Just a little thing that I've wondered about over the years and I just don't understand it.
The place where I keep my ponies is at the end of a very long, narrow track that's barely one car wide. It also leads to some beautiful country walks so is a very popular place for people to walk their dogs. I drive down this track at least twice a day, every day, for years, and this happens usually a couple times per day.
On either side of the track are fields. These are farmed but there's about a 15 foot gap between the track and where the farmed bit starts, that's just grass. Being winter at the moment the grass is very low.
My question: when a car is driving down the track, the dog walker (or occasional pedestrian sans dog) has to scoot over to let the car pass because there isn't room for both to be alongside. About 5% of people will simply take their dog and walk up onto the grass for a moment and the car goes by no problem. But the remaining 95% of people seem to think they cannot step on that grass. Instead they just step over to the very edge of the track, usually trying to push their dog back with their foot so he doesn't run under the car, and then the car has to go off the track or, if its one of the tight spots where there are trees on one side, slowly slowly eke their car by the walker so no one's toes get squished as they pass by.
This isn't a moan at all, it causes me zero problems in my life, just an idle curiosity about why very few people will step onto the grass. Is it a mental block? Does it seem forbidden? These are all people sensibly dressed for the weather with appropriate dog walking footwear, so I don't think they're worried about getting their shoes dirty. Does anyone here do this who can explain??