk 3 abreast.

[pig]

Treat TD like a rat. Put some bacon at the end of the maze and see how long it takes him to get to the other side. My money is on the rat.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I've gone through the same thing, no matter where I've worked. They should just paint a white stripe down the middle of the hallways and make people stay to the right (like driving). This idea would be even more useful in grocery stores where aisle-hogging is even worse.

[Mad Dawg Wiccan]

[Befferz]

Yep, we have the skyway system here, connecting buildings at the second floor level. People are the same here, totally oblivious to the people behind them, or coming towards them, who actually need to get somewhere. Just because you're not in a hurry to get to work doesn't mean I'm not. (Ok, I'm probably not, but maybe I'm in a hurry to get AWAY from work. )

I noticed yesterday that it seems like the more people there are in a group, the slower they go. I was walking behind 2 people who were going just a little slower than I wanted to, but there wasn't room to get around them. We quickly caught up to a group of 3 who were going even slower. I think a group of 5 or 6 would end up just standing there.

[swamp]

Apr 20, 2011 6:54:35 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

The only difference is that the corridors *should* allow 2 parties to pass each other, provided each party remains on the side of the corridor. But this being a medical center, you get a certain group of people who feel that they're entitled to walk 2-3 abreast and chat with each other, ignoring anyone coming in the following direction.

Lemme guess, the worst offenders have M.D. or D.O. after their names?

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Lemme guess, the worst offenders have M.D. or D.O. after their names?

Ding, ding! We have a winner, folks!

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[size=2][font=Verdana][font=Verdana][i]Thus starts my game of corridor chicken. I do not move....period. I stay in my 'lane' and either force them to move onto the other side of the corridor, or bump into me. This actually was more fun on crutches, where I did take up more of my side of the corridor. For someone to get around me and avoid tripping over my crutches, they had to move back. Now, they only fall back or shift over a little.

[/i][/font][/font][/size]This also happened to me when I was an older student in college. The college kids seemed to think that they were the center of the universe and that it was OK for others to step off the sidewalk so as not to break up their pack. I got ornery about it and started holding my ground on the sidewalk. A few collisions, but I felt better.

[973beachbum]

As I was walking down to the cafeteria to grab something for breakfast this morning, I realized that this medical center is one HUGE habitrail for humans....

I wish I had a habitrail for humans. This sounds like fun to me.

[DebMD (banned)]

MD's? DO's? And what about those Phd's?

Mich

How much longer? What's left to be done?

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I wish I had a habitrail for humans. This sounds like fun to me

This human habitrail's pretty livable:

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

I hope they have air holes in that