AIBU when out with my pushchair

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To want to ram it into the ankles of anyone in front of me who walks really slow/ stops/ or cuts across me?

Theres a pretty good, polite phrase that used to be widely used in the English language:
"Excuse me please"
I find it quite effective

Well said Welsh

Welsh no one can hear they all have ear phones in..

But the amount of times I have said excuse me and people just look at you and ignore you and carry on talking in the door way.

Yep, unfortunately ghost there will always be numpties who are totally spatially unaware / rude and inconsiderate thick. They tend to be the same people who stand uncomfortably close behind you in a queue. I normally end up getting to my destination on time though

You want me to find someone else who is walking at the same speed and direction as me and walk behind them so I don't get in your way?

No, just don't block the street unnecessarily! Leave room for people to pass. Am I the only person who keeps to one side when walking slowly? Who moves aside for prams/mobility-scooters/wheelchairs?

I don't have anywhere important to be, most days. But I value my time. I don't want it wasted.

Or when I am walking with my children either side of me, I should insist we walk in single file instead?

What do you do when someone is coming the other way on a narrow pavement? Do you force them to step in the road to pass you? Unless they're toddlers, children can easily walk in single file when somebody needs to get round you with a pram.

I know OP was being lighthearted but some of the attitudes on this thread infuriate me. There seems a lot of hatred towards mums with prams. 'They clutter up streets, shop aisles, buses, ram people on purpose' etc. They are 'tanks' 'battering rams' 'offensive weapons'! And of course it's always the mum at fault not the person who stepped in front of her!

If anyone has been deliberately rammed, I agree that's horrendous. And I appreciate some people have disabilities that make them less aware of their surroundings. I am always careful not to bump anyone but I can't predict when someone is going to step out unexpectedly. I'm not talking about narrow pavements where you can't help obstructing someone, or people with disabilities.

Tolerance and patience wears thin when getting across town takes 5x longer than necessary, when you miss bus because street is blocked, when you have to keep calling 'excuse me' because others are oblivious. When people tut and mutter at having to make room in a wide street. Or are so busy gossiping in middle of street you have to shout repeatedly. Getting around the supermarket today took me an hour (pushing pram with a heavy basket on my arm) because most other shoppers were wrapped up in their own worlds. Trollies left in silly places, people day-dreaming in the middle of aisles or walking very slowly down the centre of an aisle so no-one can get past! People taking forever to find their wallet at the till or obstructing the exit.

Just have a bit of respect, you may not be in a hurry but many people are! It's irrelevant why they're hurrying. Making space for people to get past is good manners.

I don't understand why people are so inconsiderate towards each other these days. Everyone rushing, no one has the patients if just the smallest thing goes wrong in their carefully worked out plan!

Have you ever stopped while walking and thought shit I forgot something! And you all of a sudden had to go the other way?? Well guess what! Others do it too. And those that walk slow I don't believe is always a choice you never know what illness or difficulty they have so be a bit more considerate!

But agree on people crossing in front of you suddenly meaning they are inconsiderate towards you but still wouldn't push the pushchair on them lol

AIBU when I've borrowed a Shopmobility mobility scooter to want to ram it into the ankles of people in front of me pushing pushchairs who meander from one side of the pavement to the other, who walk really slowly, stop or cut across me or let their other children run round in circles so I have to slam on the brakes? Oh and they often come in twos and threes, so the whole pavement is blocked.

Silly me, Oh no I forgot I'm just disabled, while the OP is an entitled precious snowflake.

Ram with with your push chair if you want, but when you are moving at snails pace with your newly walking toddler don't get cross if I accidentally push past you a bit roughly and accidentally knock your phone out of your hand. smile

If you are this nasty to the rest of the world when you still have a baby in a pram then you are in for a series of unfortunate shocks once your child is mobile in the real world.