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Originally Posted by Nimetic
I second that. But f##k them I say. If I've moved 75% out of the way then I've done my bit. Sometimes I'm in the mood for a bump. Especially if it's a bunch of young brats walking along deliberately like they own the footpath.
Also - some people will just walk around the corner, on the opposite on the RHS (we drive on LHS) and expect me to jump out of the way for them. Why?
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It's a form of passive aggression, exerting power over someone by not doing something, in this case, not moving to accomodate others on the sidewalk. The problem is how to deal with it. I'd much rather walk around or get out of the way than be bumped. It sucks, but there isn't much to be done about it.
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Originally Posted by Moi
Jay walkers. Yes, I realize the bus stop is a hundred feet or so from the intersection. Would it kill you to walk the extra hundred feet there, cross at the light in the crosswalk, then walk to the bus stop? Cuz it might if you don't.
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So I'm driving to the grocery store Sunday and I see a man and a little girl of about four jay walking just behind the traffic at the intersection. They're standing on the raised median, traffic passing behind them and in front of them waiting for traffic to clear so they can finish their walk. I see this quite frequently at this very stop. There's a family medical clinic on one side of street, a four lane divided main thoroughfare, and a bus stop on the other. But it's maybe 100 feet from the intersection, where they'd have a crossing protected by the traffic lights. I wanted to scream at this toesucker putting his little girl's life in danger because he didn't want to walk an extra 200 feet.
Gilda