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I don't mind people being slow if they're aware of their surroundings and provide affordances for faster people to get around them. The slow people I do mind (w
by kylec 8y ago
I don't mind people being slow if they're aware of their surroundings and provide affordances for faster people to get around them. The slow people I do mind (walkers, drivers, etc) are the ones that are in my way, and who could easily move out of my way, but don't.
- stouset 8y agoThe worst example of this to me is people in the narrow aisles of small grocery stores. I am constantly aware of people approaching from either side so that I can preemptively make way for them to pass. And yet I see people who remain utterly oblivious to others despite being asked over a dozen times in a handful of minutes to give room to squeeze by. Certainly nobody—including myself—is perfect about this, but it’s inconceivable to me how someone can be so unaware of the people around them, especially after having been asked repeatedly to move out of the way.
- foxyv 8y agoWhen I go to the grocery store I constantly have to remind myself that the people around me have unique lives. They are most likely sleep deprived, exhausted, in pain, hard of hearing, and just plain deaf. I guess this is why manners are so important, you never know what a stranger is going through. Then again sometimes they are self absorbed jerks that will block an entire aisle while they try to find the cheapest can of soup with the latest expiry...
- jplayer01 8y agoThis is the worst part of it. If you're on a German highway, I don't care if you're only driving 100km/h, but if you're on the center lane at that speed (despite the right lane being empty), you're putting me and others in danger as well as wasting our time.