Help Me Out Here
When two cars approach each other, say in a parking lot or other wide-open venue, there is never any issue about how to pass: each car goes to the right of the other and then proceeds onward.
Why is it that when two people approach each other, say when rounding a corner in a hallway or passing each other through an open door, there is always this hesitancy? Each person gets to experience a few moments of bewilderment in what is an otherwise common social situation. "Do I pass on the right?" "Do I pass on the left?" "What do I do?"
This situation drives me nuts. We all do this weird little dance as we try and figure out how to get around each other. Dodge left... feint right... weave, bob, shuffle... But the answer is simple, people. It's just like driving: pass on the right. It just couldn't be simpler. How come people don't get this?
Carry on.
K-
I think that the dance happens when one party appears not to be making the move to pass correctly and so the other one starts to go left, then the first person realizes things are going the wrong way and tries to correct, but by that time it's too late and it's all nuts.
And BTW, in my last comment I neglected to congratulate D-. To feel jazz and to play it with others, regularly is priceless. It's our national treasure and we need young artists to keep it alive. So congratulations and thanks, D-.