Hopkinton High School conditioned me to always walk on the right.



My high school posse

In my high school, walking on the right side of the hallway was LAW. On the day of my high school orientation, the orientation leaders all told us that, if you didn't walk on the right side of the hallway, the upperclassmen would eat you. We had no problem remembering to walk on the right after that statement.

So understandably, after four years of walking on the right, it became part of my body's memory. And now, as a result, I get super pissed off whenever someone walks on the left and fucks with my body's natural habit of walking on the right. For some reason, whenever this happens, I get so angry and think to myself psh what is this jerk thinking? He should know better.

I'm so set in my habit of walking on the right that, even when I come across an idiot who decides to walk on the left, I continue to try to walk on the right side of this person, even when it is clear that they are moving out of my way and leaving me free to walk to the left. This always makes for an awkward situation. Like last night, on the staircase coming into Knight Hall, this guy moved to the left side (my right) of the stairs to let me pass. Even though the path was clear for me to walk up the left side of the stairs, I continued to try to get past him by going to the right. He looked at me like I was crazy (which is actually a pretty accurate description of me).

It's been over three years since I graduated high school and I'm in my senior year at  Becker College now. You'd think that I would have given up trying to start up the walking on the right fad, but no. I'm much to stubborn to resign myself to walking in an unorderly fashion.

I can live with people not walking on the right. But what I can't live with, that Becker College girls are notorious for, is when six girls walk next to each other in a line at a glacial pace, blocking everyone from getting to their destination anytime before next week. And if you try to walk around them, I swear at least one of them will be able to sense this and will purposely position herself in front of you, no matter where you go. And then, if you are finally lucky enough to be able to get around them, they will act like you just knocked all of them over, set a couple of them on fire, and broke a few limbs in your attempt to get past them. The rolling eyes and sneering lips will be inevitable. They will probably insult you in a loud voice and pretend they think you can't hear them.

So thanks Hopkinton High for ruining my expectations of orderly and functional walking systems in college, and thanks Becker College for the extra opportunities to prove how awkward I am.