list of things to ensure strangers don't tread on me in passive aggressive, semi-gaslighting ways
1. when i'm walking on a sidewalk and a person looks like they're not going to make room for me, instead of walking on the grass and going back on the sidewalk, i'll stop in my path and obstruct foot traffic without any eye contact until they make room for me (did this today, it was beautiful)
2. if someone is staring awkwardly, instead of ignoring them, i'll make prolonged eye contact with the blankest expression until they look away out of discomfort
3. if there's a group of people obnoxiously blocking a sidewalk and i can't get past them, i'll follow close enough to one or more of them to make them as uncomfortable as possible without actually touching them until they get out of the way
4. if someone looks like they won't hold the door open for me, i'll clear my throat or fake-cough loudly and obnoxiously so they know i'm present. if they don't hold the door after that, i'll discretely cough "bitch" while walking briskly past them.
i might add more as i enforce the "no tread zone"
