Random Rants
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And I am only in Ottawa. I can't even imagine the scale of this in NY Lando. I feel for you. Upon consideration, I may start the elbow check.
I highly recommend it. Not only useful, but fun!
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Alright, so people texting while driving is obviously a horrible idea, but I have run into a ridiculous amount of people lately who insist on texting while walking from place to place.
There they are walking through the hall texting, up the stairs texting, taking a shit texting. Not only this, they are slow as hell doing it. Apparently, to put that effort forth to the phone, it requires walking like an old person on ice.
I mean come on. I am pretty sure you can put your phone down long enough to stop texting in order to walk from your desk to the bathroom.
Just because you want to look important on your phone does not mean I need to be 5 minutes late for a meeting.
I started to give people like that a straight elbow check. Shit is ridiculous in NY. Must smack 3-4 people a day just to and from work. Assholes
This is a weekly discussion between my friends and I here in NYC. Like Lando, I am a straight up asshole on the sidewalk. Unless you're elderly or a purty woman you are getting checked. It's astounding how many people can't grasp the concept of walking on your right side. That's the socially acceptable side to walk on here in America.
I've lived here over 5 years now and not too long ago I just got fed up with it. I don't move out of the way when I'm walking now. If they're not paying attention they get a very bad wake up call by getting hit with a short glass of 230lbs worth of IH gear saying "get the fuck out of my way motherfucker." It's the same reaction you'd give someone driving the wrong way on a one way street.
This comes to mind.
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Alright, so people texting while driving is obviously a horrible idea, but I have run into a ridiculous amount of people lately who insist on texting while walking from place to place.
There they are walking through the hall texting, up the stairs texting, taking a shit texting. Not only this, they are slow as hell doing it. Apparently, to put that effort forth to the phone, it requires walking like an old person on ice.
I mean come on. I am pretty sure you can put your phone down long enough to stop texting in order to walk from your desk to the bathroom.
Just because you want to look important on your phone does not mean I need to be 5 minutes late for a meeting.
I started to give people like that a straight elbow check. Shit is ridiculous in NY. Must smack 3-4 people a day just to and from work. Assholes
This is a weekly discussion between my friends and I here in NYC. Like Lando, I am a straight up asshole on the sidewalk. Unless you're elderly or a purty woman you are getting checked. It's astounding how many people can't grasp the concept of walking on your right side. That's the socially acceptable side to walk on here in America.
I've lived here over 5 years now and not too long ago I just got fed up with it. I don't move out of the way when I'm walking now. If they're not paying attention they get a very bad wake up call by getting hit with a short glass of 230lbs worth of IH gear saying "get the fuck out of my way motherfucker." It's the same reaction you'd give someone driving the wrong way on a one way street.
This comes to mind.
I equate that to groups of people at the mall that walk like 4 side by side and take up the whole walk way
And then when I say excuse me, they look at me like I'm stupid
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It's astounding how many people can't grasp the concept of walking on your right side. That's the socially acceptable side to walk on here in America.
Oh man, this gets me more than anything. EVERY SINGLE DAY. Oh and who the fuck are the people who insist on walking side by side on a crowded sidewalk?!?! They get malled as well. I love yelling out, "This ain't fucking Europe Asshole, now move over."
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I hate that as well. Maybe I should change the perceptions that Canadians are timid…...
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Like other Londoners, I do entertain the fantasy of those tourist lanes in busy areas. However, my problem lies with residents of London who don't have a feckin' clue how to move around a big city. You can't really fault tourists - they're from all over the world and have come to my city because it's incredible. I'm flattered so I give them a chance. If you live, work and commute in the city and still get in my way, it's time for some good old rudeness!
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@Omega:
I hate that as well. Maybe I should change the perceptions that Canadians are timid…...
Please do. Now, if I can only make a video of myself wearing all IH Armor and checking people while walking down the street. I think I would set it to Ludacris - "Move Bitch"
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The only rule I really stick to is to pass on the outside of the pavement when it's a woman or elderly person coming the other way. My mum taught me this when I was a kid and I still do it.
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True story about why we English drive on the left, it is because Knight used to hold their Lance in their right hands for jousting.
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Also, spiral stairs descend anti-clockwise because then the person defending the stairs could use their sword right-handed against an ascending foe. history geek
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@Omega:
I hate that as well. Maybe I should change the perceptions that Canadians are timid…...
Please do. Now, if I can only make a video of myself wearing all IH Armor and checking people while walking down the street. I think I would set it to Ludacris - "Move Bitch"
i think MM,urbanwm,babyknight,dep or other NY'ers could help you out on this.
you walk and check and they follow and film…sounds good to me
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I like the turn this has taken because I also do not understand the people who don't walk on the right side of the sidewalk or walk side by side taking up the whole walkway. To me, these things are common sense. Do they not realize they are being ridiculously rude?
Lando if you need help making the video, let me know.
Glad to vent this. I feel better now, and I think I have developed some strategies to deal with it.
That being said, I am always satisfied when one of the dumb jerks then drops their phone and I see a broken screen. I literally laugh out loud at them.
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Ouch, how did you do that?
