- The bus walk/run (a term coined by Matt - credit where credit is due): the walk/run people do when a bus is coming or just about to leave and they haven't made it to the telling white rectangle. They speed up a little, then swing their arms really fast to elude to running for the bus but really just expelling more energy than needed while making everyone on the bus wait.
- The oblivious (often confused with rude): the walk people do when they forget there are other people in San Francisco. This is the type that walks 4-in-a-row on the Golden Gate Bridge (grrr) or walks, then stops really fast right in front of you.
- The tourist: this is not so much a walk as a stance. The tourist follows the oblivious path, but then stops, strikes a tripod pose, and takes a picture (often an awful one) of some building or some other tourist making a goofy pose. I've done this one on trips before, I admit.
- The agro: the walk (that carries into the car) people do when they think the world is against them and they deserve to get in your way. Quite annoying, but whatever - glad I don't feel that way.
There are hundreds more (it's like a list of Thailand's smile) - many are similar but mean very different things.
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