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For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!

That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Stick to the side of the path your country drives on or at least move to that side if someones comming the otherway. I don't get how this isn't common knowledge but it also doesn't matter all that much.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Except when you're walking on a road, you should walk on the opposite side of vehicle traffic.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Yes, the one exception which is based on safety due to the massive difference in speeds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

If you think about it, that's following the rule on the footpath that would otherwise be there. That edge would be towards traffic, it's just reduced to zero width.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

And going out of the way, instead of stubbornly coming towards me as if you own this road and I couldn't run you over.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

I know you are talking about interactions between 2 people on foot. However, when it comes to automobile and pedestrian interaction, interestingly, the government of the Canadian Province of Ontario has a website dedicated to pedestrian safety, and specifically recommends walking on the side of oncoming traffic:

If there is no sidewalk on a street, or if you use a wheelchair or scooter and the sidewalk you encounter is not wheelchair-accessible street, you should:

  • travel along the left shoulder of the road facing oncoming traffic
  • look for a way to get onto a sidewalk safely as soon as you can

So some may apply this principle to a different situation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Same goes for people that think escalators and travelators are rides. If you want to stand there, on the slowest dumbest ride ever, and this is way cooler than getting to where you want to go quicker,, move over and keep the overtaking lane open.