Universal Sign
The person standing in front of you does not have a clue. It is their turn to move and realize other people exist. You can casually bob around to see the art. Maybe your moving like you have to pee will catch their eye. You could tap them and say excuse me, but who touches or talks to strangers? Last option, clear your throat. Ugh, I hate throat clearing. I just think of stuck up people that have a differing opinion and their non-confrontational way of disapproval is throat clearing.
WELL, I've become a throat clearer!! Not by my own doing, I like dancing around people that need to move. My sinuses are overly excited to share their junk down my throat. I do it with out realizing it and have found it translates many different ways. Several times while traveling in Europe I just cleared my throat to clear my throat in museums and people just moved aside. A couple of times I got some looks. Back in the states I receive the dirtiest looks, sacastic gestures of "after you" and sometimes people apologize that they were in my way. I suppose in Europe you don't know what language everyone speaks so throat clearing is universally accepted. Now I have to consider my surroundings to see if clearing my throat will set someone off. While standing in line at Starbucks this girl ordering in front of me started to move aside for me without finishing her order and looked back awkwardly, I quickly said, "oh i wasn't telling you to move".....She smiled and swayed back to finish ordering.
(clears throat) I hate it! It sounds groooss. I hate to say it but I would rather have my nose running and me blowing it out then this disgusting display of muscus flinging. UGH, I want it to go away...(clears throat).
WELL, I've become a throat clearer!! Not by my own doing, I like dancing around people that need to move. My sinuses are overly excited to share their junk down my throat. I do it with out realizing it and have found it translates many different ways. Several times while traveling in Europe I just cleared my throat to clear my throat in museums and people just moved aside. A couple of times I got some looks. Back in the states I receive the dirtiest looks, sacastic gestures of "after you" and sometimes people apologize that they were in my way. I suppose in Europe you don't know what language everyone speaks so throat clearing is universally accepted. Now I have to consider my surroundings to see if clearing my throat will set someone off. While standing in line at Starbucks this girl ordering in front of me started to move aside for me without finishing her order and looked back awkwardly, I quickly said, "oh i wasn't telling you to move".....She smiled and swayed back to finish ordering.
(clears throat) I hate it! It sounds groooss. I hate to say it but I would rather have my nose running and me blowing it out then this disgusting display of muscus flinging. UGH, I want it to go away...(clears throat).