Oh..to walk in a straight line....

Salu · 30-11-2004, 16:33

[Whinge time]

I'm fed up.

I'm fed up of not being able to walk in a straight line in town. There are so many people shopping that it takes twice the effort to go 100 yards and twice the distance as I am weaving in and out of shoppers.

Some walk perpendicular to the path I am walking and manage to stop dead in such a place that means that my elbow bangs into theirs and they then scowl at me, much like Paddington Bear's stare....It makes you want to say unpleasent things to them, in several languages.....

There are old women who have "shopping wheels" who walk at 1 mph one minute and then in the blink of an eye are completely stationary. How I manage to not mow them down is a mystery...

Then there are groups of 5 girls all linking their arms singing songs from Girls Aloud or belching. I have to walk round them.

Not only that but everyone is now 1 foot wider as they are trawling upto 8 bags of presents with them.

It always seems to be ME that has to twist to allow someone coming towards me NOT to have a head on collision. They just carry on walking ahead regardless...

I wouldn't be in town unless I had to a) get the bus home or b) buy presents myself. At least ones that I can't get from the internet....

Oh......Merry Christmas

[end whinge]

Bifta · 30-11-2004, 16:35

whinge being the operative word .....

Paul · 30-11-2004, 16:37

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Originally Posted by Bifta

whinge being the operative word .....

Aw c'mon now Bifta.... he did say Merry Christmas

Bifta · 30-11-2004, 16:38

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Originally Posted by Paul

Aw c'mon now Bifta.... he did say Merry Christmas

Perhaps we could buy him a medal for "2004's most pointless thread" for Christmas then.

Paul · 30-11-2004, 16:41

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Originally Posted by Bifta

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Aw c'mon now Bifta.... he did say Merry Christmas

Perhaps we could buy him a medal for "2004's most pointless thread" for Christmas then.

Aw are we going to buy him a new copy of the award or take the one that is earmarked for someone else

Bifta · 30-11-2004, 16:44

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Originally Posted by Paul

Aw are we going to buy him a new copy of the award or take the one that is earmarked for someone else

See my private reply about that

**Paul M** · 30-11-2004, 16:53

i think you need to start a blog Salu

Nugget · 30-11-2004, 16:53

I've found that the taller you are, the worse it is.

My girlfriend constantly gets at me for losing my temper about this because, as she sees it, people are always walking into her because she's small. However, IMO, this means that they have no excuse for walking into me / hitting me with their bags or trolleys / whatever, because they can see me, which just makes it worse.

My entirely scientific theory is that, the taller you get, the more people are likely to use you as a beacon so, by the end of walking through the precinct in Grimsby, it's often difficult to see me because of the crowd of people who have decided I'm their designated meeting area!

Mr_love_monkey · 30-11-2004, 17:43

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Originally Posted by Nugget

My entirely scientific theory is that, the taller you get, the more people are likely to use you as a beacon so, by the end of walking through the precinct in Grimsby, it's often difficult to see me because of the crowd of people who have decided I'm their designated meeting area!

Just don't wear a helmet with a flashing light - people will think you're a light house

Salu · 30-11-2004, 17:48

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Originally Posted by Bifta

whinge being the operative word .....

Thanks Mr Serial Grumpyness.

Mr_love_monkey · 30-11-2004, 17:49

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Originally Posted by Salu

Thanks Mr Serial Grumpyness.

Ah, the lesser known 8th dwarf.....

SMHarman · 30-11-2004, 18:01

Did I read somewhere in the dim and distant past that pedestrian traffic on Londons Oxford St is actually slower than driving along it at this time of year.

Theodoric · 30-11-2004, 18:40

IIRC, in a Drunkard's Walk, the distance travelled from your start point is proportional to the square root of the time taken. I thought that I'd just drop this into the conversation.

30-11-2004, 18:43

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Originally Posted by Salu

[Whinge time]

I'm fed up.

I'm fed up of not being able to walk in a straight line in town. There are so many people shopping that it takes twice the effort to go 100 yards and twice the distance as I am weaving in and out of shoppers.

Some walk perpendicular to the path I am walking and manage to stop dead in such a place that means that my elbow bangs into theirs and they then scowl at me, much like Paddington Bear's stare....It makes you want to say unpleasent things to them, in several languages.....

There are old women who have "shopping wheels" who walk at 1 mph one minute and then in the blink of an eye are completely stationary. How I manage to not mow them down is a mystery...

Then there are groups of 5 girls all linking their arms singing songs from Girls Aloud or belching. I have to walk round them.

Not only that but everyone is now 1 foot wider as they are trawling upto 8 bags of presents with them.

It always seems to be ME that has to twist to allow someone coming towards me NOT to have a head on collision. They just carry on walking ahead regardless...

I wouldn't be in town unless I had to a) get the bus home or b) buy presents myself. At least ones that I can't get from the internet....

Oh......Merry Christmas

[end whinge]

Ban Christmas.

iadom · 30-11-2004, 18:48

I too find this an inconvenience, the serfs just will not let my sedan chair past,

My pet hate is budding chavs on bikes riding on the pavement,