I wish people were more aware of the other people around them

[abcdefz]

This is pretty lame whining, but anyway...

It just drives me nuts when people are so oblivious to the fact that there are other people in the world besides them.

For instance: Someone passes through a doorway and then just stops. Um... excuse me?

People who leave their carts or strollers in the middle so they block the aisle. Um, one side, please. Thanks.

People who haven't made up their mind by the time they get to the register and hold up the line while they discuss.

People on cell phones talking too loudly -- that's a pretty obvious one.

Couples having a let-the-whole-world-hear fight in public.

Drivers who have the red light put pull up into the crosswalk watching traffic in only one direction and not looking for pedestrians in the other.

Teenagers -- who in some ways are the most self-conscious people on the planet -- are AMAZINGLY unobservant, especially if they have the slightest distraction whatsoever. Just yesterday I had a girl hustle to get around me only to do a series of slowdowns, starts and stops which made us look like we were doing some jerk-step duet. WHY hurry around me if you aren't going to just keep moving?

Arrrgh.

[paul jones]

- people who are walking on paths by roads who look at you when you are driving past.What are you looking at cunts?

[ericlee]

people who walk on the bike paths when there's a whole open sidewalk right next to them.

[paul jones]

-people who walk

[QueenAdrock]

I always hate it when people walk super close behind me, when they could easily just walk around. Like, so close that if I stopped short, they'd smack right into me. A lot of the time they're listening to ipods or on their cell phones and not paying a damn bit of attention, but it's really goddamn creepy to have someone that close behind you

[abcdefz]

...people walk in a group several people abreast, taking up the entire sidewlk.

People who don't just walk a straight line down the sidewalk, so even if you're trying to get around them, they lurch one way or another to block you.


I have no real problem saying "excuse me" to get past somebody, but in some weird way it starts making me feel like I'm being rude.


...Folks who stand in the middle of an escaltor so you can't get around them...

[jabumbo]

people who walk on the bike paths when there's a whole open sidewalk right next to them.


people who run down the roadway when there is a path/trail/track nearby


the worst when its in the park because there are so many nice and quiet trails to use!

[Adam]

I'm loving this board atm - lots of little mini rants in different threads is my sort of action. Keep it up (y)

[ericlee]

I always hate it when people walk super close behind me, when they could easily just walk around. Like, so close that if I stopped short, they'd smack right into me. A lot of the time they're listening to ipods or on their cell phones and not paying a damn bit of attention, but it's really goddamn creepy to have someone that close behind you

I can't stand that either. I'm not trying to justify smoking at all but once I was having a cig and I could feel this lady breathing on my neck. I blew a puff out and she's all, "blegh, Jesus Christ!" Well, if she wouldn't walk up on people then she wouldn't have that problem. I don't drag ass when I walk either.

[paul jones]

-people who tell you about their kids then show you their kids pictures on their phones

[Echewta]

People who listen to The Mix-up loud enough for me to hear.

[gbsuey]

-people who tell you about their kids then show you their kids pictures on their phones

would you rather they showed you a picture of their grandma when they talk about their kids?

[jabumbo]

I don't drag ass when I walk either.


if cigrarettes taste like ass, then in theory, you were in fact, dragging ass while you walked (!)

[miss soul fire]

This is pretty lame whining, but anyway...

It just drives me nuts when people are so oblivious to the fact that there are other people in the world besides them.

For instance: Someone passes through a doorway and then just stops. Um... excuse me?

People who leave their carts or strollers in the middle so they block the aisle. Um, one side, please. Thanks.

People who haven't made up their mind by the time they get to the register and hold up the line while they discuss.

People on cell phones talking too loudly -- that's a pretty obvious one.

Couples having a let-the-whole-world-hear fight in public.

Drivers who have the red light put pull up into the crosswalk watching traffic in only one direction and not looking for pedestrians in the other.

Teenagers -- who in some ways are the most self-conscious people on the planet -- are AMAZINGLY unobservant, especially if they have the slightest distraction whatsoever. Just yesterday I had a girl hustle to get around me only to do a series of slowdowns, starts and stops which made us look like we were doing some jerk-step duet. WHY hurry around me if you aren't going to just keep moving?

Arrrgh.

I think about stuff like that every single day. It drives me mad. I especially hate loud cel phone talkers. Why do they think we wanna know about their lame lives?!:mad:

[miss soul fire]

...people walk in a group several people abreast, taking up the entire sidewlk.

People who don't just walk a straight line down the sidewalk, so even if you're trying to get around them, they lurch one way or another to block you.


I have no real problem saying "excuse me" to get past somebody, but in some weird way it starts making me feel like I'm being rude.


...Folks who stand in the middle of an escaltor so you can't get around them...


Hahahaha. This is my everyday life. :D

What about people who put their ipod's or whatever loud for everyone to listen to them. Music is personal. Put your head phones on!!!

[paul jones]

would you rather they showed you a picture of their grandma when they talk about their kids?

yes.I like to count the wrinkles

[yeahwho]

I wish people would stay off my damn lawn.

[DroppinScience]

Yeah! Those damn whippersnapper kids!

[HAL 9000]

At my work, we have to put credit on a card which is used in the staff canteen. There is a machine where you load cash onto the card. Every morning, there are people in the queue who put the card in the machine and only then get out their wallet/purse and start looking for money to load.

I mean could you not forsee that you were going to need money?!?! Get your cash ready before you get to the front of the queue morons!

[Adam]

At my work, we have to put credit on a card which is used in the staff canteen. There is a machine where you load cash onto the card. Every morning, there are people in the queue who put the card in the machine and only then get out their wallet/purse and start looking for money to load.

I mean could you not forsee that you were going to need money?!?! Get your cash ready before you get to the front of the queue morons!

I hate this at supermarkets. Or with those that have loyalty cards to. "Oh, I need to pay do I. I just put all my shopping on top of my purse, I'll get it out". "Yes I have a reward card, its in my other bag". "Oooh, you're busy today aren't you - look at the queue behind me, they really should find a way to move these queues quicker". :mad:

[Bob]

Yeah! Those damn whippersnapper kids!

you laugh, but if you had a lawn and punk kids were playing on it all the time you'd want them to get off it

I hate this at supermarkets. Or with those that have loyalty cards to. "Oh, I need to pay do I. I just put all my shopping on top of my purse, I'll get it out". "Yes I have a reward card, its in my other bag". "Oooh, you're busy today aren't you - look at the queue behind me, they really should find a way to move these queues quicker". :mad:

in a related stupid gripe, i hate it when someone pays with cash and then when the cashier hands them their change, they get out their wallet/purse and slowly and deliberately sort the change and stash it away, one bill/coin at a time

you can do this at home, step away from the register, there's a line

you cunt

[venusvenus123]

-people who tell you about their kids then show you their kids pictures on their phones
would you prefer it if they showed you pictures of themselves with a "celebrity"?
:cool::cool:

[ms.peachy]

Man, y'all need to see where I live forst before you complain about lack of awareness. Ericlee maybe knows what I mean. The rest of you, I'm tellin' you, you have no idea. Forget your fancy notions of personal space and common courtesy, mmmkay?

[MC Moot]

The group of slack jawed,dull eyed,alway's texting,gum chewing,slurpee sucking,high school kidz waiting at the bus stop who occupy the sidewalk in a solid,semi-inpenetrable mass...:mad:

Furthermore those who have no spatial awareness or skills while navigating inner city pedestrian traffic with an umbrella...your gonna take someones eye out!!!...:mad:


And smokers who walk ahead of me that are just a little longer in stride than I am...slow up,give over,let me pass!...:mad:

[abcdefz]

People who just let their kids run RAMPANT in public spaces. I'm not talking about parks and whatnot. I don't need your kids screaming at full volume or kicking the back of my chair. Thanks.

Folks at the cafe who take up the entire condiment counter while people wait behind them. Um, you can take your packet of sugar to your table rather than making everyone else wait while you dump your teaspoon of sweetner, stir, throw away the packet, lovingly replace the lid on your coffee, etc.

And yes, people who don't have their money ready drives me nuts, too.

[nodanaonlyzuul]

People who don't just walk a straight line down the sidewalk, so even if you're trying to get around them, they lurch one way or another to
YESSSSSSSSSS

I'm always fine with going around, but the ones that sway so you can't get around without being SUPER rude yourself and basically jogging passed them, risking bumping in to them... yeah. I hate that.

Also, everyone should understand personal space. PERSONAL. SPACE.

And the "stop in the middle of the doorway/aisle" thing so no one can get around... yeah. Way to not be considerate at all. ESPECIALLY when they don't even blink at the fact nor acknowledge that folks stopped, waited, and are now trying to edge around them.

[Adam]

stopping at the top of an escalator. "ITS STILL MOVING CHUMP"

[hpdrifter]

...people walk in a group several people abreast, taking up the entire sidewlk.

People who don't just walk a straight line down the sidewalk, so even if you're trying to get around them, they lurch one way or another to block you.



This drives me nuts when I'm on my bike. I have a long ride people and I like to keep my pace up, I hate having to slow down almost to a complete stop to get around some jerk moseying up the middle of the path and listing to the right and left like they have no equilibrium.

Also not a fan of the slow checker outers. Speaking of... people who pay with checks. Seriously, does anyone even take checks anymore?

[MC Moot]

People who fail to comprehend that in order to get on the train you must first let others get off the train...this is not Tokyo folks,get with it...

[abcdefz]

This drives me nuts when I'm on my bike.


It's hard not to get started on this. The only thing I can think of to stop me from going postal on people is that, technically, in most cities, a bike isn't supposed to be ridden on the sidewalk, anyway. So I give a little bit of leeway in my attitude since a lot of people don't realize a bike is coming up from behind them.

Still doesn't mean you shouldn't walk in a straight line, or you shouldn't take up the whole sidewalk with your friends crowding everyone else off.

[abcdefz]

People who fail to comprehend that in order to get on the train you must first let others get off the train...this is not Tokyo folks,get with it...

I was thinking of this, too. It's like: Okay, so you're crowding another ten sardines into the can before you let twelve get out?

[hpdrifter]

It's hard not to get started on this. The only thing I can think of to stop me from going postal on people is that, technically, in most cities, a bike isn't supposed to be ridden on the sidewalk, anyway. So I give a little bit of leeway in my attitude since a lot of people don't realize a bike is coming up from behind them.

Still doesn't mean you shouldn't walk in a straight line, or you shouldn't take up the whole sidewalk with your friends crowding everyone else off.

My state happens to be one of the ones that allows bikes on the sidewalk.

Anyway, it's whatever. I have a bell that's supposed to let people know I'm coming but I feel like a jackass using it. Sometimes I shout ahead but I feel like a jerk then too. Mostly I just try to cough or make a lot of noise while peddaling and hope for the best.

[ericlee]

I hate it when I hand my cash to an Asian or Indian cashier (always female) at a bodega and they snatch it out of my hand instead of taking it smoothly. There's a few bodegas I go to around here and an Asian or Indian male is working and they generously take my money from me, different story with the females.

[Dorothy Wood]

I'm pretty used to people being completely oblivious to anyone and everything around them, but it still angers me. Maybe not as much as it used to though.

I'm starting to get concerned with how unaware people are about everything.

I was on the bus yesterday, a bus that typically travels along an east-west road, but briefly turns and goes south to a train station and turns around and goes right back to where it left off. Well, I was sitting in the back and heard a college-age girl say, "please sir, stop!" after pulling the cord for a stop because the bus started turning and didn't stop exactly where she thought it would. Fine, that's fine...but when the bus did stop, she and her mother (I'm guessing) took forever to gather their shopping bags and got to the back doors just as another person left through them. The mother stopped and sighed, apparently assuming it was too late to exit, even though the light on the door was still green and all she had to do was follow the simple and very large and clear instructions on the door.

It says, "touch here to open doors". it's bright yellow and even has little illustrated hands showing you exactly where to touch the door to open it.

Well, she didn't see that, and she and her daughter looked as if they were going to cry, but pulled the cord again for the next stop. At this point, other people needing to get off the bus gathered behind them. The bus stopped, and she looked at the door pleadingly, hoping to will it open, blocking everyone needing to get off. So I said, "PUSH IT", quite sternly.

So she pushed it and she and her daughter were able to exit unscathed.


I'm still upset by the whole thing though.

[mikizee]

As part of my job I'm on the road driving close to 12 hours a day.

And just the fucking shit I see terrible drivers pull..... fuuuuck.

Just last night, I was driving down a major road doing 60 km/h (35 miles for you US people) and a car turned out from my right and swung out RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I jammed on the brakes, lucky I have ABS, and the guy proceeds to drive about 20 km/h. So I'm almost scraping his bumper at this point yelling WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK!!!! so I hit my horn and flashed my high beams just for a second, to let him know that it was a pretty shit move to make, and hes lucky the back of his car isn't written off, then HE gets all angry about it and I can see him flailing his arms about!! So I changed lanes to go past him, and as I go past I can see him yelling and cursing and spitting at me....

Ummmm what?? Fuckin hell.

Honestly the shit I see performed on the roads on a daily basis, I have been thinking about buying one of these... if I had the money. (http://www.ja-gps.com.au/RoadMemory/road-memory/)

[abcdefz]

I'm pretty used to people being completely oblivious to anyone and everything around them, but it still angers me. Maybe not as much as it used to though.

I'm starting to get concerned with how unaware people are about everything.

I was on the bus yesterday, a bus that typically travels along an east-west road, but briefly turns and goes south to a train station and turns around and goes right back to where it left off. Well, I was sitting in the back and heard a college-age girl say, "please sir, stop!" after pulling the cord for a stop because the bus started turning and didn't stop exactly where she thought it would. Fine, that's fine...but when the bus did stop, she and her mother (I'm guessing) took forever to gather their shopping bags and got to the back doors just as another person left through them. The mother stopped and sighed, apparently assuming it was too late to exit, even though the light on the door was still green and all she had to do was follow the simple and very large and clear instructions on the door.

It says, "touch here to open doors". it's bright yellow and even has little illustrated hands showing you exactly where to touch the door to open it.

Well, she didn't see that, and she and her daughter looked as if they were going to cry, but pulled the cord again for the next stop. At this point, other people needing to get off the bus gathered behind them. The bus stopped, and she looked at the door pleadingly, hoping to will it open, blocking everyone needing to get off. So I said, "PUSH IT", quite sternly.

So she pushed it and she and her daughter were able to exit unscathed.


I'm still upset by the whole thing though.


Tourists, maybe?

That just sounds like a couple of women who weren't savvy about how that bus system worked.

[Dorothy Wood]

Tourists, maybe?

That just sounds like a couple of women who weren't savvy about how that bus system worked.

Well, there's unfamiliarity, and then there's negligence. I'd have given them a break if the door instructions weren't so large and obvious. I can understand why they'd be confused that the bus was turning though.

Also, my neighborhood has had a major influx of people who I'm calling "college kids". It's not a tourist area (yet), so I'm guessing that girl just moved there and her mom was visiting and they were getting back from a shopping trip. There was a very "mommy, chicago is too hard :( " attitude coming from the girl.

The streets are just crawling with these college kids...they're loud and careless and enticing criminals with their disposable incomes and parent-paid rent.

argh!

Sorry, I'm becoming an old fuddy duddy and I miss my quiet. and anything that increases the chances of me getting mugged really pisses me off.

[abcdefz]

Ha. Yeah, I getcha. Sometimes people in pairs who are unfamiliar with something sort of whip each other into unobservancy.

[p-branez]

in a related stupid gripe, i hate it when someone pays with cash and then when the cashier hands them their change, they get out their wallet/purse and slowly and deliberately sort the change and stash it away, one bill/coin at a time

you can do this at home, step away from the register, there's a line

you cunt

i go back and forth on this one. on many occasions, i like to the leave the store with a sense of order and not in a chaotic hurry to get out of other people's way. and i think that as a patron of the store, you are entitled to a few seconds to put away the change, and besides, everyone behind you can spare another 15 seconds.
plus, if you take time to put it in the wallet, you can make sure you have the correct change.

and for those that think their cities is home to the worst drivers, you can't imagine the sort of things you can do in china: drive on sidewalks, park on sidewalks, run red lights, use the horn at all times, run down pedestrians, drive down the middle of the road, no blinkers, all with no seat belts.

[abcdefz]

i go back and forth on this one. on many occasions, i like to the leave the store with a sense of order and not in a chaotic hurry to get out of other people's way. and i think that as a patron of the store, you are entitled to a few seconds to put away the change, and besides, everyone behind you can spare another 15 seconds.
plus, if you take time to put it in the wallet, you can make sure you have the correct change.



I look at it to make sure it's correct, then move myself and my purchase out of the way to file the bills. That way they can at least start the next transaction while I'm making sure all the bills face the same direction, etc.

[Audio.]

This is pretty lame whining, but anyway...

It just drives me nuts when people are so oblivious to the fact that there are other people in the world besides them.

For instance: Someone passes through a doorway and then just stops. Um... excuse me?

People who leave their carts or strollers in the middle so they block the aisle. Um, one side, please. Thanks.

People who haven't made up their mind by the time they get to the register and hold up the line while they discuss.

People on cell phones talking too loudly -- that's a pretty obvious one.

Couples having a let-the-whole-world-hear fight in public.

Drivers who have the red light put pull up into the crosswalk watching traffic in only one direction and not looking for pedestrians in the other.

Teenagers -- who in some ways are the most self-conscious people on the planet -- are AMAZINGLY unobservant, especially if they have the slightest distraction whatsoever. Just yesterday I had a girl hustle to get around me only to do a series of slowdowns, starts and stops which made us look like we were doing some jerk-step duet. WHY hurry around me if you aren't going to just keep moving?

Arrrgh.
or when some one steals your hammy. :p

[Bob]

I look at it to make sure it's correct, then move myself and my purchase out of the way to file the bills. That way they can at least start the next transaction while I'm making sure all the bills face the same direction, etc.

that seems reasonable to me. it's the people who stand there and slowly and deliberately sort and put the change away while standing at the register that bug me. i mean you can do this anywhere, literally anywhere in the universe, and you choose to do it in a way that makes you a dick, way to go

[ericg]

driving pisses me off - which is barely mentioned here - odd. my pet peeve is when people drive too slow on an on ramp to get onto the highway. i hate that. people drive too slow period. and then to find out they're on their phone just kills me.

[abcdefz]

It's incredibly annoying when someone driving is just oblivious; especially so when you realize they're on the phone. California has a law against hands on phone use while driving, but I don't know that it gets enforced.

[abcdefz]

Another thing with phones: When people are hanging out with others but paying attention mainly to their phone. To me, it's insulting. My confession here is that I held up many games of pool when I first got my phone, so much so that "pull a (abcdefz)" became a catchphrase for being captivated by your phone when it was your turn to shoot. :o