Your walking along a predesignated path or walkway and there are a few people coming the other way (2 or more). Being australian (yes they are because I can hear the accent...) they for some reason don't think they should share the path and basically take up the whole width and it looks like they have no intention of accommodating you or those you're with when you clearly have made allowances for them.

Do you move over onto the grass (even though you are already acting in a socially aware manner and not taking up the whole path) or stand your ground and make them move?

This happens to me everyday. Young, old, it doesn't matter they have no concept that there are actually others they have to share the world with.

Sometimes I just don't move (I'm not taking up the whole path, I only occupy one side) and they at the very last moment almost dive out of the way or we actually collide. Generally I've braced for the impact and it's them that has to spin off. And then look at you like why didn't you move... Other times I'm more accommodating and literally it's like they expect me to get off the path for them or climb the tree and give way. When I say your welcome they look at me like I've just called them fat and ugly

Bloody social retards

Rant off

Because even in path sharing an Aussie will NEED to win

This sort of thing used to get to me too. supermarkets, shopping malls. Makes no difference. Just bloody rude! Same when driving cars!
But to be fair, the Asian community was just as bad.

Before we left, due to ill health, I had to use a mobility scooter in the shopping malls. Same thing happened when using it. They would barge in front of me, behave as if i was invisible, often making the whole trip a nightmare as i would be constantly slamming the breaks on. After a while i thought "sod it" I am being too polite here. If they want to be stupid enough to throw themselves in front of a moving vehicle so be it. I changed my tactics. I would just keep my line and keeping driving. Became quite a fun game after bashing a few legs Their initial reaction was to look around in rage, then realise i was in a disabled vehicle and not know quite how to react. The facial expressions were very funny. Hopefully it might have taught them a bit of a lesson in future. If it didnt it still made me laugh

If they only realised after impact you were in a disabled vehicle it tells me that you were driving into people who didn't see you coming? And you had a laugh about it?

You should feel lucky they were so polite.

Are you serious??

No i was not driving into people. You have obviously never needed to use a scooter. Aperson on 2 legs can manouevre themselves far quicker and easier than someone in a vehicle. Funny how i dont get this problem now i am back in UK?? Why is that?

If they cant see me coming in that they shouldnt be allowed out! And believe me.. i can deal with Australian abuse in my own veritable way.

except for those who didn't see you coming .. but no doubt heard you laughing as you drove away.

yeah...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

Any moderator Worth there there salt , should close this thread now , as it is going to turn into a crap fest . .......mm

So blind people shouldn't be allowed out? Maybe we should say deaf people shouldn't be allowed out because they wouldn't hear you coming either. Maybe no handicapped/disabled people should be allowed out - That would solve eveyone's problems!

As for the OP's problem, in the small little area of a major hospital where I work there is a particular English doctor. If I (or anyone else for that matter) am walking down the corridor, no matter how close to the wall, he will walk straight into me. Never moves 1/8" to get out of the way. More than once I've been pushed into the walls by him because he's far too important to move out of the way for us peons.

I take it you've reported it then?

Makes you wonder how Australians who pass each other on footpaths all day long aren't constantly spinning out of control after suffering one shoulder barge after the other - or is it just survival of the fittest in oz where every few seconds they size up the next opposition before deciding to push through or accede.

I use a walking stick and have been knocked to the floor fairly frequently in Australia and had people prepared to curse me for them bashing me when i have tried to move out of their way yet they are walking 3 abreast

It seems to be an Aussie thing as even in India people tried not to knock me over here it seems to be an I rule the pavement attitude

What r u on about? I can see and i can hear, therefore i have enough nouse (unlike a lot of Aussies) to take notice of who and what is around me. Even IN a mobilty scooter i could manage to avoid them UNLIKE your average Aussie

The only reason i am getting this grief is because i dared make a tongue in cheek anti Aussie statement. Not really related to the scooter at all..but hey ho..par for the course in here.
So, you found a rude Englishman? Woopeee do!! I await the next 10 pages of posts about rude Brits who walk into people just to "disprove" the theory

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Thanks Asher. People who havent had mobilty problems have no clue, yet suddenly become experts when you slag an Aussie off

Oh well.. i shall leave this thread to churn will be funny to read the responses when i get back from my day out

Is your health improved any since i last spoke to you? Been a while!!

You are one of the reasons , i suggested this thread be closed............mm

And I wonder what they think of you?