Every time I'm stuck behind someone who inexplicably stopped in the middle of a walkway to answer their phone, I just imagine to myself that it's a book and think of how engrossing the plot must be for them to pull it out and read it at the worst possible time, and at least I'm a little more amused than annoyed.

Thank you for sharing such a beautiful strategy to make what is now a common occurrence into something so meaningful.

It's like opening up to so many possibilities, even to creativity, as you can start imagining the all possible threads that create those amazing stop-inducing plots. Thank you!

Lucky you. I get the equivalent of road rage... but on the sidewalk.

Well, now you know my trick for dealing with it, maybe you can try it or work on one of your own ;)

My favourite so far was teenage boy bicycling with both hands and both eyes on the phone on the way to school, crossing right in front of me in an intersection.