to be (in the way)

You can be in the way in many different ways beside simply standing in the doorway, and so blocking it.

For instance, you can pretend you're going somewhere in the middle of the crowd that's trying to reach the train. But instead you're just stepping around, thus not letting those behind you move on. This is actually a great way to get anyone out of their minds.

Then you can be in the way as the acting government that stole everything from those who'd voted for it, and continues to lie, cheat and steal, and also changes the laws so that it cannot be downvoted anymore.

But as a matter of fact, you can also feel that you're in the way, when you just don't seem to fit in, what's more, you don't even want to, because what you see is absolutely not what you want.

This was written on a sour day.