M is for Move

I walk at a decent pace. I'm no Usain bolt or anything, but I move adequately. Sometimes, I'm one of those people you see at the shopping centres, ducking and weaving through the slow-moving plebians. I'm not really in a rush, I just don't like to move slowly.

I got stuck behind a group of people the other day, and it was such a slow procession I felt the glaciers were moving faster than I was.

I get tense, you see. I can't help it. If I'm on a rhythm, and I'm moving and then all of a sudden some heffalump moves infront of me, the change of pace is near catastrophic. I don't quite know how to get by though. Sometimes it's an absolute struggle.

You wait for a gap, and try to dart in between. Or you get closer and closer, hoping they will sense you right behind them and just move to let you pass. Or, you pick up speed, keep your head down, utter a quick 'excuse me' and head for the finish line, but almost always you feel like it could have been done better. My question is, what is better?

Could I just say 'please move, you're too slow?' - didn't think so. People would get offended. And you can't knock them to the side and push through, nor can you take a walking stick or other implement and deliver some well placed whacks. In fact, I think the only option here, other than my three established methods is to have a siren, and to play it as I approach the blockage. Perhaps, the crowds will part and I will make it to the other side totally unimpeded. Not particularly likely, but a girl can dream.

Anyway, I'm off to the supermarket, so don't be surprised if you hear the sirens.

Jessenia xoxo