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Stop It At Once!
Apologies to anyone I know who recognises themselves in this but, well… tough!
I like books. I like reading. I like being able to do so when I’m on the move. I read yesterday on the train back from Manchester, I read most days when I’m on the tube, and I know many people like to do the same.
This is, without a shadow of a doubt, a good thing.
But please, fellow travellers, humans, countrymen… would you please for fuck’s sake STOP when you switch to walking?
There are few things more irritating than trying to navigate round some complete prick who has their nose buried in a book or newspaper, with them somehow managing to remain completely oblivious to the world around them and thus weaving erratically through the crowds.
Pay some fucking attention to the world around you, please - if only for your own safety! Because one day someone may just try dropping a banana skin in front of you to see what, if anything, happens.
Not me, though, obviously.
(I can pay people to do it instead.)
Posted on October 8, 2007 | Filed Under My So-Called Life, The World we Live In
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Response left by Pandemonia on October 9th, 2007
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I find one of the best things is to stand still in their path sideways on, elbow pointing in their direction and look into space. There is a certain amount of satisfaction to be derived from someone else winding themselves on your elbow. Always remember to glare at them too and mutter look where you’re going before resuming the stare into space.
Of course at your height you might have an eye out.