You've now confused me. You're making a case for going wider for candid shots, but the statement I responded to had you writing, "In any case for candid longer is definitely better."
No no, I was treating "street" and "candid" as two separate types of photography.
In street photography you can (and should imho) be part of the action, be involved, interact with the subject who's aware of you and I actually like when the photographer's presence is felt in the image. It makes the shot more involving, personal, enthralling.
In candid shots the photographer isn't involved, he's more of a mere observer, catching a usually funny moment and the subject is usually unaware of the camera.
Therefore for street I prefer images up close where the photographer interacts at a certain level with the subject, even just making eye contact. But I like context, having a story in the image. Therefore you need to go wide to be close and get some background elements too.
For candid the presence of the photographer would ruin the moment, so you need to step back, and the right lens is longer so you can still get a good framing without too much useless stuff in the image, or risk to have a too little subject making it hard to recognize in the image.
Of course this is my personal opinion and interpretation, not the One and Only Truth
In any regard, having multiple lenses is nice. If Sony and Zeiss ever release a fast 35, then I'll likely make it my main walk about lens. Until then, I have no complaints about the Zeiss 55.
I do have a CV Ultron 40mm F2 for when the FE35 isn't fast enough. But I really had preferred they had released a faster 35mm. I'm actually waiting for Photokina to see whether they release an updated RX1. If they come out with a viewfinder version, I might ditch the FE35.
P.S. You really have funny captions on your flickr images
