{"id":2622,"date":"2016-02-01T12:04:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/?p=2622"},"modified":"2016-02-01T12:04:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:04:43","slug":"a-guide-to-not-being-a-sidewalk-jerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-not-being-a-sidewalk-jerk\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to not being a sidewalk jerk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends.<\/p>\n<p>It has become apparent that you are all terrible at being pedestrians. I feel confident saying that despite some good eggs and battle-tested walkers such as New Yorkers, most Americans are obliviously selfish, inconsiderate users of sidewalk space. It&#8217;s true even in a city like mine, where a large chunk of people commute on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it&#8217;s because cars are the default mode of transportation in this country, and once on foot outside a car, people view everything as some kind of personal leisure space, not a system that still requires a certain amount of order, competition, and cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the cause, the point is, my friends, that you are always getting in the damn way of other people who are trying to get places. I know you don&#8217;t mean to, but you do.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m here to help. Here, using some handy diagrams, is a short guide to not being a jerk and getting the hell out of the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidewalkguide.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2645\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2490\" height=\"1650\" src=\"http:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidewalkguide.png\" alt=\"Guide to Not Being a Sidewalk Jerk\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2645\" style=\"max-width:100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidewalkguide.png 2490w, https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidewalkguide-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidewalkguide-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidewalkguide-1024x679.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2490px) 100vw, 2490px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re welcome. Now get out of the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends. It has become apparent that you are all terrible at being pedestrians. I feel confident saying that despite some good eggs and battle-tested walkers such as New Yorkers, most Americans are obliviously selfish, inconsiderate users of sidewalk space. It&#8217;s true even in a city like mine, where a large chunk of people commute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647,"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622\/revisions\/2647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andywoodruff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}