Anyone else have Sidewalk Rage...

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  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Catcalls don't bother me. The only thing that gets me angry is when people are having a cigarette outside and I have to run through a cloud of smoke. Or there's been a few times that someone has on SO MUCH perfume or cologne that their vapors choke me. There's been times when I haven't even SEEN the person, but there's so much residual fragrance in the air that my throat closes up.

    Oh, and loose dogs. There are leash laws in the area for a reason. I don't care if you say, "Don't worry, he won't bite," because I heard that right before I've been bit before.
  • salladeve
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    I get bugged on my trail runs when 2-3 walkers are walking side by side, chatting up a storm and dont make any effort to make room in the narrower portions of the trail. There is no way to get by without running into overgrowth or thorns.BTW, in the more open parts, I dont mind leaving the trail and running around them.

    OMG this!!! and I don't move for kids or adults, they can damn well squeeze to single file on a sidewalk... Only time I move, is mom's with strollers or little little ones walking/riding and elderly.. everyone else, you give a little, you get a little.


    So if they don't move the you run into them? I'd really like to see that, it would make my day. On the trails where I run everyone walkers & runners are pretty good about giving way to anyone going faster then they are. Every once in a while I'll have to call out "behind" if others seem to be unaware that I'm coming up on them or I have spoken loudly "excuse me", sometimes you just have to be assertive. I've never actually run over someone though, that would be rude!
  • punkinkat
    punkinkat Posts: 85 Member
    This one has nothing to do with workout interference, but I just find it generally annoying when parents cart those massive strollers around on city sidewalks. Is it just me, or did strollers effectively quadruple in size over the past 20 years or so? Most of these bloody things take up the entire sidewalk!

    It's even more awesome when parents drag these hulking *kitten* strollers onto public transportation, and take up the entire front section of the bus which is supposed to be reserved for people with accessibility issues. I've seen folks with a host of disabilities get asked to move out of the "easy access" seats in order to accommodate people with these ridiculously large strollers, and that kind of junk just burns me up to no end...
  • suziepoo1984
    suziepoo1984 Posts: 915 Member
    I just have rage in general

    Yes, so much of this!!
  • CollieFit
    CollieFit Posts: 1,683 Member
    This one has nothing to do with workout interference, but I just find it generally annoying when parents cart those massive strollers around on city sidewalks. Is it just me, or did strollers effectively quadruple in size over the past 20 years or so? Most of these bloody things take up the entire sidewalk!
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    Oh hell yes!!!! They're the size of a 4x4 now...
  • 1brokegal44
    1brokegal44 Posts: 562 Member
    I don't mind the whistles...but it definitely irritates me when I'm trying to run, and I give a heads up when I'm coming up on someone's left or right and they just refuse to move. Especially when it's 2 or 3 people trying to walk side by side.
  • Nikoruo
    Nikoruo Posts: 771 Member
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    no one whistles at me......

    ok maybe once, but i'm not sure lol.

    Otherwise i don't have much of a problem, no one is usually outside when i run.
  • mommabenefield
    mommabenefield Posts: 1,329 Member
    I agree with all of the above! .....


    But here's mine...


    I HATE! when I am out exercising my dog and have baby in the stroller, I'm trying to keep up a focused fast paced walk because you see i have a husk- huskies have energy, they need energy outlets, walking is how I give her an outlet. Anyway, I HATE when all of the children in our neighborhood stop us and ask to pet her and then wanna chase/race us down as far up the street as they can or other people wanna stop you to chit chat.... its aggravating!
    I was a kid once I get it but come on! if its obvious someone is exercising leave them alone obviously on a mission! go away! besides dont parent teach their kids not to go near strangers or strange dogs? biting kidnapping poison candy all that fun stuff

    :frown:


    and yes- just rage in general- Ive got it
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I'd be careful smacking trucks that you find inconveniently in your way. Just keep fighting the urge. Haha. You know how men are about their trucks. :wink: I just walk or run around them.

    Yup. I laid a dude out once because he punched my jeep and threatened to take a bat to it.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
    I'd be careful smacking trucks that you find inconveniently in your way. Just keep fighting the urge. Haha. You know how men are about their trucks. :wink: I just walk or run around them.

    Yup. I laid a dude out once because he punched my jeep and threatened to take a bat to it.

    I'd never actually do anything. I am obsessive about my car(s), hence why I keep them in the garage. I just think in my head how I'd like to smack them (and then I think about how much it would hurt my hand hah!)
  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233
    I get bugged on my trail runs when 2-3 walkers are walking side by side, chatting up a storm and dont make any effort to make room in the narrower portions of the trail. There is no way to get by without running into overgrowth or thorns.BTW, in the more open parts, I dont mind leaving the trail and running around them.
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    If I am with my husband and we are walking towards people and they're not moving or paying attention he'll just come to a dead stop and let them crash into him.

    I always feel like I'm the one moving out of the way for people like this. Sometimes if I'm fed up with doing that I'll give a slight body check or an elbow jab to people who won't move.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member

    One problem I have, sort of, is runners/walkers with headphones in, and music blaring so loud that I can hear it when I pass by. I never listen to music when walking around so I CAN hear when someone is coming up behind me and respectfully move out of the way.

    You should use "yur buds" brand then. You can have you music on real loud & hear everything around you. They are awesome.
  • luckyshilling
    luckyshilling Posts: 229
    I get bugged on my trail runs when 2-3 walkers are walking side by side, chatting up a storm and dont make any effort to make room in the narrower portions of the trail. There is no way to get by without running into overgrowth or thorns.BTW, in the more open parts, I dont mind leaving the trail and running around them.

    OMG this!!! and I don't move for kids or adults, they can damn well squeeze to single file on a sidewalk... Only time I move, is mom's with strollers or little little ones walking/riding and elderly.. everyone else, you give a little, you get a little.

    When behind these large groups I like to yell "On your left!" really loud so they jump from being startled. bwahaha!
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    Mmm... wet David Tennant...

    But yeah, I both give and receive "On your left!" while out running, though it doesn't come up often. Tons of runners and cyclists in my area, but remarkably spaced out. Nobody really stops to chat.

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