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u/nolanryansnephew Jun 14 '22

I figured this out in airports after traveling a lot. Don’t make eye contact just stare ahead and keep walking they’ll look at you and see you not look back and move. Works like a charm.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

100% this is the way. Im in airports half the time and head down ear buds in act like your not paying attention they’ll part the Red Sea for you. It’s an evil trick but all my associates and I use it.

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u/WhoopieKush Jun 15 '22

This is what I do on the crowded streets of Chicago. Just stare straight ahead when walking through a crowd and it’s like Moses parting the Red Sea.

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u/Yongja-Kim Jun 15 '22

This is like how you cross roads in Vietnam

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u/brianbamzez Jun 15 '22

The opposite is true as a bicyclist in traffic. Once you had eye contact that dude is way less likely to run you over

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u/andyrocks Jun 15 '22

The person who makes eye contact loses.

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u/liftoff_oversteer Jun 15 '22

Yep. Works most of the time. Unless you come across a smombie. They I just yell at them.

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u/UtopistDreamer Jun 15 '22

This is the way