Aisles are there for a reason.....

One of my fellow workers came up to me the other day, in a rather indignant mood, (and rightfully so) and said, “I’ve got a topic for your next blog, there are many seats in the room to choose from, so why does the biggest one in the group have to pull a chair out and block the aisle way?”

I thought, she’s right, that is an interesting phenomena, but perhaps it wouldn’t be politically correct.

So I pondered it a while, and then I did some research. I looked up the word aisle in the dictionary. It stated that an aisle was a passageway between seats. No matter where you go, whether it be a restaurant, a store or a church, just to name a few, they are designed to have aisles. And aisles serve a purpose. They are there so people can move easily about. When an aisle is blocked, movement is hindered or brought to a halt.

When at a crowded high school football, people began to sit on the steps of the aisle way. An announcement was made that they could not sit there, the Fire Marshall had determined that it was a safety hazard. We’ve all heard the phrase, “Please don’t block the aisle.” I’m reasonably sure this applies to everyone.

I was working a coffee and pastry gathering of a local group one morning. It was an informal gathering….everyone was milling about. I was trying to get to a person who was about 3 feet to my left, so I could refill their coffee. However, so many people were blocking the aisle, that I had to go to the right, through the lounge, back through the kitchen, then through a wait station and then back to the dining room to try and find a path from the other direction. Apparently everyone thought it was their God-given right to block the aisle.

So next time you pull out a seat, and block the only passageway to the back of the table, don’t get all upset when you have to pass plates down the table. The choice to block the aisle was yours.