Men pushing in in queues and not social distancing.

[HeIenaDove]

I know in the scheme of things this is only small but its the bloody entitlement that gets to me.

When the new Coronavirus Bill came in last Thursday two men used the 2 m gap to try to push in front while i was queuing outside Tesco.

Re, social distancing , i try i really try to stay 2m from people at all times on the rare occasions but the amount of men who walk right next to me or towards me KNOWING that i will move.

This afternoon was the final straw Queuing outside Sainsburys observing the 2 m rule i had to wait until the queue moved to where the trolleys were . There was no way i could get to them BEFORE queuing and observe the 2m rule so i had to wait in the queue before i got to them. I leant across to put my pound in the slot and the FOUR men queuing behind me jumped the queue by moving along in front.

Im so fed up with the entitlement Every time its been a man EVERY TIME. Ive not seen this from women at all .

He's not a crazed feminazi.

Maybe citing a male view will carry more weight

I’ve definitely noticed an increase in the amount of men on the phone in the supermarket standing in front of items going ‘They have the blue and the red... no, light blue... which one??’ It’s incredibly annoying as they usually don’t seem to realise that they’re blocking the whole aisle. I suppose you could argue that maybe the woman on the other end is unreasonably specific on which items she wants, but it’s still possible to be aware of the world going on around you.

In terms of joggers though, I’ve found that women are WAY worse! Men seem to generally just run in the road no matter what, making distancing easy. Women (I don’t know if they’re mainly new ones who’d usually go to the gym) are determined to stay on the path no matter what, even when you’re on the inside and literally are trapped with nowhere to go. Walkers too... I’ve spoken to a few friends/family and it’s a common theme that women out and about seem to be unable to give and take when it comes to distancing at the moment. No idea why!

SarahTancredi

I just need "not my nigel" for a full house

Oh hang on ...

Completely irrelevant- as are the sneering NAMALT comments. The thread was started by Helena giving her account of personal experience. If Helena's personal experiences are valid so are other personal experiences.

Sorry @BeetrootRocks, I reread your post and saw it wasn't me you were calling fucking stupid.

Engaging with merailers is perhaps verging towards stupid.

Though on a Saturday morning with no place to go, why not.

I wasn't calling anyone that

Here's a notmyNigel for you - my DH pointed out that it was mostly men doing it before I did. When the lads came up behind us at the light and stood so close it was like we were all packed into a lift.

Unsure of the putting people off feminism status of this comment.

Ok, you weren't calling anyone that!

Can someone please explain to me what I've done wrong?

Errol is as usual the voice of calm wisdom that I most likely am never going to grow up to emulate.

I'm not sure if I'm enjoying the merailing or not.

Meanwhile, I've never heard of Matriarchy Chicken but I have seen the same behaviours described by OP and others.

So it's unacceptable for me to pass comment, but not the rest of you? Why not just ignore me?

I think this thread confirms that if one has a personal bias one will be looking for confirmation of it.

Several posters here clearly think men are selfish, incompetent idiots who are obsessed with and lie about the size of their penises and that women can do no wrong.

My experience is that I haven't found either sex behaving in the way complained of but that a small number of men have apologised for being in the way when they weren't.

I don't like people- it's not as if I've been giving anyone the benefit of the doubt so I'll have to assume the people I've encountered have been behaving.

TheProdigalKittensReturn

Errol is as usual the voice of calm wisdom that I most likely am never going to grow up to emulate

I think you are confusing "calm wisdom" for "just ignore any comment which doesn't support the FWR consensus"

So it's unacceptable for me to pass comment, but not the rest of you

You can pass comment, and others may or may not comment on it

Its a relatively fast thread

Well, I'm not among those who simply "don't like people", so...

Its a relatively fast thread

With everyone stuck indoors most of the time typing speeds will be improving by the day!

TheProdigalKittensReturn

Well, I'm not among those who simply "don't like people", so...

If I have a confirmation bias it will be to be irritated by members of the public, of either sex. For the moment the great British public is failing to irritate me.

I suppose if I disliked men as much as some FWR posters do and was constantly on the look out for something to be irritated by I might have more luck.

I was ignoring you into you said that every poster in the thread had to state their disagreement with the other poster, or be assumed to agree with them!

On the plus side, Prodigal, it's keeping some people off the streets and out of mischief, as my old Mum used to say...

One of the things I miss most now I’m self-isolating is playing patriarchy chicken.

One time I was suffering madly from PMDD and I glared so hard at a guy walking straight at me that he wound up crossing the road to avoid me.

Both times I was coming out of the local shop and the post office recently, a different man has pushed by me/up against me to get in the door as I was exiting it.

That’s supposed to be “badly” but whatever

I asked if it's acceptable to call a group of people fucking stupid for having a different opinion. This time last year I had no clue about self ID and wouldn't have seen a problem, does that mean I was fucking stupid then and now I'm not? Of does it mean that I just didn't realise or understand the situation?

The way some people are currently defining "mischief" has me a bit concerned for their mental health, tbh. FWR is a bit of light relief from the coronavirus threads.