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To have been using my phone while walking on the pavement

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untiloneofuscaves · 20/01/2026 17:20

I’ll hold my hands up and say this is one of those things that I know is really annoying.

I was walking on the outside of the pavement answering an email because I’ve not had a chance all day. I wasn’t weaving and there was probably 5 foot of space to my right.

Two young men (probably mid-20s) saw me and walked right towards me. One bumped his shoulder into me and went “watch where you’re going you fat fuck” and the other said “yeah watch where you’re going fat fucker”. As they walked past me one shouted “fat fuckers like her shouldn’t be allowed to live” and both kept yelling fat fucker as I walked away.

AIBU to think this really isn’t justified?

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Arlanymor · 20/01/2026 17:22

It's not remotely justified to speak to anyone that way, it's demeaning and offensive. They were not in the right in the slightest. Vile behaviour.

That said, everyone thinks they are not weaving when on their screens - and they inevitably are - and nothing is so important that you can't find a place to stand still, out of the thoroughfare, and respond to your message then.

MissCooCooMcgoo · 20/01/2026 17:21

You know it's not. How is this an AIBU?

You can't really expect people do say that they think their behaviour was reasonable?

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