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The slow walker scourge. Something must be done.
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Mortpourvelo wrote: »Walking down Eustace St by the Quaker building is a nightmare.
Tiny pavements and just in the last two days I've had to put up with:
Prams
Strollers the size of Cavan
Love's Young Dream goo goo eyeing it and holding hands
Waves of tourists photographing EVERYTHING!!
Cyclists on pavement
Slow walkers add to that and it's not funny!!
Hold them in the light
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Mortpourvelo wrote: »You're right, it doesn't.
So I have a scale of politeness:
1. Excuse me, may I pass please ?
2. Excuse me ? (Louder)
3. SHOVE
1. I'm a slow walker.
2. Mostly I'm listening to Ramstein, Slayer, Slip Knot etc so I won't hear you.
3. In a million years you'll never shove harder than I can throw
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Adalyn Chubby Bed wrote: »1. I'm a slow walker.
2. Mostly I'm listening to Ramstein, Slayer, Slip Knot etc so I won't hear you.
3. In a million years you'll never shove harder than I can throw
1. Got that.
2. Figures
3. Keep telling yourself that cupcake.0 -
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Actually, it doesn't, since a lot of people who wander along in their own self-entitled little world don't hear it.
I remember hearing a few years ago that American walking speeds had halved since the 1940s. I assume it's because they drive everywhere.
Well that's because they've gotten twice as fat, but my gawwwd how far up yer own arse do you have to be, that this gets your goat!? Ye must all be able to lick your own tonsils!
I just can't wrap my head around getting annoyed at that - I know someone who's biggest pet peeve is old people on the footpath in front of her. And that was before she moved to Dublin, so I'm guessing it either killed the cranky mare or cured her..
The last place I worked was in a town and got crowded at lunch on the way to shops or whatever, loads of people in their own worlds but it never occurred to me that it was this annoying. Relax lads 0 -
I'm slowest at everything I do
I was probably slowest in class lol.
After Judo practice I'm slowest off the mats & slowest getting my sh*t together.
When I fight (competition) I'm a slow starter and mostly lose my first fight (although the last 18 months I've won national titles at +100kg twice, go me
).
When I cycle I go slower than most, and on my motorbike I rarely ride above 100kph even on the motorways.
I even jog slow, in fact I think I can walk faster than I jog sometimes lol.
You all need to chill the fook out, slow down and enjoy life at a slower pace ~ its nice
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Adalyn Chubby Bed wrote: »I'm slowest at everything I do
I was probably slowest in class lol.
After Judo practice I'm slowest off the mats & slowest getting my sh*t together.
When I fight (competition) I'm a slow starter and mostly lose my first fight (although the last 18 months I've won national titles at +100kg twice, go me ).
When I cycle I go slower than most, and on my motorbike I rarely ride above 100kph even on the motorways.
I even jog slow, in fact I think I can walk faster than I jog sometimes lol.
You all need to chill the fook out, slow down and enjoy life at a slower pace ~ its nice
Hello from the real world... **waves**
Sure, after travelling to work for two hours I'll just stroll on up to work, stopping to smell what passes for roses in Dublin inner city.
Piss and vomit mainly.
I'll just tell the boss I missed the meeting because I was chilling.
See you down the labour exchange.0 -
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Leave 20 mins earlier to get the bus as an insurance. Worst case scenario you're at your desk earlier... god forbid. :rolleyes:
Does'nt matter what time you leave at, or whether you're on time or not, you've still lost 30 minutes of your day.
I find civil servants tend to have a different internal clock to the rest of us 0 -
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Does'nt matter what time you leave at, or whether you're on time or not, you've still lost 30 minutes of your day.
I find civil servants tend to have a different internal clock to the rest of usMortpourvelo wrote: »Leave earlier ?!!
Hahahahhahahaha!!!!! Love the public sector logic!!
I work in the private sector, but dont let me get in the way of your assumptionsThat's the problem. A lot of people (most?) have a job that finishes at quitting time. I'm sure all of us would love to leave work 20 mins early!
I never said anything about leaving work 20 mins earlier.
Maybe i'm of a different mindset but an extra 20 mins out of 24 hours isnt going to put me up nor down. I was just putting the thought there for people who are looking to be exactly on time for buses, thus someone walking slow and causing them to be delayed 30 seconds makes them miss a bus.
Leave earlier in the morn and be relaxed going for your bus knowing you'll make it 0 -
I work in the private sector, but dont let me get in the way of your assumptions
I never said anything about leaving work 20 mins earlier.
Maybe i'm of a different mindset but an extra 20 mins out of 24 hours isnt going to put me up nor down. I was just putting the thought there for people who are looking to be exactly on time for buses, thus someone walking slow and causing them to be delayed 30 seconds makes them miss a bus.
Leave earlier in the morn and be relaxed going for your bus knowing you'll make it
I think the two sides are diametrically opposed!
In my view, people should be aware of their surroundings, be considerate, and share the footpaths as best we can.
In your view, I (and people like me) should "leave earlier" (clock out from work early? Leave the kids outside creche or school in the morning so I can leave the house earlier so as not to be slowed down?)
I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.0 -
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Ah no i get what you're saying my view was maybe the extreme, as was yours (ie that because you have kids to drop at the creche or a box and thus you're running to a short timeline they should be more aware for you)
There's a happy medium there where we should all be But such is life. 0 -
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The thing is, if I'm walking the whole way to work, and I'm held up by 30 seconds by a slow walker at a pinch-point, I get to my desk 30 seconds later.
If I'm walking to get a bus, those 30 seconds could mean I get to where I need to be 30 minutes later.
Seriously, tough sh*t!.. And I'm not being an ass, but leave earlier.
I always give myself plenty of time to reach a destination, and 99% of the time it works and I arrive stress free.
Twenty four hours of the day is given to us equally, learn to us it and relax.
Someone said that slow walkers should walk in by the side of the footpaths LOL ~ get a life, we'll walk were we want!.. Besides the sides of the footpaths are full with bus ques on one side and beggars & chuggers by the walls, so I'm slauntering down the middle ~ rather like a big ol' tractor blocking the country roads and a line of boy racers and sales men in a hurry no where fast :pac: 0 -
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Adalyn Chubby Bed wrote: »Seriously, tough sh*t!.. And I'm not being an ass, but leave earlier.
I always give myself plenty of time to reach a destination, and 99% of the time it works and I arrive stress free.
Twenty four hours of the day is given to us equally, learn to us it and relax.
Someone said that slow walkers should walk in by the side of the footpaths LOL ~ get a life, we'll walk were we want!.. Besides the sides of the footpaths are full with bus ques on one side and beggars & chuggers by the walls, so I'm slauntering down the middle ~ rather like a big ol' tractor blocking the country roads and a line of boy racers and sales men in a hurry no where fast :pac:
I love how worked up you're getting telling other people to relax! Too funny 0 -
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I love how worked up you're getting telling other people to relax! Too funny
Feeling a bit torny Miss Cactus?.
Nah, I'm really not worked up. Some things get me worked up, boards.ie certainly isn't one of them.
We've people here talking about shoving people out of their way, someone else suggesting using a brolly as a prod.. All very well until you come across someone who has the skills or temperament not to take your shove, or the prod of a brolly ~ and you think I'm the one getting worked up lol.
Seriously if someone shoved me, or prodded me with anything because I was in their way they'd be having a very bad day very quickly.
I was actually thinking about this thread last night, why do people who are in a hurry (or fast walkers) have such a strong sense of entitlement to own the pavements?.
So the Dublin Bikes scheme, no one thought of that as an option as a way of getting through Dublin's bustling streets of zombie dead walkers?.
Dublin Bikes?, any takers?.0
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