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Jogger passed so close he brushed my coat, so upset!

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Wasiinfected · 03/04/2020 16:32

I'm early pregnant and worried. Out walking and stopped to tie a shoe lace at the side of a woodland track I walk on every day (briskly except when I stop to tie a lace) and a jogger came round corner (with enough distance to move out the way and loads of room on his side) and passed so close while puffing away that his arm brushed my coat

I'm so upset, why didn't he just move out the way? He had time! I was facing other way and on edge of path but would have jumped into the bushes even if I'd know what he was going to do

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Apolloanddaphne · 03/04/2020 16:35

He probably didn't see you if you were bent down and he was focussing ahead. It doesn't sound like he meant to brush past you. I am sure you will be fine.

FlockofGulls · 03/04/2020 16:37

If someone's out jogging they are unlikely to be in full-blown COVID19. You are OK. Wash the coat if you're worried.

hopeishere · 03/04/2020 16:59

Flip calm down.

Mucus membranes is how it's transmitted. Not through touching your coat. Wash it if you're that worried.

However as an aside I find joggers and cyclists on my daily walk to be utter cunts in terms of giving way.

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Wasiinfected · 03/04/2020 17:05

Not at all concerned about the coat but the droplets in the air (why we are told to keep 2m apart) I turned as I heard him and would have breathed the air he was puffing out

Couldn't have missed me in a bright pink coat with a pushchair

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Eckhart · 03/04/2020 17:09

What do you want from posting the thread?

ScissorsBike · 03/04/2020 17:10

Oh for goodness sake.

Nokiding · 03/04/2020 17:10

Get a grip

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Wasiinfected · 03/04/2020 17:13

I suppose I just wanted to express my upset and worry

Most threads are rightly heavy advocates of social distancing so I'm surprised it's not considered at all important in this case!

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EightNineTen · 03/04/2020 17:14

I feel for you, OP. What's the point in the government (such as they are) telling people to keep 2 metres apart because you risk your health if you don't, only to have inconsiderate others completely ignore this.

Try and stay positive. You turned away as he passed, and maybe he slipped on some dog shit further on.

Flowers
tellmewhentheLangshiplandscoz · 03/04/2020 17:14

On my runs lately I've been gobsmacked at the number of other path users who not only make no effort to be The Mover but when I (having read their body language and realise this ) go to run up verges, pop into a drive and pause or even run on the bloody road, don't even acknowledge never mind says thanks, for this gesture. Just fucking rude Confused

If he could have moved/paused to allow you to pass but didn't he's clearly a tool. (It's more difficult for you to do with a buggy.)

esjee · 03/04/2020 17:16

Honestly the risk from quickly passing someone closely is just practically non-existent. It's sustained talking to someone etc, where the 2 metre rule becomes vital.

homemadecommunistrussia · 03/04/2020 17:18

Some people are just arseholes

ByAppointmentTo · 03/04/2020 17:19

I feel for you! I had a virtually similar experience with a jogger the other day. I emerged from the end of a woodland path and saw him coming. I stepped back as I wasn't sure which way he was going. He had plenty of room to get round me but came so close to me that I felt his breath on my face as he breathed out.

I'm finding walking my dog so stressful at the moment. Places where I would normally only see the odd dog walker are swarming with people.

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Wasiinfected · 03/04/2020 17:19

That's true, I'd heard that although also heard contradictory studies

I usually do the moving buggy or not but in this case was already on the side. He had loads of room on his side (the path bows out there so it becomes very wide on the other side) but he chose to carry on his trajectory right past me

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Snowflakes1122 · 03/04/2020 17:22

Not sure why people have to be so rude on here. OP is pregnant and naturally worried over this.

A little empathy wouldn’t go amiss. Hmm

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Wasiinfected · 03/04/2020 17:26

I'm normally so chilled, promise!

I rarely get angry. But after a complicated pregnancy last time and with young DC at home I'd really rather not get the virus. I don't think that's a drip feed when our government are asserting the importance of social distancing as they are and when we know very little about the virus still

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BusySittingDown · 03/04/2020 17:29

I'm finding joggers such pricks atm. They take up the whole fucking path and just run up behind you making panting noises, expecting you to move to the side. And I just KNOW that most of them never ran a day in their lives before lockdown.

I do run myself but haven't since lockdown, just walked.

I'm sure you'll be fine @Wasiinfected, but I can understand why you're upset. When I was pregnant I was paranoid about everything. Please don't be upset Flowers.

cologne4711 · 03/04/2020 17:32

However as an aside I find joggers and cyclists on my daily walk to be utter cunts in terms of giving way

And as a runner I find some walkers (and drivers) utter twotsits in terms of giving way.

We can all find idiots - mode of transport is irrelevant.

OP you won't get covid because someone who is very likely 100% healthy brushed your coat.

cologne4711 · 03/04/2020 17:34

I'm finding joggers such pricks atm. They take up the whole fucking path and just run up behind you making panting noises, expecting you to move to the side. And I just KNOW that most of them never ran a day in their lives before lockdown

No they don't. All the ones I see, and being one myself (and I run all the time not just now) cross the road as soon as they see me, run wide, or stop to let me by and I do the same. I don't run panting up behind people, I run wide, and into the road if it's safe to do so.

It's the families with kids and scooters who take up the whole path.

MsChatterbox · 03/04/2020 17:37

I understand your concern. I'm also pregnant and have a toddler. This may be ott but I'm not going on walks just because I don't trust other people.

Eckhart · 03/04/2020 17:39

I'm finding it irritating to be lumped in with inconsiderate runners, when, on my average run, currently, I'm encountering endless pedestrians walking dead centre down a 2m wide pavement, leaving us responsible social distancers no option but to step into the road, runners and walkers alike.

I'm not going to say 'Pedestrians are so rude', though. It's rude people who are rude, whether they are walking, running, or whatever.

Roseberryjuice · 03/04/2020 17:41

I would have been upset too. People need to be a bit more aware and keep out of others personal space right now.

Greggers2017 · 03/04/2020 17:42

Get a grip! FFS! You aren't going to get coronavirus from a jogger 🙄 people need to stop being so hysterical, yes it's scary times but he brushed your coat.
I had to give CPR today to one of my service users who had overdosed. I just took precautions and had a shower as soon as I could.

OurGardenShed · 03/04/2020 17:46

I sympathise op.
I was preparing to deliver shopping to my mum and was putting it into my car boot. Our driveway is quite short so I was stood by the pavement when a jogger came flying by and brushed against me.
There was a whole pavement (I was actually on our drive) and an empty road but no, he had to come close to me. Dickhead.

Soontobe60 · 03/04/2020 17:46

He must have long arms if he brushed your coat whilst you were bent down tying laces!