Sunday 17 February 2008

Observations on my way home


When walking home this Friday I noticed something peculiar. Usually when a pedestrian enter a store he moves in an arch, much like my sketch to the right. He also maintains roughly the same speed as before entering the arch until he reaches the door to the store where he slows down slightly, opens the door and enters the store.

But one store is different, here, people enter the store in a radically different way. They maintain normal walking speed and keep their eyes fixed straight forward, unlike when entering other stores where they always look around observing other stores and pedestrians. Then, when they have passed the point when at other stores they would begin their approach in an arch, they suddenly turn at a sharp angle and increase their speed substantially. They maintain this increased speed pushing the door open with force and does not appear to slow down until inside.

The reason might be, that the store is the most well known adult video store in Stockholm.