Posted: 6/20/2012 9:26:38 AM EDT
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Folks , when people that are driving stop for you to cross in front of them MOVE YOUR FUCKING ASS ! ! Please do not saunter in frt of them like you could give a shit if they stopped for you or not.
Yes you do have the right of way but at least pick up your shuffling speed unless you are cripple. It makes those of us that are courteous enough to stop for you want to accelerate and just run you fucking over. I have also noticed that there is one group of people that seem to slow down purposefully but we will skirt around that for now. This ends this PSA thank you very much for your time. 
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| this. i always hurry across, and i try to give a facial expression to the driver im holding up that i am hurring on their behalf. pretty much only when im working in atlanta. dallas where i live, has almost no place where i go that i encounter pedestrians while i am driving. |
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I always get a kick out of this scenario, which I will describe as follows:
1. Four lane road, two lanes going east, two lanes going west. 2. Car A = attempting to make a left turn out of a parking lot, ACROSS the first two lanes going east, so he can merge into the third lane, going west. 3. Car B, the "Samaritan," is travelling east in the right hand lane, and decides to stop so that Car A can turn in front of him. 4. Cars C, D, E, F, G, H, I, etc, are travelling at high speed in the left hand, eastbound lane. They have no intention of stopping, and they don't. 5. Car A begins to exit the parking lot in front of "Samaritan" Car B, and blocks the right hand, eastbound lane, then stops, because of course no one described in number 4 above is going to show similar Samaritan spirit, and why should they? This then creates an annoying traffic fuck up for everyone behind Car B. My opinion is that the guy in Car B is an idiot, and by trying to be a Samaritan he actually made things worse, and created a potentially dangerous situation. |
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I have also noticed that there is one group of people that seem to slow down purposefully but we will skirt around that for now. Yep. Times like that make me want to do what a friend of mine did back in the day; turn the busted windshield nozzle to the side. Nothing says "thanks for being as asshole" like a squirt of wiper fluid to their back. 
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 I see you took the time to do a search on my threads. You are a strange strange guy. Well, he is Canadian. |
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True, it can be annoying if somebody takes their sweet old time on your clock. And I high step it whenever a motorists stops for me to cross the street.
BUT, if a pedestrian has to run across the road to appease the motorist who stopped, then wasn't the pedestrian actually more burdened than if they'd have just waited while the motorist drove on by, so they could leisurely strolled across the road? I often wonder if I'm actually doing somebody a favor by stopping my vehicle, if I expect them to hurry. It's sort of like holding the door for somebody, which compels that person to hurry to the door so they can grab it. Wouldn't it have been easier if you didn't hold the door open, so they wouldn't feel compelled to run up to the door, and could walk up normally? |
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True, it can be annoying if somebody takes their sweet old time on your clock. And I high step it whenever a motorists stops for me to cross the street. BUT, if a pedestrian has to run across the road to appease the motorist who stopped, then wasn't the pedestrian actually more burdened than if they'd have just waited while the motorist drove on by, so they could leisurely strolled across the road? I often wonder if I'm actually doing somebody a favor by stopping my vehicle, if I expect them to hurry. It's sort of like holding the door for somebody, which compels that person to hurry to the door so they can grab it. Wouldn't it have been easier if you didn't hold the door open, so they wouldn't feel compelled to run up to the door, and could walk up normally? Maybe I'm just an asshole, but if someone looks right at me and sees me holding the door for them, I would expect some sort of increase in walking speed (aside from an elderly person or someone who is otherwise clearly incapable of such). Not running, but they can pick up the pace a tad. I hold doors for everyone; man, woman, child, adult, whatever. So I can't be that much of an asshole, right? |
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True, it can be annoying if somebody takes their sweet old time on your clock. And I high step it whenever a motorists stops for me to cross the street. BUT, if a pedestrian has to run across the road to appease the motorist who stopped, then wasn't the pedestrian actually more burdened than if they'd have just waited while the motorist drove on by, so they could leisurely strolled across the road? I often wonder if I'm actually doing somebody a favor by stopping my vehicle, if I expect them to hurry. It's sort of like holding the door for somebody, which compels that person to hurry to the door so they can grab it. Wouldn't it have been easier if you didn't hold the door open, so they wouldn't feel compelled to run up to the door, and could walk up normally? Maybe I'm just an asshole, but if someone looks right at me and sees me holding the door for them, I would expect some sort of increase in walking speed (aside from an elderly person or someone who is otherwise clearly incapable of such). Not running, but they can pick up the pace a tad. I hold doors for everyone; man, woman, child, adult, whatever. So I can't be that much of an asshole, right? That's what I'm saying. I always hold doors open as well, but it causes others to hurry to the door and stretch out to grab it, instead of just walking up at a normal pace and opening it. The former effort seems like it places more of a physical burden on the person you were trying to do a favor. |
