Excuse Me
We are in a large room
The adjacent room is also large
We are in a medium-sized group of people
There is room enough for everyone to move freely
So, why are you folks congregating right in front of the doorway?
Others have to squeeze by you to get into the next room
Is there a law of physics, or perhaps a characteristic of collective behavior, that explains this phenomenon?
I have read two lengthy biographies of Albert Einstein, and I don’t remember any of his theories addressing this subject–at least not directly
I took a sociology class in college, and this might have been covered, but I really don’t remember
So, what if I set off the fire alarm?
No, you all would just block the exit
OK, just sliding through
Good thing I’m a pickpocket
There’s a lot of money in these wallets.
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a nephew was in the twin towers when the planes hit; he mentioned a logjam on the groundfoor: the doorman was at his post holding the door open but folks had created a bottleneck as they stopped to relay items left behind that they hoped he would retrieve for them.
Fun.