Make way for Mr Important

I am convinced that listening to music when you're walking on the street can affect your spatial awareness - and I got conclusive proof of it this evening. I was on my way to MUJI on Tottenham Court Road and as I tried to negotiate a narrow passageway next to some roadworks with several other pedestrians, this guy in his late 20s - cocooned in music through his little white headones - pushed past us, nearly knocking some of us flying.

No apology, no look over his shoulder to acknowledge his actions, nothing. Nor, for that matter, did any of us do anything. More fool us... but he's the asshole. Sooner or later, whether he barges someone bigger than him or doesn't see an oncoming car, he'll come a'cropper.