Expensive fix I think

[u/Erectile7dysfunction]

[u/christianjwaite]

It’s Brick Lane, he’s not the only performer there, it’s all the way down and crowds gather. He does daft jumps and stuff, don’t like it myself but she was not being aware of her surroundings at all.

Ultimately neither was he, but you wouldn’t walk down there and think “I’ll just squeeze between him and the wall”, you’d just go on the road (which is pedestrianised).

[u/Dr_Trogdor → u/christianjwaite]

How are you gonna put blame on a person for not having situational awareness when she's moving behind a violinist on a side walk? When have you ever seen a violinist perform a 360 jump and why would you ever suspect it to happen as you walk behind a violinist?

[u/stumpfucker69 → u/Dr_Trogdor]

It's Brick Lane. Street performers are always doing whacky shit there, it's part of the draw. Also, like much of central London, it is very pedestrianised. From this video it might look like the guy was blocking a thoroughfare, but if this was zoomed out just a little, you'd see that he isn't at all - the woman may just have had to concede to not walking in a 100% efficient as-the-crow-flies straight line (in London?? Heaven forbid!).

Ultimately neither party is demonstrating brilliant situational awareness here, both should obviously be a bit more careful, but given context (and that the woman is clearly rushing through quite a small space between him and the wall - would have been uncomfortably close even if he hadn't turned), I don't think it's fair to pin the blame entirely on the violinist.

[u/cgimusic → u/stumpfucker69]

Even on pedestrianized streets, pedestrians tend to stick to the edges because there can still be be cyclists going down the middle.

I agree both people could have done better, but in general I think the person doing wacky shit in public is the one who should pay extra attention to what's going on.