Mexanese Mumbo Jumbo

Ever notice how no one in NYC follows pedestrian signals? It's a phenomenon that's taking over the West Coast.

The other day I was walking to the bus stop that now, thanks to the Olympics, is at Granville & Davie. Given that I cross a couple of one-way streets, and a narrow 2-way street, I will often just check traffic and cross if there's an opening.

You'd be shocked at the number of people that will start walking simply because I did. Except they don't bother to look at traffic, or the lights, or the pedestrian signals. They just follow like blind sheep.

I watched a woman the other day almost get hit by a car because she decided to follow my lead but instead of walking at a brisk pace, she sauntered through the cross walk as if she owned it.

I guess that saying is true:

People are smart, crowds are dumb