Crossing the Street

If you have a friend crossing a busy street and after he has committed to going and started his crossing, let me give you a piece of advice: don't yell "watch out!" or "wait!" at him, because very, very little good can come of it. Yes, I know you are worried about him and you probably think that you are acting in his best interest, but chances are that if your friend is smart (why would you have a dumb friend), he is keeping his eyes on the cars. Telling him to wait or stop, in addition to probably not providing enough warning in the first place, is only going to break his concentration and awkwardly wrong-foot him in the middle of a busy street. What does that get you? It gets people killed, that's what.

So, do yourself and your friend a favor. Trust him when he crosses the street. If you are going to give him warnings, do so before he commits. Once he commits, just do what you can do to make sure he gets across the street, because even if he should never have crossed to begin with, it is much easier to come back after already reaching the other side than it is to try to double-back in mid-crossing.