In the Way?

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Does anyone else on here have no sense of being "in the way?" I don't- I'm useless in supermarkets because, when asked to move out of the way of one person, i move straight into the way of someone else.

That's how it is in supermarkets, especially during rush hour.

According to my grandfather, I make a better wall than a window.

And that's exactly why I avoid crowded supermarkets! Well, it's one reason of many, but it is a reason. How can anyone move around in all these small passages not knocking things or people over in the process? And wherever you come to a stand, someone will knock into you in a matter of minutes.

I'm in the way often from what I can tell about people asking me rudely to get out of the way, even in non-supermarket areas. The very best example is the pavement. How come the majority of those who walk on it walk straight in the middle? I try not to, because the pavement is huge, but when I make an attempt to avoid the other people by walking nearer to either side, I still seem to prompted to get out of the way of where the people are going. Which I don't usually do, because I'm not the only one who can sidestep. I once imagined that strangers on the pavement were actually walking toward me on purpose, as if all people are always glued to one side. Though it me be a social thing and real indeed?

Well, I usually either knock into people and notice I was in the way or people are as nice as to tell me to please move to the side, but I don't notice unless I try to avoid everybody.

I'm really paranoid about this and as a result can't abide people getting in my way

Awww, I wish this thread wasn't 3 years old! Getting in the way is my most biggest habit, and I was going to start a thread on this but I might aswell just carry on this thread, since there'd be a thread on top of the list about this anyway, whether I start a new thread or continue this thread anyway.

I'm terrible at getting in the way. And it's not even my fault, half the time. I stand somewhere appropriate, and I'm still in the way. Yesterday when I was at the market with my friend we were looking on one of the stalls, and I was standing next to her, and the bloke who was running the stall wanted to get a box from right where I was standing, so I had to step out of the way, then in the next place I stood he needed another box what was right behind where I was standing! I felt so awkward and also irritated. And my friend, who was standing right next to me, wasn't in the way at all. That was what I call ''Murphy's Law''. It's always the same.
But I know other people get in my way too. When I'm at work and I need to put something out on the shelves, there is always a customer standing right where I need to go, which annoys me too.
I used to be sensitive and angry with myself when I get in the way, but now I've found that people get in my way as much as I get in their way, so getting in the way must be normal.

I do this sort of thing all the time! My distance/depth perception is so bad.

I just get in the way a lot because I'm awkward.