First of all, I would like to commend you for your diligence towards personal health. I’ve tried to take up jogging, and I just can’t stick with it. But it seems that while you are out there keeping fit, you have forgotten some basic manners. You see, I own a dog and therefore have to walk my dog on the same sidewalks you use, but you guys never seem to be able to share them. I always make sure that my dog and I move out of your way, you never move out of ours. That is fine, I suppose, as there are often herds of you and only two of us. Often, I pull my dog off to the side, make her sit and we wait for hordes of you to jog on by. And here’s what really gets my goat: No one says thank you. Not a single one of you has ever said thank you. Instead you keep chattering about your yoga classes and no-carb diets and pass us by like you didn’t even notice us. That is rude and inconsiderate. While you may feel good about your level of personal fitness, you should feel bad about your lack of social graces, manners, and common courtesy. Don’t worry though, getting into the habit of saying thank you is easier than getting into the habit of jogging. —Manners
This article appears in Jul 3-9, 2014.
Please and thank you on the sidewalk now? Get the fuck out of here.
And don’t forget ignoring traffic lights. They’re great for that.
Stand in the middle of the sidewalk and wave your arms around while squawking unintelligibley. They will move.
Fuck that!!! Don’t even acknowledge those fart sniffing, yoga doing, jogging clubbin, gluten free fucks. Watch them all bunch up and guffaw when they have to avoid you for a change and, don’t forget to thank them for being courteous for giving you the right of way as they pass by.
yes, we live in a very thankless world. just be glad that one one them didn’t touch your dog, so that it would get a zombie infection from them.
Duct tape a bunch of butcher knives to your dog and let him/her frolic around the jogger’s legs, that’ll fix em right good it will.
They sniff farts?! Jeezuz!
Do you leave your scrotum at home when you walk your poodle, OB?
Wow, way to stereotype all joggers. I think it’s pretty ignorant to say people who are into fitness are also the ones on low-carb diets (people on “no-carb” diets are in hospitals and eating disorder clinics). The Atkin followers tend to be people who’d rather wreck food for themselves than get moving. And what about joggers who have dogs?