Like a Fish Swimming Upstream........or Random Chaos??

When you walk into a mall......... have you noticed you turn right?  When you are walking through the mall have you noticed the natural flow of direction people take?   One side is going North and the other side South...... and you probably don't notice the flow until you try to step out of Yankee Candle or Victoria's Secret and start feeling your swimming upstream... because you my friend just stepped into the Vortex of people traffic.    

There seems to be a natural direction our group mentality puts us in........ heaven forbid you are the one trying to push a baby stroller and get caught going the wrong direction.  Nothing makes you enemy #1 faster than making people go AROUND you!  Definitely DO NOT do this during the peak shopping season........ your day will go from Yule Tide Fun to BAH HUMBUG super fast!

Now, the only place that there is NEVER any traffic control or natural flow..... is the amusement parks.......... my heels have been clipped by the best of them..... baby strollers and  the wheelchair scooters..... I am HYPER sensitive to who is behind me... If it is a distracted mother or father with a stroller..... and they are trying to chase down little Johnny before he skips ahead to the balloon guy....... you are going to feel it.   I mean FEEL it in the worst way!  Save yourself the aggravation and trip to the first aid station, let them pass.   (By the way, there are RN's at each of the First Aid stations in Disney World.)  Trust me, your ankles will thank you for it later.  

The people have very random motions at the parks, everyone seems to be trying to get somewhere else.... so, crossing people traffic to get to the Haunted Mansion from Country Bear Jamboree... well can be like a game of FROGGER.  Take a hold of the small fry's... leave the other adults to fend for themselves, and agree on a meeting place.... because arriving as an intact group won't happen!  

Happy Hurdling!