• bort@sopuli.xyz
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    4 hours ago

    just say “sorry” instead “excuse me”, so when you bump into them 1s later, you can just walk on with out stopping to apologizing since you already did.

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    7 hours ago

    People who decide to stop with their grocery cart in the middle of a choke point at the grocery store and are completely unaware of their soundings.

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      There was a whole fight at the store near me with someone used bear spray and sent all sorts of people to the hospital over that

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      That’s not even too bad, the amount of times I have rolled up to 2 stoped cars going opposite directions in a neighborhood that stopped for a chat blocking up the whole road is insane. Stop behind for 10 seconds to be kind, then start laying on the horn. Now I’m getting 2 middle fingers like I’m the dickhead 🤬

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        But just don’t mention that they are tourists on the Internet. Suddenly you are a huge enraged asshole who should immediately move the boonies if you don’t like it when people have zero spatial awareness.

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      4 hours ago

      “Hi Betty, how are yooou?! Lets stand here and blab for five minutes, while everyone has to scoot akwardly around us.”

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      I just roll my cart at them at sustained speed and utter a strong yet non-aggressive “EXCUSE ME”. It works. It helps that I’m a man with a strong voice.

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        A total stranger in NYC decided to help us out when I was pushing my husband’s wheelchair across the street towards the ubiquitous clump of ramp-standers on the sidewalk. They were ignoring my polite “Excuse me” but when he bellowed “WATCH YER BACK!” they parted like the sea before Moses. It wasn’t just his volume or accent, suddenly it was about THEM and their safety! I’ve used it ever since, and it never fails. I make no visible attempt to stop or slow (while of course being alert for helpless old people or small children) and use plenty of volume and urgency because, after all, I’m warning them of danger.

        And I do the accent. It’s part of the magic.

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          My inner fantasy is to yell “BEEP BEEP, MOTHERFUCKER!” and commit to a collision course with their cart.

          But in my area it’s mostly just old people who are doing their best.

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    I feel like there will be a line drawn after which a certain age group will not understand this meme.