The Green Goblin Blog

You are walking down a corridor in an office or other building. It's not too wide but two people could comfortably pass each other. So, why is that when you are approaching a couple of people - and it is usually a couple in the relationship sense and occasionally there will also be a pushchair - that they insist that everyone has to squeeze past together?
The alternative is very simple - the person in the middle drops behind the partner on their left (or right) and, when the oncoming traffic has passed, they step up level with them again.
But no, that's not going to happen. Are they glued to the other person? Or is it some bizarre loss of face to give way to someone approaching them? I've no idea.