Have you ever been walking down the hallway, and suddenly a fellow student wildly walked around you? Have you been walking your normal path, straight through the doorway, and walked directly into a person going the opposite direction? This article will attempt to clarify the ins and outs of how to get around the school to avoid collisions through several scenarios.
Scenario 1: You and your friend are walking down the hallway and want to talk. If you want to do this, you are obligated by school rules to stop or at least slow down. If you walk too fast, you might outrun the sound waves of your friend’s voice, leading to a weird shift of sound that blocks out all volume! Everyone else is required to walk around you.
Scenario 2: You’re walking to your next class and it’s pretty close. You can walk at whatever speed you want; nobody else is affected by your speed. In fact, everyone else will simply accommodate your needs and walk the same speed as you – even the ones needing to go from one side of the school to the opposite side! This is purely out of the goodness of everyone’s hearts, as humans are known to have.
Scenario 3: You need to go through the doorway from the cafeteria to the back hallway. You might think that you should only use the right doorway, as this would make logical sense – you walk on the right side of the hallway normally, so you probably have to follow this rule for doorways as well. Well, you can actually use either doorway you want; the blind corner leading directly to the left side of the hallway is completely fine to walk directly into. Even when walking side by side with another student, it’s perfectly fine to take the blind corner without seeing if you’ll walk into anyone.
I hope this article helps with all your hallway-navigating needs!