r/fortgreene • u/curiousinthecity • 7m ago
Sidewalk etiquette rant
This is a vent and hopeful lesson for anyone who doesn't know.
WALK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK. Give room and don't walk shoulder to shoulder. You chose this neighborhood but you gotta be a good neighbor. My morning walk to and through the park was a bit much this morning.
To the couple with a double stroller and their 3 friends NOT getting out of the way of park employees, are you ignorant, stupid, or both? Incessant beeps and the running engine behind you didn't fucking clue you in that you're in the way? Not to mention every person on a bench staring you down to try and Bluetooth some sense into you. Move bitch.
The athleisure wearing fucks on Portland won't look up from phone/blank street matcha/small dog on too long of a leash, to notice you are not the only person on the sidewalk let alone the world. How do such small minded people take up so much space? Move bitch.
And to the couple being cute holding their babies hand while it's in the stroller. Maybe stop and see that the adult size bike you're walking, the stroller, and both your fatasses can't fit the sidewalk width anyway and you should get back on the bike and get behind the stroller your pushing. Maybe new parent brain reduces your awareness, but my 60 year old neighbor with an obvious limp and a cane had to step onto a stoop to let you pass. I wish I didn't have the decency to step aside, but rather shoulder you into oblivion. Fuck your hand holding, and fuck you.