On 2010-08-01, Tristan Miller wrote:
Greetings.
In article , Eric wrote:
On 2010-07-30, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, d wrote:
And people who walk down the middle of a passageway, occupying the whole
thing, at a speed slower than intended by anyone else. Admittedly this
only applies to wide people and narrow passages, but this is London, and
that is a frequent combination.
Do we in fact need a taxonomy of intolerable underground behaviour?
Perhaps, but not yours. I have removed a lot of your list, but what's
left is pretty much equivalent to saying that people with disabilities
should stay home and keep out of your way.
Exactly what disability causes people to walk slowly down the middle of a
narrow passageway? Is there some affliction that prevents them from
keeping to one side, thereby allowing faster-moving traffic to pass them?
Or is "being inconsiderate of others" now classed as a disability?
Normally, I would say "see my response to another post", but I think in
this case I should make sure you see it by repeating it here. Apologies
to anyone who is thinking "I've read this before".
As well as slowness, there is lack of manoeuvrability, and the stick or
similar which makes the person wider than they would otherwise be. If
the stick is on the wall side, more clearance is needed to keep the
wall from interfering than a able-bodied person would need for their
own body-parts. If the stick is on the outside, any accompanying person
will quite likely be in a protective position, making the two-person
combination wider still. This is due to the number of times the stick
has actually been kicked away by the unthinking (so far, in our case,
without disastrous consequence).
There are also the issues of not being able to pause when necessary,
and being forced to pause when not necessary, both of which are a
problem.
Then there's having luggage (in whatever form) as well!
Or are you really one of those who believes that we should stay at home
for ever?
Someone who seems inconsiderate may still be doing they best they can.
Eric