I was out shopping yesterday in a small local branch of a chain store. The store has a lift and a flight of stairs.
I was coming up the stairs with my 3 year old (who was a bit ahead of me), and there was a woman at the top of the staircase.
Woman at top of staircase was peering down, anxiously, holding onto the rail. I assumed she was nervous about falling, so asked DD to stop and move aside so the woman could come down the stairs.
Woman remained at the top of the stairs, and then a young boy passed me and DD, and started to go up. Woman appeared even more anxious.
I said we'd stop to let her pass, so she could come down.
Then she said to us, and to young boy (who was headed to where she was) "I'm very superstitious. Please can you go back downstairs so I don't have to pass you?"
I rolled my eyes and stomped past her, with DD. Woman shot me nasty glares.
There was a shop assistant upstairs, about to approach the woman, but as the stairs were now "safe" she'd headed off to leave the shop.
If she was that bothered why the fuck didn't she use the lift? Or why didn't she just wait for other people to come up the stairs?
I don't understand superstition and I find it incredibly frustrating when there is no rational explanation for this sort of behaviour.
Before I get totally flamed, I've a friend with a number of mental health issues including OCD. She advises me that she has issues with things, and I accept these. However, she would NOT ask other people to go out of their way to accommodate her needs. If she needed to not pass people on a staircase then she'd get in a lift.
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MrsCosmopifairylight · 14/12/2014 22:48
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