Everybody knows the paved path through The Commons and the skate park, right? Well, this is a special “FUCK YOU ASSHOLES” to all those people that seem to think it’s perfectly OK to walk 3 or 4 people wide blocking the whole path and when you try and pass by them or brush against them to make a point, they seem surprised that there is someone else on the path! Someday, I might just bowl right over them and claim I didn’t think there would be anyone else on the path… FUCKTARDS! —Gary Bizmuth
This article appears in Jun 9-15, 2011.
In the commons or not I can’t stand when people walk 2, 3 or 4 (or more) wide and don’t/won’t move out of the way to let other people pass.
Sure I walk beside the person/people I’m with when i’m out and about. However, when people are approaching, or from behind people ask to get by, I move out of the way and step in single file to allow room for people to get by. Its really not that difficult and is a simple concept to grasp. And dare I even say it is the polite thing to do. Heck, you could even smile and say hello to the people you pass. Yeah, you’re right that is probably taking things too far. Silly me.
agreed. some people have their heads so far up their ass. I too want to bowl them over when i see a group taking up the path or sidewalk and then don’t move one inch when you walk by. Sometimes I pretend to look the other way and knock shoulders with them. the look of shock on their faces is priceless.
beware citizens of the dreaded *oblivitrons*
I see this each day and it is often those with a wide azz and an oversize bag that takes up most of the space….oh wait, this covers almost everyone working in the downtown district
just give them elbow as you pass, or kick in nuts.
No more common courtesy, no more common sense.
Just look at them and yell,” HOLY SHIT! LOOK OUT!!” while waving them aside. Then say, “Thank You”.
If you aren’t afraid of getting a little bruise or slight discomfort, bang into them when you pass. Keep your spot on the sidewalk/path and make eye contact as if you aren’t someone to be messed with.. they might move last second when they realize that you aren’t moving.. and if they don’t move, keep your shoulder strong and WHAM!! Bang into them. I’ve done this before and I know it hurts them, but I bet they go single file next time 🙂
Yeah, until they pull out a gun or knife and perforate your ass. We ARE talking about the Commons afterall, people.
please peoples, try to get to your destinations unscathed
I hate when people give the commons such a bad rep. Me and my small group of friends frequent the commons at various times through the day and night, anywhere mid afternoon to 3am or sunrise. I have never had a problem and never witnessed a problem. Having said that, none of us are ever by ourselves but pairs are common…
Isn’t he Commons weapon of choice table legs or is that just what they use when swarming elderly ladies?
Ok, fine. It may not have been fair of me to rag on the Commons, longwalker, but I’m guessing it’s safe to assume that you don’t give somebody the ol’ Gordie Howe if their blocking the path, either. In groups/pairs or not, that’s just looking for trouble.
well played sir, well played. Typically we are very courteous when we come across another late-night walker or group. No Gordie Howe’s here.
haha, mr. elbows http://aviawest.typepad.com/.a/6a01156ff30…
THE Gary Bizmuth???
Wow.
*grinning*
Boo hoo….the swarmers have to push their way past people on the Commons on their way back to Uniacke Square in time for their welfare checks.
OB…all you have to do is STOP.
Just stop & hold your ground & they’ll either go around you, or they’ll plow into you.
And in our society with its present laws, they hit you first, you can use reasonable force to protect yourself ~:)
Sounds like an intense game of Red Rover
love it, random games of red rover springing up all over
Conveniently left out the fact that you were on a bike, huh Gary? Go piss up a rope.
—–when you try and pass by them or brush against them to make a point,—–
On a bike.
THAT Gary Bizmuth!
Lol’d
Thought you were gonna leave out the part of “brushing against them” with your bikie to “make a point”, huh?
As a former cyclist, who tried to be respectful of vehicle and pedestrians, cyclists like YOU, Herr Bizmuth make good cyclists look like assholes.
Thank frig you weren’t in a car, making your point.
You all need to chill out and walk/bike on the grass for two fucking seconds… it’s not like it’s fucking lava on either side.
You actually ‘brushed’ someone? You’re a fucking idiothole. Be a man and buy a bell to ring or say excuse me. Jerk.
hahaha, lava^^or crocodile infested moats