Okay but after seeing this I started doing it too and itโs amazing how many men Iโve run into bc they expected me to move
Gotta try it
I work (and walk) on a college campus. Iโve lost count of how many men Iโve smacked shoulders with.
Recently, I was standing outside my sonโs classroom waiting to talk to his teacher. I stood on one side of the hallway, not even close to the center. At some point, a man came walking along. I was standing right in his path, but the hallway was empty, so I logically expected him to swerve around me. Instead he kept walking right toward me, got to me, and stopped, as if waiting for me to get out of his way. I didnโt; I just smiled politely at him. He finally walked around me, clearly annoyed that I hadnโt leapt out of his manly path.
Now Iโm wishing Iโd leapt aside, taken off my jacket and laid it on the floor before him, then bowed deeply and said, โMy Liege!โ
I also work at a college campus. I smack shoulders sometimes, but I find that if I stare straight ahead and follow the advice below, people get the heck out of the way.
Honestly this post changed how I carry myself when walking alone in public, or in a situation where Iโm the one leading. People definitely move for the murder gaze.
Confirmed. I once had to rush back inside a convention hall as the con was closing in order to a retrieve a sick friendโs medication, and I didnโt understand why people in the crowd were jumping out of my way (literallyโone guy vaulted a table) until I realized I was dressed as the Winter Soldier and doing the Murder Walk because thatโs just how I walk in those boots. I got the meds, got out, and made a mental note.
I repeated the experiment later, wearing the boots but otherwise my usual clothing and mimicking the expression I thought Iโd had at that moment. People parted like I was Charlton Heston.
I now wear that style of boots whenever possible. I recently had a man do a double-take as I walked by and ask me, politely, where I had served because I โlooked like a soldier.โ Iโm not current or former military. I was wearing a flowy purple peasant top and looked as un-soldierlike as possible.
Moral of the story: wear comfortable shoes, square your shoulders, and walk like youโve been sent to murder Captain America.
WALK LIKE YOUโVE BEEN SENT TO MURDER CAPTAIN AMERICA
Itโs called the Murder Strut.
ITโS BACK!!!!!! I was searching for this to show my daughter the other day and couldnโt find it. Iโm so glad ITโS BACK!! I will always reblog the Murder Strut!!
A guy on a bike went around me because he could tell I had no intention of moving. Thanks to this post.
Thanks to martial arts I had the murder walk down by 12. People really donโt stay in my way long.
