Avoiding or Avoided

I was walking around town yesterday evening when I decided I would only walk in straight lines.  This meant that every time I came to another pedestrian walking they had to move around me.  I have to say most people start to steer clear well in advance, but then there are other people that must expect you to avoid them.  For those people it seemed like an old fashion game of chicken ensued, who will turn first?  I have to say I definitely rubbed a couple shoulders.  It was tough at times to hold in my laughter when other people would not change their course.  They were going straight also and there was nothing (perhaps only a light post) that would stop them.  I am sure if we got psychology involved we could from this simple experiment perceive something about how that person, to some extent, interact with others.  Next time you are walking around lets see if you are always the one avoiding or being avoided.