to wonder how so many people manage to stand blocking entrances, completely oblivious of other people!?

[DiotimaofMantinea]

Today I have tried to enter two different shops and both times there were people standing in the doorway, completely oblivious to the fact that people were trying to get in and that they were blocking their way.

I am always so conscious of people around me and not standing in peoples way as it makes me feel uncomfortable and is obviously inconsiderate but I find so many people seem to be completely oblivious to the fact that they don't exist in a vacuum. Not really an AIBU but just a little first world rant, humour me.

This is even more infuriating if you use a wheelchair, particularly the StopDeadInFrontOfYou technique.

Irritatingly I get treated as though I am invisible, both when people get in my way or think that I am in their way. Once I was looking at something in H and M (not in the way) and a woman wanted to look at something on the same rack - without a word to me, she took the handles of my chair and moved me

It's raising my blood pressure even thinking about it.

'The worst for me is people who stand scattered across the pavement when waiting for a bus. Get in a queue and let me past, you oiks'

Oh my god yes - get in a bloody queue!

Its endless:

• stopping dead at ticket barriers and taking 5 years to get your ticket out
• chatting in doorways / blocking entire pavement / top of stairs or escalator
• faffing about in doorways
• not moving out of the frigging way when they can see you coming
• walking 5 abreast on the footpath and not moving out of the bastard way when you are walking towards them large as life

I think some people have utterly rubbish spatial awareness. This may be a polite way of saying that they are selfish gits

'without a word to me, she took the handles of my chair and moved me shock'

They made a joke out of that in The Office - David Brent used to shove the wheelchair-using member of staff out of the way all the time. I'm that a real life person actually did that . I hope you gave her the most enormous mouthful. She deserved a bucket of cold sick in the face for that!

Argh YANBU. This is the reason I despise "the general public" and wish I could be most places whilst the rest of the world was somewhere else.

Drives me potty

We have a passageway into town here. It's quite narrow and the amount of people who stop right at the top to suddenly check their phone or decide which was to go is enough to make you mad.

I've accidently clipped their ankles with the pushchair many times because they suddenly stop.

I also hate it when people walk really slowly in a line and cover the entire pavement. Move FGS!!

There was a woman yesterday in a supermarket that blocked the end of an aisle with her trolley so she could check something on her phone! Why?! Why not move to the side!!

This does my fucking head in.

Yesterday at the airport. People standing on the left hand side of the conveyor belts, taking selfies, checking facebook, deep in conversation, digging through their bag, etc.

It sends me into a murderous rage.

limitedperiodonly It's always men that clutter up the bar area

In a pub near me, there is a single bar with a couple of stupid stools. I have noticed before there always seems to be a couple of men perched on them getting in the freaking way, but last time we went, they were empty.

I then noticed one of the stools had a man's name embroidered into the seat material! I mean really, what sort of life must you lead where you feel the need to have your name permanently sewn on a bar stool. I'm looking at you, Doug.

Some people's lack of self awareness, grinds my gears.
YANBU

I used to work in Central London and would be infuriated by large groups of teenagers on school trips ambling along completely blocking the pavement.

It didn't help that most of them were about 6ft and I am 5ft and apparently invisible.

This is my pet hate, alongside with people hogging the aisles, slow browsers, people who are slow at the checkouts (both sides, but I understand if they are disabled, elderly or have young children with them- I usually help them unload their trolley but if they are taking the piss then they can bugger off), people who pack their bags at the checkout in Aldi (that is why there's a shelf at the front of the store) etc.

This drives me mad. I was going to create a thread about it yesterday after spending nearly all day at Chester zoo having to manoeuvre around idiots that had no sense of people around them.

I then noticed one of the stools had a man's name embroidered into the seat material! I mean really, what sort of life must you lead where you feel the need to have your name permanently sewn on a bar stool. I'm looking at you, Doug

I had to read that twice because one of the local pubs near me, one of the punters has actually carved his name into a wooden stool. We used to own the pub which is why we knew. He would come in and if the stool wasn't where it was supposed to be, he would hunt all over for it and would even kick people off "his" stool

People at the entrance to tube platform. Standing in the way so people can't get into the platform. Drives me mad!

I just had another one. Go into charity shop. When I was about to leave some idiot had left their huge dog, yes dog, lying right in the doorway so nobody could get in or out. Talk about selfish!

Coming out of a lift with a pushchair and people are stood nose to the door blocking your exit or when people from two households go shopping together (mum and daughter etc) and go down the aisle two abreast Then stop to show each other shit all the way along! Arseholes. That's what they are.

My boyfriend does this thing where he knows that I'm trying to get to something or somewhere behind him and he knows he is in my way but doesn't quite put this information into action - he just doesn't bother moving until i actually say 'excuse me'. Drives me nuts.

e.g he will be stood at the foot of the stairs. I will walk up to him clearly trying to go up the stairs but it doesn't seem to occur to him to actually get out of the way.

I can't tell whether he's just stupid or rude. It seems to be a family trait - his mother does it too. And neither of them give way to anyone in public.

People walking along who stop suddenly and tut as you collide into them

People who walk along with suitcases about a metre behind them with no awareness

People with massive rucksacks who get on tube or train and then turn around taking half your face off

Sniffing constantly on the train (get a fucking hankie!!)

Eating loudly on public transport (usually with headphones in so no awareness of how much disgusting noise they are making everyone else endure)

People who file their nails on the train. Do they think I want to sit their inhaling their nail dust?

Loud gum chewing

And all those mentioned by pps above.

But I am a confirmed grumpy old woman.

DiotimaofMantinea was it in North London?

There was a dog just by the door of the Oxfam shop on Sunday, I had to pick my 4 year old up to go past as she was scared. bloody big dog it was!

I live near Edinburgh and we're in full festival of wankers mode.

I was walking down a street with friends and coming up the street were 4 people abreast taking up the entire pavement. my friends went on the road to avoid them but I pushed the row of people over to make room and said loudly "excuse me".

One of the people said "God why are people in Edinburgh so rude".

Er because we like to share our pavements numb nuts!

Pink that was very rude of the woman to do that. I was in Argos when I was about 17/18 and I was using the stock checker things and someone reached over my head and started using it. I know I'm tiny at 4ft 11ins but I am certainly not invisible. She must have thought I was a child . Mind you it makes me cross when people just barge onto the bus whilst people are trying to get off. I also hate the ones who stand sheltering under shop entrances when it's pouring with rain, even though they have umbrellas.

I must confess my response to wheelchair moving woman was along the lines of "what the fuck do you think you are doing?". It's only on MN where people immediately come out with something wonderfully articulate and witty when someone has been a knob to them

Just a note for people getting impatient with slow people at check outs - I frequently used to get huffed and sighed at when being slow with my purse etc when paying and because I looked fairly young and healthy on the surface people didn't consider I had disabilities affecting my fingers/hands. Interestingly, Waitrose was the worst for this - lots of "can you hurry up, I'm on my lunch" comments.

I don't get tutted at so much now if I'm in my chair and look old and ill

My favourite little haberdashery has a porch like entrance with 2 steps. Unfortunately it's also next to a bus stop. Trying to get to the door is an utter nightmare for swathes of people sat on the steps who just look at you like you have 2 heads when you ask them to 'excuse me'.

They ought to put bloody spikes on the steps, that'll learn em!

pink
I'm a wheelchair user too and was just about to comment what you had already put!
The other week I was in hospital and the Porter was taking me to x-ray and pushing me in my own chair. We got to a couple of men standing in the way chatting and the Porter asked them in a very loud voice to move over, one of them did but the other didn't. The Porter then ran his foot right over! Then muttered that he should have moved it was brilliant!

I now have resorted to shouting excuse me at the top of my voice. I normally then get a complete over reaction of people literally jumping miles away!

TinyTear, yes it was in North London but a Cancer Research shop! Maybe dogs in doorways of charity shops is a North London thing ?