How To Deal With Slow Walkers

By JacobSloan on January 5, 2012 in News 58

If you live in New York or another major city, you know all too well the frustration caused by slow walkers clogging thoroughfares. This highlights how a simple bicycle bell can be put to use in daily situations to alter people’s behaviors for the better and improve life for everyone.

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Pb

As a New Yorker, I find shoving works pretty well. Also, pepper spray.
justagirl

ha! total stoner on the escalator.
m1kesa1m0ns

I don’t like slow walkers either, but if you are so mad at them you shove or ring bells at them, the problem is not them, but rather your self-aggrandizement.
Tibus Heth

Being an asshole is just part of living in New York.
Jin (仁)

typical NYC douche.
Jin (仁)

typical NYC douche.
Jin (仁)

“If you live in New York or another major city…”

Uh no. I live in Tdot, have lived in Bangkok, HK, Singapore, Vancouver, and Paris, and have never ever experienced the sheer meaness of people as NYC. it’s not that they were rude directly at me, or rude generally- it’s that their entire “fuck you” thing is pretty much as narcissistic and socio- as could be.

I hate gaggles of people who walk in group slowly in front of me on small city sidewalks; however i instead of trying to dominate our social relationship by using bells, whistles (ways to proclaim my self-importance, intelligence) i walk AROUND them. sometimes i even GASP have to step around street signs or touch the parking lane. Wow, that is so damn difficult…. What it must be to be such a prick as this.
Jin (仁)

“If you live in New York or another major city…”

Uh no. I live in Tdot, have lived in Bangkok, HK, Singapore, Vancouver, and Paris, and have never ever experienced the sheer meaness of people as NYC. it’s not that they were rude directly at me, or rude generally- it’s that their entire “fuck you” thing is pretty much as narcissistic and socio- as could be.

I hate gaggles of people who walk in group slowly in front of me on small city sidewalks; however i instead of trying to dominate our social relationship by using bells, whistles (ways to proclaim my self-importance, intelligence) i walk AROUND them. sometimes i even GASP have to step around street signs or touch the parking lane. Wow, that is so damn difficult…. What it must be to be such a prick as this.
D.D.B.

That’s great! But Tokyo is a different story. In the U.S. people can’t move out of your way because they are 350 lbs.
Tibus Heth

New York has far fewer subway gropers, at least.
Tibus Heth

New York has far fewer subway gropers, at least.
Tibus Heth

New York has far fewer subway gropers, at least.
Tibus Heth

New York has far fewer subway gropers, at least.
Tibus Heth

New York has far fewer subway gropers, at least.
Kellicox1

i wish this had subtitles.
Kellicox1

i wish this had subtitles.
Misterfurious1

I’m a slow walker. The fast walkers get on my nerves with their false sense of importance. Where’s the article detailing how to deal with these people?
Jin (仁)

strangely enough we’ve had 3 or 4 major arrests in T.dot the last week of metro wankers/gropers….
http://twitter.com/pauljongsu paul

i understand moonspeak and i chuckled at ‘homosexual mo’
http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Savio/100001826954767 Daniel Savio

you know what: it’s not FOR YOU to decide whether they need to go fast or not. Get your fat ass out of the way and shut the hell up.
http://buzzcoastin.posterous.com BuzzCoastin

in China & India
it is considered rude not to ring your bell or blow your horn
because their coming through regardless
and your body is not an obstacle to their forward progress
Tibus Heth

Observe the internet tough guy in his natural habitat
Daniel_Savio_Sucks

it’s not for you to decide either, so get your dumb ass out of the way and shut the hell up.
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Hooray for generalizations! That must mean everyone in Tokyo is skinny, not one fatty to be found, huh?
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Hooray for generalizations! That must mean everyone in Tokyo is skinny, not one fatty to be found, huh?
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Hooray for generalizations! That must mean everyone in Tokyo is skinny, not one fatty to be found, huh?
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Hooray for generalizations! That must mean everyone in Tokyo is skinny, not one fatty to be found, huh?
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Hooray for generalizations! That must mean everyone in Tokyo is skinny, not one fatty to be found, huh?
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Hooray for generalizations! That must mean everyone in Tokyo is skinny, not one fatty to be found, huh?
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Hooray for generalizations! That must mean everyone in Tokyo is skinny, not one fatty to be found, huh?
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Pedestrian traffic should take a clue from vehicular traffic: in the States, you stay to the left if you’re “slow”, keep to the right for the “fast lane”….but I know this is but a pipe dream, as people can’t differentiate the left side of the pavement from the right, most of the time…
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Pedestrian traffic should take a clue from vehicular traffic: in the States, you stay to the left if you’re “slow”, keep to the right for the “fast lane”….but I know this is but a pipe dream, as people can’t differentiate the left side of the pavement from the right, most of the time…
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Pedestrian traffic should take a clue from vehicular traffic: in the States, you stay to the left if you’re “slow”, keep to the right for the “fast lane”….but I know this is but a pipe dream, as people can’t differentiate the left side of the pavement from the right, most of the time…
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Pedestrian traffic should take a clue from vehicular traffic: in the States, you stay to the left if you’re “slow”, keep to the right for the “fast lane”….but I know this is but a pipe dream, as people can’t differentiate the left side of the pavement from the right, most of the time…
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Pedestrian traffic should take a clue from vehicular traffic: in the States, you stay to the left if you’re “slow”, keep to the right for the “fast lane”….but I know this is but a pipe dream, as people can’t differentiate the left side of the pavement from the right, most of the time…
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Pedestrian traffic should take a clue from vehicular traffic: in the States, you stay to the left if you’re “slow”, keep to the right for the “fast lane”….but I know this is but a pipe dream, as people can’t differentiate the left side of the pavement from the right, most of the time…
http://twitter.com/KittyDelAmour K. Flower

Pedestrian traffic should take a clue from vehicular traffic: in the States, you stay to the left if you’re “slow”, keep to the right for the “fast lane”….but I know this is but a pipe dream, as people can’t differentiate the left side of the pavement from the right, most of the time…
Jordybon

I think this may only work in japan
Monkey See Monkey Do

haha my favourite was the one at the end at the supermarket aisle.
It must suck to have so many people everywhere all the time. Stop breeding so much everybody! Fuck, Bill Hicks was right, we’re like a virus with shoes.
Johnbluefinch

Lets see how you feel when you are late for an appointment and keep getting stuck behind fuddy duddies. Needing to get to the dentist at 11:30 does not mean you have a “fakse sense of importance”.
Yungie

haha my favorite part about this is him just following random people and ringing a bell at them XD
D.D.B.

Blah blah blah… Self agrigculturitainment…Get out of my way you fat slow loser!
Stop taking everything so seriously!
D.D.B.

Hooray for you… Nope I checked, there is not one fatty in Tokyo. Eat a vegetable and take a walk you humourously impaired loser!
Snezzle

NICE WORK! I’ll DEFINITELY try that! NOW DO MY HOMEWORK!!!!
Jin (仁)

When i ride the ttc (subway)- it frequently stops mid tunnel for no apparent reason. sometimes it stops b/c of transit workers, jumpers, heart attacks, pregnant women, or for those unknowns. If i am late for something, i can be assured 100 other people on the train are. we live in a community with other people, sometimes a little patience and decency go a long way.
Jin (仁)

When i ride the ttc (subway)- it frequently stops mid tunnel for no apparent reason. sometimes it stops b/c of transit workers, jumpers, heart attacks, pregnant women, or for those unknowns. If i am late for something, i can be assured 100 other people on the train are. we live in a community with other people, sometimes a little patience and decency go a long way.
B.W

Maybe you should try leaving the house with enough time to get where you want to go on time rather than blaming other people for your problems.
B.W

Maybe you should try leaving the house with enough time to get where you want to go on time rather than blaming other people for your problems.
B.W

Maybe you should try leaving the house with enough time to get where you want to go on time rather than blaming other people for your problems.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001553811690 Raechel Santos

I love how people still move out of the way on an escalator or in the grocery store. LOL
Jin (仁)

in the uk and british colonies (aus, canada) this IS the system. although in the uk they are much much more efficient/strict for the rules of the queue.
Grvdggr

This seems a little nicer to the only solution I’d come up with so far which was a cattle prod. When field tests are complete I’ll get back to you with the comparative results.
Lm

Maybe if the joke wasn’t tired as hell you could say he was humor impaired. It ran it’s course in the early 2000′s and you think it’s still funny?
Andman

YEP
Andman

YEP
Andman

YEP
EssentialDiction

That will only work in Japan because of how their culture is set up. They want to do what is expected of them. (and, they are used to bicycles) …One of them wouldn’t be so forward as to ring the bell at someone if there wasn’t some true emergency that he needed to be somewhere; and they actually show some respect for what someone else needs… Weird concept, right??
Pop

The last time a rider came up behind me and rang their bell he startled my dog and it(the dog) bit his leg. Keep in mind I was walking on a 4 ft wide stone path as far right as I could be(without falling into the Shipping Canal.)
My dog was leashed and walks obidiently at my side and wouldn’t chase a cat if you throw it at him. This bell ringing moron rang his gay bell and passed within 1 ft of us.
In the end, bell boy cost me $475 in med fees and fines and fought for a month to have my dog put down.(unsuccessfully). Now whenever I see this guy,(which is every wed morning) I move to the middle of the path and pray that he passes on the right so I can push his ass into the canal