When you are passing someone sideways, should you face them or away from them?

Question

Like if the space to squeeze by someone is really small that you have to go sideways cause the width of your shoulders wont fit, is it more polite to face them or to face away from them.

Like if the person is sitting in an airplane, bus, or cinema, should you brush them with your bits or with your ***?

Answer 1

It seems preferable to slide by with your back to those seated.  Doing so facing front seems a little too personal.  It also gives one the opportunity to hold on to something so they don't fall into those they are passing in front of.

Answer 2

i would go almost eyecontact and say sorry or i would look at them and say it...

hop i helped:-))

Answer 3

face away, always face away.  too close and too personal.

ewwwwwwwwww

please face away from me if you pass close to me.  ewwwwwwwww

woof

Answer 4

it depends if you want to catch their eye or not if you catch my drift!

Answer 5

Face them

Answer 6

I think it is best to say "excuse me" while facing away from them, facing towards them seems too intimate.

Answer 7

I'm not going to do it facing them no matter what......way too personal ......if the area is that  small, it can only be expected to squeeze by someone, and the other person should look the other way. Do you want some stranger close in your face??????  I don't.  I don't think most anyone wants a stranger in their face, whether it is their behind or their front.

rain man

Answer 8

I always face away.  I never thought about it thought, it was just a natural instinct to do so.

Answer 9

you should buy the book "the timewaster letters," a collection of letters sent by one man to hundreds of different companies asking very funny questions, and the one you just asked is included.

Answer 10

The correct way is to face them and say,"Excuse me". No one likes to have a buttock in their face.