To the fellow pedestrian who was in such a hurry to get where he was going that he sideswiped me in the middle of a crosswalk about 30 minutes ago;
hey, no worries.
It’s not like I was dragging home 50 pounds of groceries while walking with an obvious limp. It’s not like I just about tipped over in the middle of the road and aggravated my injury. It’s not like the loud and obvious crunching sound was the food I’ve been waiting a month and a half to buy because it’s taken me that long to be able to go. And it’s not like there was plenty of room to go around the OTHER SIDE of the two people you were trying so desperately to pass.
Yeah, no, you’re totally right, I should have dodged. But you were very generous to sort of turn around and grumble “uh, sorry.” How compassionate. —Crushed Pears and a Messed Up Hip
This article appears in Nov 3-9, 2011.
A bump crushed your pears? Fuck, what did he do? Kick you in the bag?
If you have an injury, it is best not to aggravate it by carrying heavy things. 50 lbs is a great strain. For goodness sakes, practice some common sense. Get a basket on wheels.
OP not everyone is a idiot, hope it works out for you but a wheeled basket would be a good idea especially with winter around the corner.
Whoa what? Carrying 50 pounds of food with an injury? Crunchy pears? A month and a half without food? I don’t understand.
OB, just drive. Then that won’t happen. FFS.
Next time mail your medical file to all potential pedestrians you may walk near. Otherwise, how would they know to completely avoid you, even if they say “sorry”.
Jesus, dude. It’s like you think he woke up this morning looking for people to hurt.
It was an accident.
Now buy one of those small carts and stop aggrevating your own injury.
Sorry about your pears dude, been there and not too fun. If you have trouble getting out and about, there are people, and organizations in the city that can bring groceries to you. That way you could avoid the pain and long trek. Hope all works out.
Oh poooor fucking you, ever wonder what their day was like. Gawd at least they said sorry….even if it wasn’t up to your standards.
i really don’t like pears
They taste weird. Like if Mr Clean grew fruit.
hahaha ftw
usually when someone says ‘sorry’, a simple ‘don’t worry about it’ would suffice. Coming onto this site with a bitch makes you look an SET.
GV, you’ve got a very good point. I don’t see why a bitch is necessary, they said sorry, shit happens, get over it. In fact at least they said sorry, I can picture a lot of stuck up people saying something like “Watch where you’re going asshole!” instead of owning up for their mistake and apologizing.
Driver sounds like a jerk. But so are you writing a bitch that should have been at most half as long. Jackass.
and i hope you called cops, with a detailed description of car, and plate number. if not, then why the fuck not? you had time to see it all.
i don’t think there was a car involved, it was another person
I’ll hedge my bets…
If they were asian pears then that person is a douchebag….
those things are fucking delicious.
I like canned pears too but I doubt this was the case since it would be pretty damn hard to crush pears in a can.
any others… and you should just let it go.
perhaps get an assistance dog for these troubling times….
http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/pets…
Bosc pears are yummy. Especially diced up in a salad. Or better yet, halved, cored, braised in some clarified butter, placed on a bed of fresh spinach, drizzled with some raspberry coulis and a couple drops of balsamic vinegar.
Or…from a can is good too….lol
Even smashed pears are underrated.
haha, i love how these posts devolve into grub talk
I’ve got a nice pair.
haha, are they low hanging fruit?
Not hangin’ too low, for my age and their size that is…Damn Gravity!