Passing on the pavement

joyful164

Here is another issue which I find annoying aswell as the disabled parking issues.

I am walking along the pavement. I have to use a walking stick. I can't walk fast and I cannot side step to avoid people coming towards me. I find that my ankles and toes lock up whilst walking.

Everytime a crowd walks towards me I panic a little because there is always someone who will not step to the side to let me pass. Especially if someone has a pushchair.
Anyone else have probs

joyful

colinone

Woman shoppers are the worst, they have shopping on thier mind and they just dont see you. The other thing with woman shoppers if you get 2 together they walk through the ilse talking and shopping with no regard to their surroundingds or other people.
Glad my Mrs does the shopping but those trips to asda with her can be dangerous.
colin

suzster

i'm a mum with a pushchair but i try hard to be conciderent. i, probably more than most , am always looking where i walking, looking for bumps on pavements, trips hazards that kind of thing, but it annoys me if you get 2 or more people pushing pushchairs and chatting as they take up the whole pavement and i usually end up having to get out the way somehow, they seem to be oblivious to other people!
also people on bikes who sneak up behind you, then either suddenly zoom past you or say loudly "excuse me", if theres no room to get past me where do they expect me to go?

ooh, i'm a bit moany today, sorry!! but because i walk mostly because i don't drive i often get frustrated people behind me, i can't help walking slow either!

airwave

I am walking along the pavement. I have to use a walking stick. I can't walk fast and I cannot side step to avoid people coming towards me. I find that my ankles and toes lock up whilst walking.
joyful[/quote]

I agree, can't turn or change direction quick enough when in town and end up bumping in to people and saying sorry, curiously the motorbility scooters are hard to get away from as they move faster and are a larger footprint on the pavement. People get impatient behind me as well, I can't walk fast enough for them. Double buggies.....don't get me started!

8) Its a grin, honest!

joyful164

suzster wrote:

i'm a mum with a pushchair but i try hard to be conciderent. i, probably more than most , am always looking where i walking, looking for bumps on pavements, trips hazards that kind of thing, but it annoys me if you get 2 or more people pushing pushchairs and chatting as they take up the whole pavement and i usually end up having to get out the way somehow, they seem to be oblivious to other people!
also people on bikes who sneak up behind you, then either suddenly zoom past you or say loudly "excuse me", if theres no room to get past me where do they expect me to go?

ooh, i'm a bit moany today, sorry!! but because i walk mostly because i don't drive i often get frustrated people behind me, i can't help walking slow either!

Sorry Suzter

My posting was a bit inconsiderate because I didn't stop to think.
please forgive me. I tend to forget that younger people with children can be suffering too. I was not aiming my posting at you though. Bringing up children when you are in pain and having to get on with it can be very emotional for you. I hope you get lots of support though.

joyful

suzster

oh joyful, don't worry, they annoy me to!!!
alot of pushchair pushers think that everyone should get out there way, but in reality they should be just as conciderate as others, but sadly they often aren't.
so no i'm was't offended or anything!!

elnafinn

I think everyone has problems with other people when walking on the pavements. There are too many people, most of them with something stuck to their ear(s), totally oblivious of anyone else. There are prams, buggies, scooters, bikes, kids bikes, kids toys with wheels, walking sticks, trolleys, dogs on leads or not and in the "rush hour" it is murder for all. That is how it is these days unless you go out early or into a supermarket late. It is very much everyone for themselves and it should not be like that but life is no where near perfect.

Elna x

joyful164

Your really have to think this one out don't you. Maybe the person who won't move to one side for you has the same problem.
I agree that most people out on the street are shut off from everyone around them with their MP3 and mobiles etc.
Oh here's another one - buses - how many youngsters in the seats for the disabled get up when you board the bus. I've asked, been refused. Then everyone else on the bus stares at you and you feel foolish for asking. And then, would you believe, a young mother got up and offered me her seat and she had two children to cope with. Made me feel very humble. Oh gosh all these emotions.

joyful

woodbon

Hi, My pet hate are groups of people standing talking in the middle of the pavement - not only do they block the way, but move backwards and forwards when talking, taking no notice that people are trying to pass them!!! Its even worse in shops!
Love Sue

denpen

Hiya Joyful
I thought there was only me with this problem a few years ago I was a support worker and I supported a gentleman who was partially sighted and I had to manouver him round the pavements, past people who had stopped talking or round people too ignorant to move out of the way even though it was OBVIOUS that he had several problems, BUT at this time I did not know that I had OA in my hips and used to wonder why I was in so much pain when trying to move past, around or sidestep people on the pavement, now it all makes sense to me.
Denise

emmarose33

joyful164 wrote:

Here is another issue which I find annoying aswell as the disabled parking issues.

I am walking along the pavement. I have to use a walking stick. I can't walk fast and I cannot side step to avoid people coming towards me. I find that my ankles and toes lock up whilst walking.

Everytime a crowd walks towards me I panic a little because there is always someone who will not step to the side to let me pass. Especially if someone has a pushchair.
Anyone else have probs

joyful

lol - also a woman with a pushchair. I cannot tell you how much my wrists hurt when I am pushing it, getting it on and off buses etc. Sometimes I can't face going out because it's too much hassle - and do as much shopping as poss online. The general public seem to have little sympathy for women with pushchairs - we can't avoid using them really!
So I get annoyed walking down the steet for different reasons. People seem like obstacles I have to get around with the pushcahir and I get really annoyed when people (like the owners of the shop round the corner who's stock room conveniently opens onto the street a near my house) block the pavement so I have to go on and of it (OUCH!). Don't get me started on buses. . .
I am sure for women with pushchairs who don't have arthritis things are a bit different, but there are no obvious signs of mine. It is worth remembering, however, that pregnancy can often bring on carpel tunnel syndrome, and it's common amongst new mums.
I do know where you're coming from though.

Wonkylegs

I also have problems when out walking - the thing that really gets me is that I can be walking along pushing my shopping trolley, and even then people seem to want to walk right through me!

Now I am not as bad with my shopping trolley as some are with the supermarket variety ...... but I have not yet mastered the skill of being able to levitate 2 foot to one side to let someone past!

Also when in a particular shop in town I often need to go upstairs. I am slower than most going up/down the stairs, and take things steady, but only the other day someone was coming down at the same time and felt the need to push past me as he was obviously in too much of a rush to wait for me to go down the last 3 steps. I don't usually say anything but I did then!

suzster

oh stairs are a joy!
i really struggle with them and when we go out on trains it's awful because it would seem that most stations you have to cross over a footbridge to get where you want to be.
normally my husband will carry the pushchair over the bridge and i follow slowly behind, sarah (my toddler) is only just mastering steps, we live in a bungalow so she can't practice! anyway, theres me struggling to get down the steps holding sarahs hand, obviously she is as slow as me but needs to hold the rail and my hand, so we slowly and steadily step down each step, then you get people who are going to miss there train unless they run up the steps and accross the bridge, i seem to then become invisible! many times me and sarah have been comingdown the steps only to have people running straight into us, then they have to quickly swerve, i always want to say "try looking where you are going" but i'm to busy concentrating on getting me and sarah down safely!
shops without lifts i try to avoid!!!!!