Idiots in the Crowd

I can't believe I didn't mention this before.

A personal pet peeve is the person or groups of people who have no consideration for others in public. How many times have you been in a crowd moving along when suddenly someone in front of you stops. Everyone behind them jerks to a halt and all forward progress ceases. meanwhile the offending party looks around oblivious to the fact that they just interrupted everyone elses lives.

All I would ask for is a bit of consideration for others around them. At least make an effort to move to the side of the crowd, do something that makes me think you aren't simply a rude ignorant person who cares only about yourself.

I have had this happen to me in crowded areas as well as when there is no one but the person or group in front of me. I have seen single folks do it and entire gangs. Folks with strollers are horrific offenders. There are some places a stroller doesn't belong, it isn't like a wheelchair, so don't take them there.

Besides stopping dead center in front of the crowd there are those who decide an entire sidewalk is theirs. It doesn't matter the width of the sidewalk, there is always a group who spread out and walk next to each other, covering the entire expanse. As you approach, sidling to the right as is appropriate in the states, they fail to yield or move over. I don't know what they are expecting you to do, jump into the hedge to get out of their way? Are they so insecure that they will feel inferior if they drop behind and have to follow their companions?

I have begun to get so irritated by these infractions upon my ability to walk that my fuse can be a bit short. I take great pleasure in being passively aggresive and commenting about the offender to any companion or perhaps just out loud to myself. I don't really care what they think of me since their offense has already permenantly placed them below me on the social scale. Those who fail to get out of the way when passing might get a little extra bump with, "Oh, I am sooo sorry. I expected you to attempt to avoid a coolision as much as I did, how foolish of me"

Amazingly these folks then have the nerve to look at me like I am rude, can you imagine?