Early next month will mark the tenth anniversary of an event that's shaped how my life has changed ever since. We still serve dinner every Tuesday night though since the pandemic we don't technically serve dinner at the park as we now set up a portable table on the sidewalk bordering the park. This creates an obstacle of sorts for pedestrians/bicyclists but it's not what I'd consider a major inconvenience. The people typically walk around us by walking on the grass in the park. Usually there's open spots on the street so I can park my car and then just unload the car and set up. However, last night, all the parking spots on the street were taken, prompting me to double park and turn on my emergency lights while I unloaded the car. Just after I'd finished unloading the car. A car which had kinda taken up enough space for two cars to park pulled out. I then backed my car into the back half of that space, expecting another volunteer to take the parking space ahead of me. However he elected to park a little further down the street. Then the car parked adjacent to where I'd set up the table also pulled out and left, leaving two parking spots closest to the table empty. I didn't much about this until we'd begun serving and I suddenly became aware of a figure moving towards me and less than ten feet away. It turned out to be a pedestrian who apparently elected to take the shortest/clearest route around us by going behind me within arm's length. This happened more than once. But the first pedestrian seems to unnerved me more than I would have expected.
