On one occasion one of them attempted to shove me out of their way. I became an unmoving rock and took even longer because of this behaviour.
Well done, those sort of entitled pricks can shove off.
I was recently in Aspen, a town I like to describe as nauseatingly wealthy. Peeps there be walking down the sidewalk coming at me in a group, taking up the whole sidewalk. The polite thing to do would be to shift into single file as I approach, thus sharing the sidewalk with me. They hold rank. I keep walking at them; we're getting awkwardly close. Still they refuse to share. So finally, when we're just a couple feet apart, I just stop in my tracks and stand there staring holes through their heads. They finally get the message and realize I'm not a doormat, and they walk around me. Fuckers. You gotta stand up for yourself.
Sweet pics.
My sentiments exactly, lol
I like you. This is exactly what I do where I live as scads of people do this here. I tried many techniques for years but I found the most effective and favourite is the stopping dead like that. 🤣🤣🤣
Some of my favourite people are ones who have an extreme attachment to one side of the sidewalk or the other, just won't give ground, even if it means walking in the road or on some lawn.
Other favourites are:
The tourist approach...look at all those tall buildings way, way up there (as I crane my head in whatever direction and pick up my pace). For some reason when people think that someone is out of it and not paying attention, they move.
Staring at the palm of my hand while talking (I'm not with anyone) and appearing not to see or hear anything around me.
Thanks so much, happy you liked the pics!
Have you tried the madman approach? It's the one where you whip out your knife and start waving it around and screaming at nothing in particular. In my experience it is highly effective.
That would be a take down, ie, cops, charges. In Canada, you're not allowed to carry sharp pointy objects unless they are harmless, so there's that too. Now, if I were somewhere else, that would be most effective. LOL