Surviving in the Slipstreams of Giants.
I’m quite short.
It makes crowds very stressful and I often feel lost in a sea of giants.
Always determined to make the best of a bad situation, however, I have devised a solution.
1. Identify the tallest, most giant human.
2. Insert myself into their slipstream.
3. Follow as crowds part in the wake of the human’s giant-ness.
Obviously the down side to this plan is that I have very little, if any, say in my final destination.
Sometimes it ends well.
Sometimes it ends less well.
I so do the same when in people traffic…women with prams are good too, but always important to learn when to break away into another slipstream or into the open if it’s safe…
I’ve noticed that prams have the downside of stopping often, and then the operators tend to look angry when you run into their vehicles…
Great minds think alike! I was going to do a post about walking in crowds soon but not about walking in the slipstream. I didn’t know about this technique so I’ll definitely try it out next time I’m stuck in a crowd…
It’s an awesome technique… except for the obvious and described reasons.
I can’t wait to read your post about crowds!!!!!
By the way, you may have not been nominated as a finalist for the Best Australian Blogs this year but you’ve received a Liebster Award from moi! Congrats
http://adagslife.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/my-very-first-blog-award.html
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! O-M-G! Thank you! I feel so honoured …and also suddenly very stressed about who to choose when I pass on the LOVE! THANK YOU! XXXXOOOXXX
I love how you always seem to time these for when I need a smile after a stressful day. Thank you. I’m feeling better now.
I’ve never done the slip stream walk before, but I was friends with someone who was 6 foot 9. He was invariably the tallest human, so when attending large events as a group we used to put a colourful hat on him and use him as a human landmark … “oh, that blah blah looks good, I’m just going to check it out. I’ll meet you at Mr Tall*” It was a very effective technique
* not real name
Haha… poor Mr Tall…..
Is this the same strategy you use for getting to the front of open-air concerts?
I don’t go to concerts, too many people. I did go to the Wiggles concert, but I was pretty tall compared to most of that audience.