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I can add my rant about scooters where too, WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED they are ridicuoulsy loud! Should be banned ASAP
The nightmare that is town center shopping
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walk away from them
ignore them and just bump into them, if they fall over you laugh
walk into them causing them to trip and smash their head on the floor
rob them
do the big lould whistle, move through opening
ignore them, if she says, watch were you are going, make sure some guys are around and say **** yourself... then you get to have a fight too
yes you missed yourself.
looking around dudes: walk around slightly like they know where they are going, but stare the hell out of everyone, while thinking they can see all they are usually the ones who get WHACKED by the BUS!
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You really do talk out of your a$$ don't you platinum. I know exactly where I am going when I'm in town, my town center is predestrianised so I don't think getting hit by a bus is very likely is it?
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perhaps, but mine is Oxford St
and no-one looks where they are going
edit: so then your a rush guy? or do you walk normally, i am constantly changing my body shape, twisting and stuff to fit past people, because tbh, asking anyone to move takes FAR too long, and i dont want to wait for even a second
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Umbrellas seriously. There should be a height requirement to use them if you can't hold them above other peoples head height for 10 seconds until you get past people. Failing that you should need a licence.
People who don;t get money out in big queues do my head in as well. Fair enough you don't know the exact amount but you've got a rough idea if it's a couple quid/under £10/ using credit card..... - this is most annoying on the bus when they have been waiting for 5 minutes, insist on being first on the bus and still have their purse in their handbag.
People who don;t get money out in big queues do my head in as well. Fair enough you don't know the exact amount but you've got a rough idea if it's a couple quid/under £10/ using credit card..... - this is most annoying on the bus when they have been waiting for 5 minutes, insist on being first on the bus and still have their purse in their handbag.
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I hate going to town with my mum, When I walk behind her she has the habit of swinging her left arm in time with her walking pace. I always feel she's going to smack someone in the nuts. Also when she drags you into the womans shops (evans etc...) and you stand around the underwear section, or follow her around like a little boy lol as nothing in the shop intrests you.
Oh and the last time I went to town with her she was returning a Skirt to M&S as she thought she bought the wrong size. So we were standing in the queue for at least 20 mins, Then once she reaches the counter she discovers she has made a mistake and it is the correct size. I was swearing at her that day I can tell you.
Oh and the last time I went to town with her she was returning a Skirt to M&S as she thought she bought the wrong size. So we were standing in the queue for at least 20 mins, Then once she reaches the counter she discovers she has made a mistake and it is the correct size. I was swearing at her that day I can tell you.
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Mobile phone users deserve a mention - stopping dead in the middle of the pavement, causing everyone else to swerve out of the way, while they fumble around for their phone which is emitting some intensely annoying rendition of an already terrible tune. They'll then choose the most inconvenient spot possible to have their 'conversation', before repeating the whole process 2 minutes later when the damn thing rings again.
Door stallers: Folks who stop in the entrance/exit to shops to decide which way to go. 9/10
Meanderthals: Hairy knuckled retards who just plod around all day with the sole purpose of slowing me down. 8/10
The salmon people: Folk who must swim against the current. Pushing and squeezing the opposite way to everyone else. 6/10
Meanderthals: Hairy knuckled retards who just plod around all day with the sole purpose of slowing me down. 8/10
The salmon people: Folk who must swim against the current. Pushing and squeezing the opposite way to everyone else. 6/10
i just pretend its a game - i run/walk dodge through the crowd as fast as i can go. Its a challenge coz if its really crowded then not much space develops so you gotta find SPACE first then accelerate into it before anyone else.
you win if you never have to slow down. But if you have to stop then game over and start again.
you win if you never have to slow down. But if you have to stop then game over and start again.
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I think it's because I live in the centre, thus to go to my local supermarket, corner shop, off license, takeaway, pharmacy, etc.... I'm surrounded by them so there no esacpe from the 'tards. I just had to vent my anger on the boards
i expect old ppl to walk slower and mothers who have their kids with them(rather than dumping them with others) to take a bit more room with their buggys.
not something new unless u dont visit town very often.
its not like being stuck behind a slow moving car and there is only 1 lane
not something new unless u dont visit town very often.
its not like being stuck behind a slow moving car and there is only 1 lane
IMO Aimless shoppers are the worst. And 99.9% are women.
Women go shopping and they don't know what they are going to get most of the time and just dawdle around whereas guys know exactly what they're getting as they wouldn't be there in the first place if not.
Grrrr, food shopping is the worst!
Women go shopping and they don't know what they are going to get most of the time and just dawdle around whereas guys know exactly what they're getting as they wouldn't be there in the first place if not.
Grrrr, food shopping is the worst!
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I've always said that you should treat walking in crowded places such as the high street and train stations like you were driving. I don't mean signalling to change lanes, but not stopping suddenly, knowing where you are going so you don't hold people up, not walking against the flow of traffic, not cutting people up etc.
However I think that everyone else has this idea, but in the wrong way. First you have the people carriers who think their large cars give them right of way (pram-pushers), chavs swearing and playing their mobiles loudly (Vauxhall Novas), women stopping suddenly to look at something causing a pile up behind them (rubber-neckers) etc.
However I think that everyone else has this idea, but in the wrong way. First you have the people carriers who think their large cars give them right of way (pram-pushers), chavs swearing and playing their mobiles loudly (Vauxhall Novas), women stopping suddenly to look at something causing a pile up behind them (rubber-neckers) etc.
Whats really annoying is when a crying kid grabs your coat and refuses to let go in the middle of a busy shop. You then try to get their attention by saying "excuse me" and pulling your coat out of their hand except their holding it as tight as they possibly can and they wont listen to you or even look at you(their parents are nowhere to be seen). You want to shout "let go of my ******* coat you little ****", but you dont want to draw any attention to yourself, and cant walk off because you might be accused of being a kidnapping pedophile. Eventually the clueless parents realise and come over and prise their childs fingers from your coat, just before your voice sounds too crazy.
That usually happens to me on Flights
Every time I've flown (and I do mean EVERY time) there is always a kid behind me.
ALWAYS! Took a seat 1 row from the back once, still had a kid behind me. What are the chances of the final row of the plane having a kid in it.
Worst was a fat Arab woman and a kid for a 9 hour flightEverytime she had to get up (which was a lot) she would use the back of my seat for support yanking it back. I was amazed the seat did not break.
Haha yeah. We had the most common family in Britain behind us on a flight once. The little girl was screaming while her 15 year old mother didn't care one bit so her grandparents (about 30 year olds) were left with her shouting, swearing, threatening the little kid.. that happened for all 10 hours.
I have to walk along part of Oxford Street to get to work, so I always have to put up with the annoying shopper categories listed above. Another one that I don't like is:
The Exit Rusher (Thats what Im calling it at least)
The kind of person I am referring to is the person who thinks its alright to step out from a shop, right into the middle of all the Pedestrian traffic without even glancing as to where they are going. It quite often causes a collision during rush hours.
I never walk out of a shop on Oxford Street without looking both ways to see that Im now about to collide with someone.
The Exit Rusher (Thats what Im calling it at least)
The kind of person I am referring to is the person who thinks its alright to step out from a shop, right into the middle of all the Pedestrian traffic without even glancing as to where they are going. It quite often causes a collision during rush hours.
I never walk out of a shop on Oxford Street without looking both ways to see that Im now about to collide with someone.