Bulldozing

As I made my way on foot from Angell Hall over to the lovely Dennison Fortress this morning I encountered a very distracted walker ahead of me. Equipped with giant headphones and a blue backpack this boy first literally stopped traffic in order to poke at a frozen puddle with his toe (not gonna lie, it looked really tempting...so it was kind of understandable), and second just stopped out of the blue to bend over and pick up a penny (I would have done the same had I seen it...and considered giving him a slight nudge so as to start some sort of penny war...just for kicks). Now, given that I understand both of these actions, I also nearly plowed the dude over. I'm on a slight mission in between classes (especially on Friday mornings because my first discussion always gets out late and my second one always starts early) and so I tend to hustle through the Diag on occasion. This makes for bad things to happen when people enter my pathway. Also, considering winter came back for a little visit on this fine morning, I wasn't exactly dressed correctly for the slightly Arctic temperature and so I was really looking forward to entering the Dennison Fortress upon my arrival. Hence, hustle.