'Oh would you just walk your f*cking legs please'

OneArt

There's nothing wrong with walking slow. As long as you're aware other people exist.

The Bollocks

Berties_Horse wrote: »

You remind me of a shoddy wind-up toy.

And you remind me of a pain in the bollocks.

Standman

People who seem to want to barge through everyone on the street - you know what they're going to do when they get to their destination? Fuck all.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Always watch out for women rooting in their handbags while walking on busy streets.

They're liable to come to a full stop at any moment.

1800_Ladladlad

I have an outstanding intolerance for people who show complete disregard for others in society when out in public. Drives me up the wall. Lacking basic cop-on seems to be an ever growing issue. The OP point is understandable and is relatable but is simply subjective. I would be the same, letting those who walk slow in zone where people walk to and from places that they need to get to or would prefer getting to in a decent time frame. But populated places like Mary street, this is to be expected especially around the x mas period. I use to get annoyed at this and then I started to see it as pointless and pathetic, but not as much anymore. if i need to get some place, Ill choose an alternative route to avoid certain areas, ifs its longer, even better, I can walk until I cave in. I would not get annoyed at the elders, that was one thing that was a no no.

Motorists who park up on paths to "quickly" pop in somewhere while blocking Parents and their children from passing safely together or a parent with a pram- so they can be lazy rather than finding suitable parking. Same with people on bikes cycling on paths- not slowing down/stopping or dismounting when there is next to no room in this case I do not move. two or more people together who walk on paths making no room for on coming pedestrians to pass, I simply walk right through them or stop as they pass. In tesco etc when people tend to block up the isles having a chat with both their trolleys touch at the top int he middle of the isle, I simply move their trolley while they look on with their gobs wide open. People in general who stop mid lane between isles , trolley to side blocking people while they think of where to go next.

The fact of the matter is that people a generally ignorant to their own indecency or lack of manners displayed or shown to others in public. this is just the human condition. Innocuously self centred. Thats including me.

James Brown

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

All us dubs does be full of gear and tabalits and can't be walkin fast in anyways

You need be speedy when you're on the rob

I really can't stand people, (look it's always women, there, I said it) who after standing in line for the shop counter or to buy a ticket wait until it's their turn, get told how much something is ...and then proceed to look in their bag for a purse like they'd no idea this was going to come up, (then there's wans who decide to shoot the breeze after serving). Some of us have our money in hand when we know we're next. It's not difficult.
And as Ludacris says, 'Move b*** get out the way...doin' a hundred on the highway, if you do the speed limit get the f*** outta my way' but with regard to walking.

James Brown

Standman wrote: »

People who seem to want to barge through everyone on the street - you know what they're going to do when they get to their destination? Fuck all.

The same c**** will barge by you to beat you to an escalator and then stand still on it. Monsters!

Hammer89

Berties_Horse wrote: »

Your medal is in the post.

It was a Father Ted reference

Billy86

Hammer89 wrote: »

I don't mean mentally slow - some might've been because it was Henry St - but slow physically. They walked like they had sh*t their pants - and some might've, because it was Henry St.

You have never been frustrated by pedestrians until you have been to a proper Chinatown. I would have figured Asian people would be more efficient pedestrians from how busy a lot o their city streets must be, but it's the complete opposite.

A bit of a shame I lost my old phone or I could put up a video of a 5'0, 100lb elderly Asian woman somehow managing to take up the entire width of a 10-15ft footpath, and legitimately moving at a pace of around 100-150 metres per hour. I sometimes marvel that they might just be having a really cheap day, as the pace some walk at would -no joke- mean a stroll from Portobello to around Dorset St taking 4-5 hours. I honestly have no idea if this is the case, or if they just peg it at full pelt when nobody is looking to make up the time. If you ever find yourself on Spadina in Toronto or in Haymarket in Syndey... just actually stand back an observe for a minute, it's mental at times.

My personal favourite was in Sydney when I was dying of a hangover and just could not get past this group of Asian students without flinging myself into traffic - this was on George St, the main and one of the widest paths in the city. Eventually after having needed to essentially just shove by them, I got about a hundred metres up the street to a fast food place and ordered two meat pies as I was starving (and hungover). I sat there, ate the two at a leisurely pace, read a bit on my phone, got up and left after about 15 minutes. As I left, I turned back the way I came and... the same f***ers were still there, and had only moved about 60-70 metres, in at least 15 minutes.

So, yeah... Asian pedestrians can be a nightmare. Then again we Irish probably get our revenge when foreigners land themselves at an escalator and find that seemingly everyone insists on blocking the escalator at any and all opportunities.





I... I've got a bit of a hangup about slow pedestrians and escalators.

Billy86

Matt Barrett wrote: »

The same c**** will barge by you to beat you to an escalator and then stand still on it. Monsters!

Not on escalators, but I have shoved people back when they do this at the lights. Scramble ahead of me if you must, I actually don't mind that at all since you're likely in a rush... but if you do it to stand there and gawk at your phone or walk across the street slower than molasses, I'm afraid you've done it to yourself.

tom1ie

holy guacamole wrote: »

Paths should be divided into lanes to facilitate different types of people; fast paths for people who actually have places to be, slow paths for those just out for a wander, and dawdlers paths for tourists, shoppers, the infirm and the elderly.

There should also be fines for people who stop in the middle of a path to look at their phones and people who congregate outside shop entrances without regard for those coming in and out.

We tried this on the m50 with motorists. Doesn’t work.

Sciprio

I'm a pretty fast walker and nothing annoys me more than slow walkers. Especially if their on a narrow path chatting to eachother while oblivious to others behind them.

Gimme A Pound

Deleted User wrote: »

It's generally infinitely less edifying to watch somebody with all the intolerance and impatience of youthful masculinity for the old and infirm, than it is to be stuck behind the latter people in crowds.

People grow up and usually get to their mid-30s or mid-40s and become increasingly aware of their own mortality, their own declining speed and fitness and become more tolerant and even accepting of people who don't have the seemingly immortal vigour of youth. The same people are also probably wise enough to know they are frustrated by slower people and try to avoid being in such crowds - by doing online shopping, going to actual shops at quiet times, etc. Simple little pieces of self-knowledge to stop oneself imploding and to get through this short life and its many challenges as peacefully and happily as possible.

Please embrace maturity and wisdom, OP.

Oh my god the condescension and smugness. Of course they didn't mention anything about old people but why verify details like that when you can go off on a self righteous rant.

riffmongous wrote: »

Some sour auld bag of ****s in here, getting worked up over a little trivial annoyance

Bit ironic there, Riff.

I think it's really inconsiderate of people (obviously not elderly people who have trouble moving) to just half assed saunter in busy areas too. I'm not speed-walking or the type who barges (also inconsiderate) I walk at a perfectly moderate pace. It's not too much to be considerate of other people in a public space, instead of away in your own world.

As ever, the "Be nice" crowd are the ones coming across as far more intolerant, even to the point of making up sh1t that was never said or even implied.

Duck Soup

nullzero wrote: »

That's racist, they're only expressing their culture.

Yes, but the lanes would be beautifully tarmacced.

Capt'n Midnight

Wet days

You're watching out for people twirling umbrella's at eye level so you don't look down until it's too late. Then you nearly trip up over the kids on fecking leads :mad:

Roger Hassenforder

Apollo Steep Munchies wrote: »

Oh my god the condescension and smugness. Of course they didn't mention anything about old people but why verify details like that when you can go off on a self righteous rant.

Bit ironic there, Riff.

I think it's really inconsiderate of people (obviously not elderly people who have trouble moving) to just half assed saunter in busy areas too. I'm not speed-walking or the type who barges (also inconsiderate) I walk at a perfectly moderate pace. It's not too much to be considerate of other people in a public space, instead of away in your own world.

As ever, the "Be nice" crowd are the ones coming across as far more intolerant, even to the point of making up sh1t that was never said or even implied.

I dont mind people strolling along at whatever speed, i just move around them. Some days I'm slow holding a smallie's hand, and some day i'll be a slow old man trying not to fall over.

Its when they're 4 abreast taking up most of the footpath and yapping away with a "fcuk you all" attitude, that boils my pıss.

sbsquarepants

Hammer89 wrote: »

They shouldn't prioritise my wants over theirs. What they should do, and what any decent human being would do, is consider other people, not just me.

I consider other people all the time, because I'm great and deserve both parachutes. It was very windy at the bus stop yesterday, but I wanted a smoke. What do I do? I walk to the left of the shelter to ensure that my exhalations aren't blown into the faces of the innocent people to the right of me.

That's an example of common decency that I was denied later in the day.

Good for you, you are a prince among men and no mistake.

Now stop and consider that some people aren't in as much of a rush as you are and they are in no way obliged to hurry up for you or to give way so you can storm on to the bus stop and have a smoke before the bus arrives.

Maybe leave a few minutes earlier and chill the fúck out??

The Crowman

Is this Henry St in Roscommon town?

Hammer89

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Good for you, you are a prince among men and no mistake.

Now stop and consider that some people aren't in as much of a rush as you are and they are in no way obliged to hurry up for you or to give way so you can storm on to the bus stop and have a smoke before the bus arrives.

Maybe leave a few minutes earlier and chill the fúck out??

Leave a few minutes earlier for what? I wasn't in a rush. You're the second person to make out like I was power-walking down Henry St and barging people out of the way because I was late for some sort of meeting or appointment.

doolox

I wonder why this rule is not enforced on escalators and walkways in Ireland.

Also I find people who stop suddenly at doorways for a long chat with someone they know to be very annoying. Don't block the doorways.

I once saw someone who was talked to in this fashion take the offending person off to one side with a comment of how people needed to get by and we'll talk somewhere else out of their way.They were like an adult gently chiding a 6 year old child.

Latest trend is people looking down at phones and bumping into and stepping on the toes of all that surround them.

Also worth a mention are aisle blockers in supermarkets but the supermarkets are often as much to blame by stacking goods and "special offers" in the middle of the often too narrow aisles to start with. This practice of narrowing aisles should be stamped out.

sbsquarepants

Hammer89 wrote: »

Leave a few minutes earlier for what? I wasn't in a rush. You're the second person to make out like I was power-walking down Henry St and barging people out of the way because I was late for some sort of meeting or appointment.

Well then you definitely need to chill.

Some people walk fast, others walk slow, that's just life, don't let it stress you!

Hammer89

These abominations are in training already. I saw evidence of it in Cork earlier this month. For the past month they've been using a treadmill on the lowest possible setting, the setting reserved for people who've had their legs blown off by an IED and are only now learning to walk again. Those poor souls have an excuse for being slow c*nts, what with being war heroes. These shams have no excuse other than being inconsiderate, as I said a year ago.

Pure zombies like. They're lower than zombies in actual fact because zombies lack the power of conscious thought. These people are conscious - they just don't care about the inconvenience they're causing. They're totally oblivious. Do you know what sort of people are oblivious to their inconvenience? RUDE people.

Consider your fellow man and woman this Christmas. The greatest gift we can give each other is to use the legs that we were given.

Hector Savage

Old people and children should be banned from town during the christmas shopping season.

Hector Savage

What really really really pisses me off is when fat lazy kunts stand in the walking lane of an escalator ...

Sonny noggs

Hector Savage wrote: »

What really really really pisses me off is when fat lazy kunts stand in the walking lane of an escalator ...

Sorry, won’t do it again.

greenspurs

You ok hon ? …

And you were so outraged, you had to start a thread on Boards...…

I hope that fixes it for you …………….

Hammer89

greenspurs wrote: »

You ok hon ? …

And you were so outraged, you had to start a thread on Boards...…

I hope that fixes it for you …………….

It has thanks. People need to vent Greenspurs.

zell12

Andreas77

I particularly hate when they stop and mindlessly coalesce around the doors of department stores like debenhams, it makes me so angry, I also burst a vein

Hector Savage

Andreas77 wrote: »

I particularly hate when they stop and mindlessly coalesce around the doors of department stores like debenhams, it makes me so angry, I also burst a vein

or stopping at the TOP of stairs whilst people are still moving up !!!

GET OUT OF MY WAY YOU FAT STUPID F*CKING KUNTS!!

Standing there with their mouths open gawping at nothing

NeinNeinNein

The christmas spirit is strong on here today.

BeerWolf

And when you want to walk around them they coincidentally start walking to the side as well...

Bobblehats

Was is that it’s as if some of them have webbed crotches



Hey try this. Granted some chinese isn’t all over it

jiltloop

There's a special place in hell for stationary idiots at the top of escalators.

John DoeReMi

Nobody seems to have mentioned the lovers so far - dozy couples ambling along HOLDING HANDS so that they block the entire footpath. Two slow moving gobshi*es for the price of one.

Bigbagofcans

Hector Savage wrote: »

Old people and children should be banned from town during the christmas shopping season.

Does that include buggies? :P

bitofabind

Odhinn wrote: »

You should just walk up behind them and shout "RAPPIN PAYPUR-ANYONE FOR DE RAPPIN PAYPUR"

I didn’t know what this meant so I said it out loud to myself and I’ve been laughing now for about 10 minutes

Graces7

:eek:

NeinNeinNein

John DoeReMi wrote: »

Nobody seems to have mentioned the lovers so far - dozy couples ambling along HOLDING HANDS so that they block the entire footpath. Two slow moving gobshi*es for the price of one.

The shock in their eyes as a lamp post approaches.

ChikiChiki

Notice this a lot on the commute. Earphones in and body language very lethargic. Speaks volumes.

Graces7

Recently a woman in Spain who was on her phone literally walked off the side of the platform and narrowly escaped being killed.

Hammer89

Graces7 wrote: »

Recently a woman in Spain who was on her phone literally walked off the side of the platform and narrowly escaped being killed.

I pushed her for walking too slowly. Glad to hear she's alright but let this be a lesson.

Stevieluvsye

Ye i also notice that a lot of foreigners pay no creed to the fact that generally a car has right of way on a road, not the fcuking pedestrian. Then they stare at you like you are in the wrong, fcukwits

arybvtcw0eolkf

Deleted User wrote: »

It's generally infinitely less edifying to watch somebody with all the intolerance and impatience of youthful masculinity for the old and infirm, than it is to be stuck behind the latter people in crowds.

People grow up and usually get to their mid-30s or mid-40s and become increasingly aware of their own mortality, their own declining speed and fitness and become more tolerant and even accepting of people who don't have the seemingly immortal vigour of youth. The same people are also probably wise enough to know they are frustrated by slower people and try to avoid being in such crowds - by doing online shopping, going to actual shops at quiet times, etc. Simple little pieces of self-knowledge to stop oneself imploding and to get through this short life and its many challenges as peacefully and happily as possible.

Please embrace maturity and wisdom, OP.

Excellent post, I couldn't have put it better myself.

53 yr old man here.

I'm also athletic, I'm very fit and strong but I'm also a slow walker and the older I get the slower and less hurried I become.

Very good post

***An edit to that..

This includes my driving and riding my motorbike and I've even gotten ride of a very good road bike in favor of a hybrid commuter with rack and bags.

My motorbike is a BMW R1200GS, a monster of a thing which I've been wondering about replacing with a scooter

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Hector Savage wrote: »

Old people and children should be banned from town during the christmas shopping season.

You’d hate me. Mid-30s, don’t look sick. But I have shit for bones in the pelvic and spinal areas and have no choice but to take it easy.

Hector Savage wrote: »

What really really really pisses me off is when fat lazy kunts stand in the walking lane of an escalator ...

That’s not really a thing in Ireland though, is it? Having different lanes on escalators?

Hammer89

Myself and a few others will be beating up Christmas shoppers on Henry St tomorrow if anybody would like to join in.

We're specifically targeting those who are barely moving. If you're walking normally or even at a brisk pace, you need not be alarmed. Women and children are not excluded I'm afraid. We meet at 9am. All welcome. Drinks in Grand Central after.

Hope to see you there.

Cheers.

PhilOssophy

Imagine being such a horrible human being as to take your time walking around the city, thus delaying the OP from his important life or death situation!

Hammer89

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Imagine being such a horrible human being as to take your time walking around the city, thus delaying the OP from his important life or death situation!

I pity them really, going through life without an ounce of consideration for others. These people were dragged up.

Fogmatic

As has been said, before, it's lack of spacial awareness (as with a lot of drivers). Unfortunately, it's a sense some people just seem to be born without.

Dangerous things like blocking the tops or bottoms of escalators really annoy me though - seems some people also lack any ability to think logically.

As a child in London I went to a big exhibition (at Oympia I think), and closing time was marked by the National Anthem (as usual then). It started at peak down-escalator time, and unfortunately the habit of standing still for it overrode the logic of walking away at the bottom; result, chaos. (I just waited at the top till it cleared). To me it was the most entertaining thing in the show!

Rufeo

I will tell you what's worse, a group of people standing on the footpath and blocking the street.