People who don't move out the way on the pavement

[EarwigO]

Is it just me or is this getting worse?
You're walking along, someone (or a group of people) come the other way, you both need to move slightly to pass without colliding. Only they don't.

It used to be a thing I noticed men doing - I got so annoyed with having to step into the gutter/press myself against a wall to avoid them, I stopped doing it and let them walk into me. At which point they invariably apologised!

But it seems to happen so much more frequently now, and not with men - usually a couple or a group of women.
Do they honestly not notice you? Not care? Just expect you to disappear out their way?

Oh for sure 😁
I had a ridiculous situation a few years ago, walking into a shopping centre. I turned right to walk into a shop. A couple were coming towards me. The woman had passed by, before I turned. The logical thing for the man to do would have been to walk by on my other side. They weren't holding hands at the time 😁but he squeezed past as though if he didn't walk exactly where she had, well who knows 🤣hell fire and damnation I suppose.

I just walk on now. Tired of giving away to inconsiderate people.

I wish I hadn't read this thread because I'm noticing this so much now and it's pissing me off. Before I always just used to move automatically because it was easier but now I'm getting irritated by people (mostly men or groups) expecting me to move, even when I have a pram.

I had this with a Sainsburys van. I closed the door as I walked past and he yelled at me, so I told him he shouldn't be blocking the pavement. We had a bit of a set-to but fortunately there was a bloke coming in the opposite direction who agreed with me.

Sadly plenty of MNers think it's fine to park on pavements (usually while leaving their engines running).

Also, having just spent a weekend in Germany, I noticed how good (on the whole) their pavement discipline is. They walk on the right. Just as I advocate that we should walk on the left here. It gets rid of 90% of awkward situations.

That said, I still saw a family scatter all over the place in panic when a cyclist came up behind and rang his bell on a shared path...

they expect you to move...and they suffer badley with double standards, as they wont....so i dont move and we stand looking at each other, they usualy move then lol..

All manners and courtesy are things of the past. I believe we need a public campaign for improving this, it's leading to rage attacks that we used to have on roads. Now you have people on electric bikes and scooters on pavements, using phones then bumping into people then kicking off, loud music/phone conversations. This is all day every day particularly in big cities. People are loud in cafes, gardens, homes, cars and I honestly believe it's contributing to the mass deterioration of mental health. No one ever gets challenged and people are abusive to public facing staff without consequence. Going to the shops used to be a normal activity you didn't think about, now I find I have to avoid aggressive kids and adults when I just go out for a loaf of bread!🥖

Oh this is an old thread! Still stands!

a man did this to me the other day when i was out with my DD. I was walking a canal route, keeping to the left side, I swear he looked at where i was walking and deliberately walked over to my side to make me move. DD had zipped away on her scooter down another path so wasn’t in his way. He was all smiley and gave a pleasant and enthusiastic hello as he approached. I didn’t even make eye contact, looked annoyed and barely stepped aside. I offered a gruff hi (annoyed i even did this) to which he seemed taken back by.

I was out the other day and a young guy moved over to my side of the pavement to make me move. I just stopped dead to make him go round me and he went into the road rather than keep to the left hand side of the pavement. I really don't know what is wrong with people.

I've see a recent rise in the hand-holding couples again as well. And they cross the road even though they see you coming and then walk very slowly in front of you, which means you have to go in the road to get round them.

I am constantly irritated by people. It's not good for my blood pressure!

Yes this really boils my piss!!!!

I said excuse me to a man who was blocking the pavement waiting for his dog to pee against a tree beside a busy A road, and he actually said ‘can’t you walk in the road? ‘ . Bizarre.