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You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!

You: Did you recieve the package?

Stranger: nooooope

Stranger: no package haha

You: Damn! It must have been intercepted by enemy agents..

Stranger: damn it i guess so haha

You: It's ok, it's ok, we haven't lost this yet. we need a back-up plan. And quick

You: Do you still have your sat-phone

You: We need to get in contact with head office

You: and give them a sit-rep before it's too late.

Stranger: haha yes i do.

You: Patch it through priority 1, Mr. Yancy needs this info ASAP

You: I'll keep an eye out for any trouble

You: Shhhh... Did you hear that?

You: Sounded like glass breaking, somewhere do

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!

You: No way

Stranger: what ?

You: i don't believe it

Stranger: me to :D

You: finally, someone on my team

You: it's just been me, the monkey, and the old french dude for the last 2 rounds

You: they know nothing of good teamwork

Stranger: but i do

You: Ah yes, i can see a good sport when i type at one, we can still win.

You: We're only 16 points behind The lizard king

Stranger: are you crazy ?

You: No i checked. it's 16 points

Stranger: okey

Your conversational partner has disconnected.

It astounds me. How come slow walkers always seem to be in front of you? I swear, sometimes it feels like there's perpetually someone about 20 metres in front of me, gradually reducing their pace until we meet in a cataclysm of tangled limbs and bruised egos, probably. I don't consider myself to be a particularly fast biped, but seriously, walking slower than walking pace? ITS FUCKING WALKING PACE. To go slower than that shouldn't be possible, or something. Either be stopped or going, none of this between shit. None of this "Oooh i want to look at this storefront but coming to a standstill is too hard" business. Then you've got those ignorant blockades that are the "sudden-stoppers". Is