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post #31 of 39
12/2/09 at 3:09pm
I experienced another type on my way to work today.

The guy whos standing and talking to a friend ahead of you and over to the side. You KNOW this guy is going to bomb out perpendicular to you as soon as you walk by. And he does. And you have to speed way the hell up, because this Douche McGee is going to bowl right into you if you don't. Because he is the only one in the world.
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post #32 of 39
12/2/09 at 5:36pm
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- Speaking of blindness, tiny old asians wielding umbrellas are my worst nightmare.

Same. I'm 6'4" which puts those pointy metal ends of the umbrella directly at eye level. I feel like I should wear safety goggles when it rains.
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post #33 of 39
12/2/09 at 7:23pm
Please don't ride your bicycle on the sidewalk. That is annoying as all shit, and I hope you get broadsided by an unassuming door.
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post #34 of 39
12/4/09 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by gomestar View Post
my NYC-honed patience is strong.

I wish to deliver a flogging to:
- zig zaggers
- center sidewalk loiterers
- parallel walking fatties. Especially when they're so fat that one can't muster the speed to pass the other
- mid-walk cell phone texters. Keep your eyes on the pavement, I will walk into you.
- Tall building ponderers. Yes it's a tall fucking building, admire from the side.

+1 and I refer to some pedestrians by their actions: drifters, veerers, and swervers.

The mid-walk texter is even more annoying when he/she does it while climbing, with a stop-start motion, flights of stairs out of the subway.

While on subway etiquette, the concept of "let 'em off first" seems to be rarely understood, judging by the number of people that block my exit off a subway car in their anxiety to get in.

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Because he is the only one in the world.

I guess that's why they often do it.

But I'm sure that people walking behind me have also sometimes been annoyed or frustrated by my movement.
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post #35 of 39
12/4/09 at 12:32pm
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While on subway etiquette, the concept of "let 'em off first" seems to be rarely understood, judging by the number of people that block my exit off a subway car in their anxiety to get in.

one of the few times I will actively push somebody out of the way. People will never argue back else they miss the train.
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post #36 of 39
12/4/09 at 3:26pm
Silly me, I've just been acting the way one's supposed to act rather than instigating a confrontation over something so incredibly stupid. I know you feel 'classy' and 'entitled' but an actual gentleman would just step to the side and continue with his day not causing any unnecessary confrontation.
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post #37 of 39
12/4/09 at 3:29pm
I, for one, always open the door for a lady. And I am sure to exit the elevator last.

But a chronic street texter is no lady.
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post #38 of 39
12/4/09 at 3:49pm
If its a small sidewalk where only one person can walk in one direction, I usually yield or step off the path regardless of who the other party is. I walk fast enough that any minimal delay is easily made up, and it's not worth the annoyance to try to bull through.

But with people walking two or more abreast on a sidewalk not built for it, they get no quarter. I attempt to take up the minimum of space, and keep walking at my same pace. Proper etiquette would be for the two abreasters to line up, pass, then return to their abreastness. If I'm feeling kind, I'll give them an "excuse me", so they have the opportunity to do whats right. If they still don't, they're entitled assholes and deserve a massive shoulder check as I continue on my way.

The same goes for people who stop in front or at the end of stares, escalators, doorways, and any other chokepoint. Those are not the places to gawk, chitchat, or play ass grab. If a "pardon me" doesn't get them to clear space, I will walk right through them. People do that crap regularly on BART, clustering around the doors so people can't get on or off.

If common courtesy fails, people deserve rough handling.
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post #39 of 39
12/4/09 at 6:31pm
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Silly me, I've just been acting the way one's supposed to act rather than instigating a confrontation over something so incredibly stupid. I know you feel 'classy' and 'entitled' but an actual gentleman would just step to the side and continue with his day not causing any unnecessary confrontation.

i absolutely agree with you. and im sure most of us here do too, and in action, most of us would do just about what you would do.

but we sure do have a gripe and an imagination of what we want to do though.
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