Who Gives A Shit: Do the sidewalks have lanes?

via timeout.comWe received the following message from a FiPS reader:

On a recent afternoon, my son and I were walking up Third Street with our bulldog. The street was pretty empty. At the corner, we turned left onto 8th avenue and our dog stopped to sniff the gate that hugs the corner. Approaching us was a woman, mid-50s, long puffy coat, small, wool hat on her grey-streaked hair. She stopped short in front of us. She was about to turn onto 3rd street and wanted to hug the inside "lane" but she couldn't because we were in the way. I tried to pull the dog away from the spot she was intensely sniffing but she wouldn't budge. The woman said, "I'm turning here." It took a second for me to realize that she wouldn't take two steps to the left and walk around us. I said, "You've got to be kidding." She responded with a gesture used only by traffic cops, full arm pointing right. I said, "My dog isn't finished reading her email, you'll have to wait." She let out a loud, impatient breath and went around us.

So, dear readers, have you encountered a similar situation? Are we always required to walk on the right-hand side of the sidewalk? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.