It baffles (read: usually aggravates) me how completely unaware people are of their surroundings at any given time. Like in the picture above, I’m dumbfounded at how people are so incapable of judging distance, that they are completely incapable of being able to use a drive-thru ATM through normal means, and have to resort to this embarrassing and more time-consuming exercise of opening their door and practically standing at the apparatus. Not only can I maneuver whatever vehicle I’m driving to where I can competently use an ATM from the driver’s seat, I can get within two inches of the point where my rear-view mirror would collide with the wall. I’m like fucking Takumi from Initial D when it comes to my spatial awareness.
But it’s not just in cars; simply walking around is often a grating experience based on people who have zero awareness, zero peripheral vision, and zero sense when it comes to their surroundings. I’m in a store, and some asshole is walking backward, or doesn’t seem to grasp that I can’t pass him/her in the aisle because they’re simply taking up too much space. I alter my walking routes and I’m always thinking on the fly on how to get from point A to point B, not necessarily the most expedient and the fastest, but often times the path of least resistance. If I have to take a wide berth so I don’t collide with a group of people walking side-by-side-by-side, I’ll take it, or if I see people that are likely not paying attention, I’ll do my best to avoid them.
