Are you kidding me? Twice today within a span of 48 seconds I had to step off the sidewalk into the dirt while you and your friend waltz by and totally ignore the fact that you just cut me off and didn’t even acknowledge I was there. That is so rude and disrespectful. Not to mention, you’re well over 30 years old. I would think someone your age would have the decency to know that when someone is walking towards you and you are walking in a pair, YOU should let the solo pedestrian walk by, not barge through them and expect them to move out of the way for you. I cannot believe people have the audacity to do something like that. Where is your respect? That is just careless and unacceptable. You hold negative zero superiority. Come at me tomorrow. I have a mouth and I’m not afraid to yell “Excuse me!?” right in your oblivious face. —Watch Where You’re Walkin’
This article appears in May 17-23, 2012.
Walk Rage…cool. Turn it up a notch OP Yell “GET THE FUCK OUTTA THE WAY”, bet they notice then…
you know that if you kick your foot out a bit, things could happen. then you look directly at them, and say thanks for kickingme. or you could just use the elbows. both are rather effective and fun.
Oh snap! You’re going to say “excuse me?!” right in their face! You’re such a bad ass, OB!
Don’t yell, but don’t yield—they will realize what is going on when they meet your immovable force.
There is no reason that you have to step off the sidewalk.
This happens to me and my wife all the time. We get in single file to share the sidewalk, however, some people are still oblivious to their surroundings that they don’t notice anyone but themselves.
in a few circumstances, it pays to be bigger…
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Come at me tomorrow
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Yeah, because today just didn’t feel right, and “I’m gonna tell you to fuck yourself” is more titillating(giggity) than “I asked this guy to move today, on the sidewalk and he apologized and moved- nice guy!”
Wp
This happened to me today with an old lady. I karate chopped her in the throat, and while she was on the ground gasping for breath I stepped on her back to avoid a puddle. Nothing I could do about it, they were new kicks and I didn’t want to get them all dirty.
Lol, funny Devil…quite the visual *giggles* I needed that 2day thx
Usually it is either teenagers or business suits that do this to me. In those groups, it is crucial not to be seen as yielding. Fuckwits.
This bitch seems to come up from time to time. People forced into the dirt by people walking abreast on the sidewalk and not yielding. Just bump into them, glancing at them with a little smirk. I should say that’s what I would do if the situation arose. Of course down here in the beautiful Annapolis Valley, we yield so nobody ends up in the dirt.
I’ve actually have shoulder bumped a few and have gotten a few dirty looks. Well pay attention where you’re walking.
What I’d really like to do is walk like Frankenstein, with my arms out straight and hands in a grabby motion. So if any girls with their heads burried in their I-Phone or Crackberry, if for some reason your tits run into my hands, not my fault. Watch where you’re walking.
Haha señor! Some boy did that to me once in high school. I’m pretty sure it was an accident. He was putting his coat in or something while I was coming around the corner so he didn’t see me, and his hand touched one of my boobs when he stretched out one of his arms. He was just a little nerdy-looking grade ten, and looked at me with such horror. I just laughed and kept walking.
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Love the pic of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Ivan. That slays me everytime.
Being Colonel-In-Chief clearly has it’s privileges >; )
It looks like it could be a still shot from a Benny Hill episode. All that’s missing is a couple more ladies in garters, the little old bald headed guy and a laugh track playing over “Yakety Sax”.
Y’know who else is fond of fast-motion mayhem, smutty double entendres and Yakety Sax….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nLCuS2q5Fo
Next time, next time, it’s always next time. Face it OB, it will not be next time. Next time you will write another anonymous bitch on a local website about how vociferous you are going to be ‘next time’.
This is easy for me to advise – I’m 6’2″, 200 lbs, and when I’m not smiling I don’t look happy – but I figure that the simple technique of not hopping out of the way like a serf is all anyone needs to do. No verbal, no nasty looks, just stay on your piece of sidewalk. Slow down to a dead stop if you have to, and invariably the people flow around you…albeit occasionally with some stunned looks.
If you’re looking to make it even easier on yourself, when you see a sidewalk posse headed your way, assume the side against a wall or a building. Not even the confrontational types expect a person to be able to melt through solid objects.
Like others said, you wouldn’t be writing about being “in your face” “next time” if you had it in you to do it the first time. Doesn’t matter. Just follow the tips above.
Don’t assume that the gaggle headed your way has it in mind to intimidate people either. Often the only thing going on is group dynamics – if you are the person who has to fall back into second rank then you are not as important as the alphas who stay out front. They are not looking to cause *you* problems.