Man, I know what you mean with the damn tourist thing. I'm walking across 34th one day to go from 2 Av to 7 Av. When I reach 5th Av, right in front of me someone unexpectedly stops to stare at the Empire State Building. WHAMO
(Now Fresh Pond - you know who I am so the collision - and what you can compare it to - is self explanatory from this point on )