When I was walking down the street today someone woman walking in the opposite direction plowed right into my shoulder and then kept walking didn’t even turn around to see if I was alright. It’s not like I was taking up the entire side walk or anything she had plenty of room to pass!!! I’ve lived here for 8 months now and this has happened several times, and yet I’ve never experienced this kind of rude treatment anywhere else I’ve lived. What gives?
— Get off my sidewalk.
This article appears in May 28 – Jun 3, 2009.
Isn’t obvious? Your shoulder is too big.
OP – The people in Halifax are generally nice people, but after living here for many years I will admit that the people here just seem to have worse sidewalk etiquette than most other cities.
I have heard complaint of a group of people walking side by side and no one will break step let an oncoming pedestrian pass, but actual physical contact without an apology I think is still pretty rare for this city, at least in my personal experience. You just probably ran into someone who was particularly rude.
but don’t let that be a red herring, by in large we are still pretty friendly.
move back to “anywhere else “…
LOL
I had my 22 month old in his stroller, walking down SG. I saw this huge dude walking on the right side towards us. I switch to the left. Dude then starts walking on our left…wtf? He actually forced us almost off the sidewalk! I would have bitched him out, except: 1. He was easily 100 lbs heavier and a good 6 inches taller than me, 2. He looked like he was crazy to begin with.
“fuck off if you don’t like us treating you like shit” is a very typical NS response and far from the “red herring” lovinglife is teasing you with. Try not to become one of them and don’t let your kids become one of them and we might end up with a friendly town after all.
Kay, you are the sole cause for all of Halifax’s problems, there is a city council by-law request in to have you fined every time you:
1: Spew your kaytarded opinion at anyone
2: Spew your kaytarded opinion at someone and it’s actually correct (not expecting much income from this one…)
3: Actually step foot into reality and sully the real world with your presence.
HAVE A KAYTARDED DAY!
Case and point. Thanks DER!
Kay, you are stunned. YOu make generalizations and when someone makes fun of you for it…you think it is some form of victory. How is me pointing out that you are a Kaytard have any connection to “fuck off if you don’t like us treating you like shit”.
You are an idiot…
It’s a big world Kay. Life is too short to live somewhere you hate as much as you seem to hate Nova Scotia, why not check out another area of the country and see if you find life a little less miserable there? I’m sure you’d be happier.
It’s not that I hate Nova Scotia. It’s that it’s full of mean people just like the one the OP mentions and just like good ol’ DER here… people who would sooner tell the nice people to fuck off and leave (Jai) rather than accommodate them with *gasp* kindness.
oh Der, in answer to your question, your post goes to further my point how fucking friendly Nova Scotians are NOT so, thanks again, buddy.
Kay, you are rude to people here before they are rude to you. You make sweeping and negative statements about commenters on LTWWB and Nova Scotians. You do this and yet you expect to be treated with kindness and respect? Don’t you find that even a little odd? Shouldn’t your response, as an advocate for kindness, be to set an example for us box-dwelling, blinder-wearing peons by killing us with kindness?
Anyway, OP: Try just stopping in your tracks and trying to make eye contact when people are walking toward you and not making room. It forces them to acknowledge you and move around YOU. And if they don’t move, there is no way you can be at fault for walking into them…you were stopped. I recommend not doing this in the middle of the sidewalk, but as far over to one side as you can get without stepping off the sidewalk. I do this and find it works.
This is weird advice but it ALWAYS works, op, trust me.
1. Pretend you’re in the Matrix.
2. Block out everything outside and focus on your narrow path.
3. Choose a clear spot and go for it, whilst pretending you’re being sucked backwards.
GOOD LUCK!!!!!
I expect to find bitches here on LTWWB but am shocked to find so many of them in real life Nova Scotia. Sorry for having an opinion from this real life experience… actually, I’m not. BTW, you’ll notice I’m not the one suggesting the OP “move back to anywhere else “. Miles, You and Dr Phil have a happy day tuning your ESP.
HAHAHA dino jr. awesome.
Kay, I am only rude to you. I am actually quite friendly and approachable, willing to help out a stranger at any given time.
You on the other hand have been very accurately described by Miles, and you really are a cancer on this forum and most likely your workplace and neighborhood. I only jump on you because you are the way you are…namely the very thing you say you detest. I loathe the hypocrite and you my unfortunate Kay are the grandest of them all. You have even spawned a name for those like you on these boards…Kaytard…too stupid to realize what they are sayingtyping.
Normally I pity a fool but you are as irritating and obnoxious as you are ignorant, and you have so far only shown that you are irredeemable.
I carry a chunk of brick or rock in my tote bag when I head out. They’re reserved for cars that don’t yield to me in a crosswalk.
My shoulders are big/wide enough to just push bitches out of the way on sidewalks. If and when some dweeb bumps into me, I just give a really mean glare and occasionally tell them to “apologize and fuck off.”
I attribute it to agressiveness pure and simple. Someone did this to me on SGR once and there was very clear intention….not accidental. Certain types will try and start fights for no reason what-so-ever. Just ignore them, As for the groups walking side by side and not making way…..plow on through is what I say….maybe agressive d*ckwad thought this was what he was doing….
Hmm I’m kind of stubborn. If I see someone clearly coming my way with an intention to plow me over I’m going to follow NGF’s lead. I might not be big, but my skinniness has left for a very bony shoulder. So if you’re small like me… brace your feet, bend the shoulder and jab HA.
I gladly move out of the way for folks on crutches, scooters or the elderly. But a group of teens or able bodied folks who walk shoulder-by-shoulder or stand in the middle of the side walk blocking everyone – fuck ’em – I just keep my chin up, shoulders wide and don’t break a stride.
Same with people on cell phones making a call or texting. I often enjoy bumping into those folks 😀
Geez Louise, does every comment section have to turn on a bickering match with Kay and others? Sheesh!
Back to the bitch at hand. It could’ve been me that shoulder checked you, and if I did and you didn’t deserve it, I am truly sorry. BUT, if you’re one of these douchebags that wander around thinking there’s an invisible bubble around you, therefore allowing you to take up as much sidewalk as you please at all times, then fuck you, you got what you asked for. I don’t mean that the poster is this douchebag, but I’m sick of the “cool” people in their ridiculous sunglasses traipsing about with their cell phones welded to their heads. Guys all chests-out-and swaggers-in-full-swing, girls walking arm in arm, giggling and being oblivious…these people need to get the fuck out of the way. Period.
And, nice goin’, Fat!
Kay, for the last time, SHUT THE FUCK UP with your sarcastic remarks about Nova Scotia. For christs sake, I never have gotten pissed at anyone on this bitch board before except for YOU! I love Hali, I love NS, and I love Canada, and I defend my country’s honor. Now somebody smack the cheese out of me before I become permanently ensconced inside Rick Astley’s asscrack.
I’d be happy to smack more than the cheese out of you, Dino, my bossy little love bitch.
a little trick i learned while living in big cities….walk and always be prepared to jab someone in the ribs with your elbows just as they bump into you. works everytime!
Is it protocol when walking on a sidewalk to walk on the right side (a la driving on the road)? I always think this is the proper thing, but others will walk at you on their left making for a potential collision; I say I’m on the right side, so get the hell outta my way. Reasonable?
Judging an entire city based on your personal experience is bullshit, especially after a measly eight months. Here’s an example: I, personally, have never been shoulder bumped rudely on a street in Halifax. Therefore, Halifax as a whole is not a rude city. Same logic, completely different conclusion. I wonder why…
I’d jive with the OP if it weren’t for this stupid implication and the signature:
—Get off my sidewalk
Maybe everyone is rude to you because you reek of entitlement, after all it is YOUR sidewalk.