The Pigeon Shuffle

One of the issues with waiting for a public bus is the local pigeon population. The wonders of evolution have given these flying rats the ability to shuffle around your feet annoyingly in search of chip packet remains and discarded Smarties tubes.

There are 2 options. You can either stand still, ignore them and let them encircle you like you're some kind of pigeon god, or you can stand still and shuffle your feet ever so slightly to get them to back off.

Option 2 is usually the most problematic. Most of the times I've used this method it just ends with me doing a weird sort of I-need-the-toilet-esque dance. In future I'll stick with option 1. I like the thought of being a god amongst the animal kingdom.