How Pedestrian
How many times do you press the button at a traffic light crossing? Ive noticed very few people will press a button more than once but constantly ramming the button appears be something Ive never grown out of. Sometimes I see a crowd of people gathered at the crossing and wonder if anyone has pushed the button.
Last edited by blackmage_nuke; 02-12-2013 at 12:25 PM.
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
Never. Jaywalk that bitch.
sometimes i wonder if i pressed it properly so press it again
there's no real signal sometimes. like 'was that the beep? maybe i misheard there's a lot of traffic here'
21st century civilization my arse
The buttons never worked when I pressed them.
Never - Once.
There's some crossing here which always go Green in a set order and I've got them memorized off by heart now so at those ones I don't even bother using the button as it makes no difference to when it goes Green. Others I'll press it once. I'll ram it a few times after a couple of minutes if I'm really impatient.
But it's just as fruitless as those drivers who think the closer they edge to the white line on the road, little by little, the faster the traffic light will go green.
I do this too but only because i dont want to waste momentum and moving from a complete stop requires more energy/fuel. (I think)Originally Posted by Aulayna
Kefka's coming, look intimidating!
Have a nice day!!
I used to press them a ton when we had actual push buttons. Then most crossings switched to touch buttons and they give such a clear, definite response that I would feel like a total asshole pushing it more.
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These things?
I heard that they don't actually do anything, but they serve just to make the pedestrian think they are doing something.
I used to live with a Swedish guy who had a story about:
Those crossing touch things!
Apparently the company that made them in Sweden is highly religious and the sun symbol is supposed to represent God. So you are effectively touching God and asking God to provide you with safe passage across the road. This company was supposedly guilty of putting covert religious symbolism everywhere.
Yep, those! I totally did not know about the religious thing and reading about it now is pretty hilarious. Although apparently the original design was not meant that way, it was what the owner of the company saw in the design and decided to communicate. It makes me want to go out and paint them to look like buttholes though.
I press it three times out of OCD habit.
Once is enough. There's also a light that indicates that it was pressed.
It's funny when there are 5 people waiting for the walk sign yet someone joining the waiting crowd will still come up and press the button. As if none of the original 5 waiting didn't think of that!
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I'm from New York. Nobody uses those buttons here.
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