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In the "two people walking towards each other" case, I've battled that my whole life. I typically stare right at the other person, anxiously waiting for them t
by chris_st 6y ago
In the "two people walking towards each other" case, I've battled that my whole life. I typically stare right at the other person, anxiously waiting for them to pick a direction so I can go the other way.
My wife pointed out to me that just by picking a side, and then looking in that direction as the other person comes towards you, that they (possibly unconsciously) go the other way, and conflict avoided! Mind blown. And it works.
- Xophmeister 6y agoAnother solution I've heard for this problem is to not look the other person in the eye and just look passed/through them without faltering. IIRC, this comes across as an assertion of dominance and the other party will submit and move aside. I don't actually know if this works :P Also, I assume there's a hilarious edge case where two super-assertive people just walk into each other.
- heavenlyblue 6y agoOr you could just say that this is an assertion of “I am intelligent enough to pick the path I would like to go given the fact that the choice of a path is irrelevant for both of us”. The fact that you lack confidence doesn’t suddenly make others alpha fe/males.