Today somebody told me to "Dyyt Dyyt. MOVE!". How rude was that?

[QuintessentiallyShallow]

I was going for a walk today. I could see three people coming towards me. Two women next to each other, not exactly linking arms, but close to one another, and a man walking slightly behind. The pavement was quite narrow, and I could see that we could not all three fit. I was walking close to a wall, and made sure I stepped even closer to the wall, to allow the two women to form a single line and bypass me, allowing all of us to remain on the pavement.

This would be the obvious solution, right?

Not so. The women did not budge. I ended up standing face to face with one of them. Silence. We were like inches away from each other. She said

"Dyyt Dyyt. MOVE!".

I said nothing for a second then said.

"Do you really expect me to side step TWO people, and walk out into the street?"

She looked stunned and mumbled "of course not. sorry" and stepped aside.

And we went on our merry way.

Good luck for me that I was RAGING already, as otherwise I would have meekly stepped aside.

Was she rude? Was I rude?

What is the etiquette when meeting on a narrow pavement?

The others shoudl have fallen into single file.

Dyyt, Dyyt?

Whats that?

What does 'Dyyt' mean?

What does Dyyt mean?

trois, I dont know how to spell "dyyt dyyt", I think she tried to make the sound of a honking horn.

honk honk???

always happy to help

Beep Beep?

She apologised once she realised how rude she'd been, so hopefully she won't be as high and mighty next time.

She was rude. Obviously!

it is tremendous that someone vocalised honking at you

when your rage subsides, you should treasure that

Silly woman. Does she not realise you catch more flies with honey not vinegar?

YWNU at all.

I have had my dhs aunt vocalizing barking at me in Polish, but to be fair, she meant to say "hello!" and burst out laughing when she realized she had literally greeted me with "woof woof".

I shall indeed treasure that somebody did this to me on a lovely sunny sunday morning stroll.

i think there must be a special term for the sounds that animals make in other languages i.e english frogs say 'ribbit' but japanese ones say something else

i may start a thread...

Tis true chibi.
Dutch cows say Boo.

So, maybe she was a french, or an italian car, then??

have started a thread here

please come and oblige me as i avoid working on a literature review

pleeeeeeeeease

Aw, you could have included the sound of a car....

It was very rude, and well done for standing up to her.
She gets a couple of points for apologising, too.

Ancient Greek frogs said Brek-ek-ek-ek koax, koax, by the way.

it sounds terribly fraught

have some cake

Rude. I was once standing in the CoOp bread aisle and a woman pointed to something near my feet and said "Pass me one of those will you?" and I said "Er no...get it yourself!"

For some reason...she expected ME to squat/bend to get her bagels when we were an equal distance from them and both standing! She was young too! About 35. SHe looked but I reckon she's one of those weirdo's who expect to be waited on.

Very funny. What a silly moo - well done for not moving!

'Dyyt, dyyt. Move' - I might start using that. That is unacceptably rude.

Good for you for aying something OP. Just the right amount incredulity.

I do think the world's getting more like this sadly, more expectation of others to comply than onus on self to compromise.

Hully, it was a tense moment, I grant you that.
So tense that I had to powerwalk for another half hour, before heading into KEW to buy a lambswool sweater in the sale!

Course she was rude. Well done you! This pisses me off no end but I usually step into the road and just mutter something once they're out of earshot. I'll remember you next time it happens!

How does it compare to 'Excuse you, you're in my way'? I quite fancy using that on a particularly awful person sometime :o

This so makes my blood boil. Why the fuck should you move when there is two of them.