# Worst/Weirdest/Dumbest Piece of Unsolicited Inoffensive Advice You've Been Given?

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-weirdest-dumbest-piece-of-unsolicited-inoffensive-advice-youve-been-given/1014148/39 "2025-02-16T20:33:47Z")

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Just remembered this incident while watching a repeat of Friday’s “On Patrol: Live”:

> [@Maniacs on the road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maniacs-on-the-road/741749/7):
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> Many years ago, I was in [a crosswalk at an intersection controlled by a flashing light](https://www.google.com/maps/@38.8481543,-77.0522619,3a,75y,250.02h,88.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYgJuM4ttOnBIo-Ac3JiayQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). Traffic had been clear when I started across but I was almost on the double-yellow when Mr. Dumbass came from my right and stopped _in the crosswalk_ to lecture me on his version of proper crossing etiquette.
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> Another pedestrian on the opposite side witnessed the driver’s odd behavior. “What was that all about? This is a crosswalk!”
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> Says I: “You know that and I know that…”

I see that crosswalk and its signals have since been removed.

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