Awkward Moments - Passing While Walking

Have you ever had that awkward moment when you and someone walking just in front of you are going at relatively the same pace, but you are going just a little bit faster...its like you want to pass them by and leave them in the dust, but then you think, we only have 10 more feet to walk, wouldn't that be strange? FYI - this picture has nothing to do with this blog, but I thought it was funny and considering the topic of this blog the arrow should probably be facing up! Love my brother.

Earlier this week I was on my way to the doctor - one of many trips to the doc. lately (another story, another day) - and right as I was walking into the building a lady got out of a car and started walking in front of me. She was walking extremely slow, but we only had 30 or so feet to walk to the elevator, so I thought I could just suck it up and walk behind her. Well, it was excrutiating and awkward. I was right there next to her, walking as slow as I possibly could and it was as if we were walking together, but not. We both hopped into the elevator - yet another awkward situation, why does everyone look down, zip their lip and NEVER make contact in the elevator?? - and since she was a little older than me I felt bad and I figured I would let her get in first. Of course she picked the same floor as me and as we exited, again me being polite let her go first. I noticed she turned in the direction I was going in. Letting my competitive side come through, I decided I need to pass this sucker - I made a dash for it, passed like the wind and successfully entered my doctor's office. Wouldn't you know it, no less than 30 seconds later, the door opened to the office and it was none-other than my slow, left in the dust, little old lady. Awkward.

This morning, it happened again, but this time it was coming out of the parking garage at work. Between the 2 escalators you have to go up to get to the street level there is about a 20 foot span of flat space, a great opportunity to pass the slow person in front. But with such a small amount of space I was worried that I wouldn't pass in time and then there would be that awkward moment where we are neck-in-neck getting onto the next escalator. So again, I sucked it up and walked as slow as I possibly could. After the second escalator I made the attempt to pass, success! Only to one block later be standing at a crosswalk with her right next to me...awkward! Why is this such an awkward situation? Am I the only one who thinks so? Do I have too much free time if I am pondering things such as this during my Life As a Wife?