People walking in to you

FutileBreadMachine said:
Lived and worked in London for the past 11 years and I've never had this problem. I can't even remember the last time I actually bumped into someone.

Guess I'm just too alpha/have too much test/look hard as nails.
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In 11 years you've never had this? Calling BS :p

Try taking a walk down Oxford St.
 
Nix said:
They're probably thinking the exact same thing about you.
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They don't because I'm always the one moving out of the way for them. Everyone else thinks it's acceptable to head on a collision course and expect the other person to move.

Dunks said:
Try taking a walk down Oxford St.
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I HATE Oxford St it's awful for this and i literally hate the human race every time I have to walk down there
 
People who just stop in the middle of the pathway. So annoying. People who walk into you when they are looking at their phone. Annoying.

However, I once almost walked into someone and she clapped her hands in front of me! So rude! She was in my blind spot!

BB x
 
XeNoN89 said:
I HATE Oxford St it's awful for this and i literally hate the human race every time I have to walk down there
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Yup, if Hell was a place on Earth, it'd be Oxford St! I've never actually needed to be anywhere on Oxford St. but the station is convenient for Soho...

It's absolutely horrendous. I'm always the only one that seems to make a move to the left or right to avoid people, if I just keep my course it's a guaranteed collision...
 
Dunks said:
Yup, if Hell was a place on Earth, it'd be Oxford St! I've never actually needed to be anywhere on Oxford St. but the station is convenient for Soho...

It's absolutely horrendous. I'm always the only one that seems to make a move to the left or right to avoid people, if I just keep my course it's a guaranteed collision...
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yep, Kenobi described Oxford street well

 
Freefaller said:
All. The. Time.

This is why I hate going into town. People are too engrossed on their phones, or somehow do not see me :/

Loathsome.
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:p How can they not see you Big Boy, I'm thinking they just want to see how hard your muscles are. :o

This post sounds as Gay as the Pagoda in Cue Gardens.
 
Thekwango said:
what form of warning do you suggest people adopt if they have to come to a halt while walking, should they slow down well in advance and begin shouting in a loud voice 'watch out behind I'm going to come to a complete stop soon' - though that will only work if it's a planned stop they are making. :p:p

maybe we should all carry a sign we raise above our heads when we are about to stop :p:p
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A quick glance over your shoulder maybe?

Or instead of stopping in the middle of the path, step to the side so other people can continue walking past...
 
Dunks said:
In 11 years you've never had this? Calling BS :p

Try taking a walk down Oxford St.
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Yes I've walked down Oxford St many times and not a single collision occurred. Until recently I used London Bridge every day for nearly 3 years, which was in absolute chaos every day due to the building going on there. Before that I used Victoria every day for 4 years, and now I'm back to Victoria or Blackfriars.

Mad people-avoidance skills here. I often think as I'm walking through Victoria that maybe that will be the day I finally collide with someone, and I just hope that they bounce off of me rather than the other way around, otherwise I would feel really emasculated.
 
Supermarkets are the worst. Never try shopping on a weekday during working hours. It's full of lobotomised middle aged women who seeming believe supermarket shopping involves staring into space whilst swinging a shopping trolley around. A sort of menopausal ballet.

You can see it a mile off, do everything you can to avoid it, but some how they still find a way of walking into you.

Ooops, sorry :rolleyes:
 
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4T5 said:
:p How can they not see you Big Boy, I'm thinking they just want to see how hard your muscles are. :o

This post sounds as Gay as the Pagoda in Cue Gardens.
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haha! That's the thing, I'm not exactly a waif, but I'm not exactly taking up all the space either :(
 
Always and 4 or 5 time daily. Maybe moe..People on their phones (mainly women I've noticed), watching TV (watching tv *******! - time nd lace yeah), reading books. We live in a very distracted society. I'll gladly move out of the way with the knowledge that they are ignorant ************.
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
My grudge is people at work who hold their "meetings" in choke points the corridor. Why do people do that, and not use an empty office or 2 doors down where the corridor is wider? It affects EVERY workplace I've worked in!

Nowadays, I march towards them to make my presence known and they budge sharpish, but the following day it's same old same old.
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People naturally come into close contact at the narrow points (doorways etc) where they then start talking and forget they're stood in a doorway
 
mrk said:
Walking with purpose...

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lol'd am i the only one who does this every now and then?
 
I just tend to walk forward and hope for the best, I can't say I've ever had many people walk into me.
If you look in a direction whilst walking towards someone, they tend to go the other way.
 
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