Agree with OP - and all you impatient people had better learn to deal with it as our population is aging and the elderly do not move fast!
The elderly generally aren’t the problem. They tend to travel at times when moving around them is much easier, and if I can move around you, then you are not being inconsiderate.
There seems to be a mistaken impression that slow moving people are evil beings to us fast moving people. I haven’t seen one of us speedsters say that. What I have heard is that people who are inconsiderate or oblivious are a problem. 2 slow walkers walking down a sidewalk able to handle 4 abreast - not a problem. Increase the number to 5 standing abreast, and then the issue isn’t the faster walker, it is the slow walkers total cluelessness to the choke point they are causing.
This point has been made over and over but clearly some people are too slow to get the fucking point. I wish that they’d stay out of the way and quit clogging up the thread.
Firstly the time sense of people who are so oblivious of others that they are not even aware that they are being a pest is not usually very accurate.
But Ive only been here 20 seconds ,um no you were only here for 20 seconds50 seconds ago.
But lets be generous and assume that it IS only 20 secs.
You have to catch a bus ,ferry or train thats on a schedule,if there are several ignorant people who each hold you up for 20 secs. and you miss the service by only 20 secs. then youve missed it,no ifs or buts .So what times the next one?15 mins ?an hour ?5 hours? Or is it the last service of the day?
You’re going to work and you have to clock in or badge in and the exact time of your entry is shown.
20 secs.late?Its not too serious but can you be punctual from now on?
Second time ,I did mention to you about punctuality before.
And then its 15 mins pay deduction …and a warning.
Then its suspension and then so on down the line.
Likewise if you’re in a traffic queue at a red light.
Driver of the first car,"oh for gods sake I only delayed 20secs cos I was changing the C.D."They get so excited dont they?
But the second car,20 secs plus its own reaction time .
Third ditto
The further down the queue the greater the cumulative time.
And then the lights change and you have to wait through the entire sequence AGAIN,and if you have yet another driver in front of you with the same "who gives a fuck"attitude you may well have another full sequence or more ahead of you.
The fact that this poster thinks that people are only rushing because they’re impatient or self important demonstrates that they have very little idea of the real world .Im curious to know what job you have that allows you to basically not worry about being on time ?
Thats of course if you actually have a job in the first place?
And finally ,yes they are human beings that you are shoving out of the way.
But if they displayed the same same sensitivity to other peoples lives that they seem to expect as a right for themselves then they wouldn’t be blocking off everyone else anyway.
Sorry I’m late. As a courtesy, the next time you pit me, please let me know.
Yeah, if you are on the road and not actively focusing all of your attention on getting where you are going – GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY! Roads are not for gawking, sightseeing, or talking on your cellphone. If you need to do any of that crap, park your car and, by all means, be my guest. Roads are for driving people. By driving I mean actively trying to get from point A to point B with all possible haste.
I have a policy in the supermarket. The wheels on the cart should never come to a compete stop. If I can’t rake what I need off the shelf as I whiz by, I didn’t really need it in the first place. Please do not get in my way at the supermarket.
Thank you. That is all.
WRT people getting off the subway allegedly having priority over people getting on:
I have no experience with any subway or metro system other than DC’s. But I will say that here, if you wait for people to get off the train before you get on…you will not get on. Any train. Ever.
The doors are timed. The driver has no control over them. And they’re not like elevator doors that open if you stick an arm in. When they close, they close, and there’s not a big window of opportunity. People getting on have to push past the people getting off, and vice versa. Everyone who’s ridden the Metro more than once knows this, and it’s just how it’s done.
Isn’t that a hazard? The doors not opening if you put your arm in them I mean.
The doors here will stay open as long as someone is breaking the laser thing at the bottom, and the doors will pop open if there is some sort of obstruction. This does result in people holding the doors, or the doors not shutting if there is too many people.
It also allows me to stare down people who try to shove into the inch or two between me and the bar down the middle of the door.