Why are you stopping? Oh you're looking at your phone right at the top of the escalator. Oh you're unsure which way to go so you're standing right in the doorway. Oh you're looking at a map right as you get off the train. Wait, are you in a group? Is that a tiny flag I can see, well there'll be no moving you then. No, thank you for walking into me, that was super. Why are you touching the sacred relic? Why are you taking photos when it's clearly signposted that you shouldn't? Why are you going the opposite way of the marked route? Why are you taking a selfie and then standing there and checking the photos instead of getting out of the way? Oh all of you are taking selfies. Why are you walking three-abreast when it's a two lane walkway? Why are you talking loudly on your phone in the middle of a temple? Why are you flying a drone in the middle of a cemetery?
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