What is WRONG with people? It's 2022!

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Over the past couple of weeks, ALOT of things when out and about has been getting on my last nerves, it's almost like people just think they walk the earth alone and are not considerate for anybody around them!

EVERYTIME I go to Tesco I can guarantee that at least one person will come and stand right in front of me when I am looking at something - literally plonk themselves right in front of me like I'm not there! I always make a point to stand so I'm not blocking the way for others to walk behind me but also that I've left enough space for others to grab and go from the shelf.

I was in Primark yesterday looking at some basic jumpers on the folded table and there was an ENTIRE table to walk around but no no, I'll let you guess where she came a stood.

I finished work yesterday and was walking down Oxford St with a friend and then BAM the women in front of me just stopped so obviously I went into the back of her and I hurt my nose because of the impact so I said to her "Yes please, just stop walking in the middle of the street".

Shopping Centers is another ache up my backside with people just stopping when they're walking.

I was in a different Primark recently and the women behind me was so close for the 20 minutes we were queuing that I was practically grinding her! Then when I was waiting for my turn to be called to a till, she overtook me and went to the till so I chased her and said excuse me a few times which she ignored!

Another time in Primark, a teenager walked up to the disabled tills bypassing the huge queue, paid and walked off laughing to her friend and saying "idiots looks at them all queuing" so it was clear she was faking it because then she was running around Primark playing tag with her group of friends and then booting it up the escalators on the wrong way racing her friends.

My lord, what is wrong with people? Does anybody find this happens to them too or does this just happen to me?

More and more people are living in their own "bubbles" and either blissfully unaware, or simply don't give a shit, about others.

Luckily, I don't drive much, but when I do, I can't believe the selfishness and arrogance of so many other drivers. They basically know they can do what they want. The only time the "behave" is around speed cameras or traffic light cameras as they know the police don't give a toss anymore and they're 99% unlikely to get fined/stopped for other things like ignoring give way signs, speed limits without cameras, stop signs, no overtaking markings, no parking markings, etc.

I "travel" mostly by foot, as I work just a mile from home, so walk nearly every day, mostly along a canal footpath. Walkers and cyclists are just as bad. Especially groups of walkers, such as hiking clubs, who come towards you, 2 or 3 abreast on a narrow path, and make no attempt to move to one side. I used to stand aside for them, often into hedgerows or muddy banks, but after it happened too many times, I now think "sod you" and just stand my ground carrying on walking on one side of the footpath and making them go into a narrower formation - you should see some of the glares I get, but I'm past caring! They're no more entitled to the entire width of the footpath than I am.

Likewise cyclists, they too, try to ride 2 abreast on the footpath, and I do the same with them too, but they tend to be more vocal and give verbal abuse when they see I'm not going to stand aside and they have to go into single file.

As for shops, luckily, I hate shopping so it's not something I do for pleasure anyway. I far prefer online shopping, but when I have to go into a shop, I choose quieter times, and prefer shops with self-service tills which are often less busy/less crowded. The idea of walking on a busy shopping street like Oxford Street in London, or indeed any busy High Street, just fills me with dread - far too stressful having to navigate day-dreamers, dawdlers, etc.

Sorry, but I’m wondering what is wrong with you - having the headspace and time to even remember and write it down. Shit happens, and life’s too short. Let it go!

Maybe you’re a ghost. And you haven’t realised yet.

but also as bad as trampling on the graves of the ancestors of mine who were tailors.

This is the most dramatic and fantastically grandiose reason for not shopping in Primark that I have ever heard. 😆

A lot.of people these days are anxious, worried, not quite on the ball. I try to cut them some slack whenever I feel up to it, but yes, it can be irritating!

I mean...Primark is not your friend. I have felt myself getting angry at different things last few months. My mum says I need anger management, maybe you do too 😋 I lost it at a steak slice yesterday, it was piping hot so I had to sit and wait on a bench just staring at it before I could eat it. Then it was FILLED with gravy, I got it on my jumper, my coat, my hair. Ugh!

And again just had it. Let two women past in the shop no smile or thank you. So I said you're welcome you fat bitches because I'm fed up of it now.

Ooh that's a bit uncalled for

I always say thank you.

Sod’s law… the one time I don’t, was called a “stuck up skinny bitch”. I’d been on the phone to the school telling me my DD had caught her finger very badly in a fire door and was on her way to hospital screaming for me.

Nah these two blobs were just rude, not in a rush. Probably don't know what thank you or please are. Probably only know more food and now.

they went past you in a shop without thanking you or smiling.

anything else?

I let them past as there was no room for all of us to get through.

I think that overuse of the internet/mobile phones has meant that people are in their own little bubbles too much and have just become oblivious to other people. I am always amazed at the number of parents who walk 2/3 abreast after dropping their kids at school meaning that other little kids haven’t got room to pass them. This is next to a busy main road as well. The parents are just happily chatting without a care. I have always taught my children to walk single file when we see others approaching us.
I was out running in the forest yesterday coming up behind a group of 4 people and 2 dogs. One woman in the group had turned around a couple of times and made eye contact with me so had definitely seen me and I assumed that she would make room or alert the others but nope she just stood there in a trance. I don’t believe that anyone should automatically make room for me but blocking a wide path so no one can get past is just silly.

You let them past
they were rude not to thank you or smile

you verbally abused them with a nasty nasty and personal turn of phrase.

I walked through door that someone had kindly opened. I did not smile. I did not thank them. I was rudely talking on my phone. I was called a stuck up skinny bitch.

i was on the phone to my daughters school telling me she was screaming for me.

There may be background. There may not. But when it comes to calling two stranger fat bitches - probably best to err on the side of caution

They weren't on their phones they're just typical rude people. Yes i was rude back because I'm fed up of it and people like that need to be told they're wrong. Hopefully it embarrased them enough to know better for next time.

But you didn’t “tell them they were wrong”

you were sarcastic “you’re welcome”

and verbally abused them “fat bitches”

I say what I see.

Ah clear now

You just “tell it how it is”, yes?

you’re “straight talking” “upfront” ?

got it

Righto.

Just their weight and gender is deemed ok to comment on? Not ethnicity or colour?

Nope not racist.

Insulting someone on physical characteristics is pretty low

Yes it is but I'm fed up of it so might as well be rude back

what a coincidence…. My 5 year old DS said this to me earlier today when I asked him not to call his older brother “poo face”!

That's nice dear.