start a victory garden and ration your IRRATIONALLY ANGRY feelings, part 3

LA buses have racks on the front too, but I'm always sure that if I used it, when I got off I'd be thinking "Now what did I need to do first?..." and ten seconds later realize my bike is carrying on without me towards who knows where.

DC has both the bike racks and specified bike-on-rail times.

London lets them on trains when not at rush hour, and some non-rush hour subway lines including the one which connects the main train termini. Folding bikes are far more welcome, of course.

When I was in london I was surprised to see a delivery guy getting off the overland train carrying a bike. THink he had a pizza type delivery case/bag in one hand and had a delivery company logo on the back of his jacket.
Hadn't thought they'd factor in fares into delivery costs if the guy had a bike.

I've been getting IA about people who say "sorry" in response to my "excuse me" as we negotiate around each other on a sidewalk. I've noticed this a few times in the last month and I just want to yell at these people. You don't have to bring apologies into it. You didnt injure me. We're just trying to traverse the same narrow band of concrete.

arent you bald and six feet plus

id say sorry tbh

I would be one of the people hl is angry at, but tbftm I don't see much difference between "sorry" and "excuse me" anyway. What are you doing on the sidewalk which requires excusing?

when u mistake an opener only bottle cap for a twist off & shred the fuck out of yr hand trying to open it :(

― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl)

yeah i ain't got time to figure out that shit, i just use bottle openers on all bottles whether they're twist caps or not

keep in mind this is the IRRATIONALly angry thread, Tim

I was merely agreeing that hl's anger was irrational, in the face of hl's own rationalisation of this blatantly irrational reaction to innocent apologising. :)

lol fair :)

I would be one of the people hl is angry at, but tbftm I don't see much difference between "sorry" and "excuse me" anyway. What are you doing on the sidewalk which requires excusing?

― Tim, Wednesday, February 1, 2017 7:26 AM (thirteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I feel like "excuse me" is just a polite thing to say to acknowledging a mild inconvenience, whereas "sorry" should be reserved for apologizing for an offense. I feel like there's a heavier connotation to that word. But yes, I acknowledge this is probably irrational.

I'm just talking about two people walking past one another on a sidewalk here. Perhaps there is a trash can or planter in the way which necessitates slightly more maneuvering than usual.

xps to Darragh: I'm an imposing presence, no doubt, but try my best to compensate for that through mild manners.

The worst is when I'm maneuvering down a sidewalk past someone obviously talking on their phone or to a person beside them. I say "excuse me" as I pass but the person is taken off guard and yells something like "EXCUSE YOU" or "you don't even say excuse me?"

What I'd like to say back is "Jesus, how long have you been in philly?"

Obliviously

I tend to say "pardon me," which can mean anything from "I hope you will forgive my rudeness in imposing on your personal tranquility" to "get the fuck out of the way, ya jackhole."

HL never come to England then. I could be saving a family from a burning building and I'd still apologise repeatedly for it

In the UK, it's a mark of citizenship to be able to say 'sorry' in dozens of ways, only one of which has anything to do with apology.

if you say "excuse me" , how's, what rejoinder do you prefer? they ignore you?

"no problem"

"no worries"

"you're excused"

"Bet you're not sorry though."

"don't come the innocent with me"

"excuse me"

*headbutt*

americans feel it a sign of weakness to say "sorry" because it implies fault for some reason. we really hate that, admitting fault

Yeah, sorry about that.

I apologize if anyone feels slammed into a wall by my shoulder

"sorry" implies not so much an admission of fault, but an abject state of mind

The best apologies are when someone says "I'm sorry YOU feel that way".

"I'm sorry if you were offended."

I had a co-worker who used to sit across the cube from me, so I'd hear her calls,and at least 3 or more times a day, I'd hear her say (in a calm demeanor) "Well, I'm sorry I offended you".

I was like...what the hell are you saying to these people that you have to say that multiple times a day?

And if I offended you, I'm sorry, but maybe you needed to be offended. YOU CAN'T BRING ME DOWN.

lol

yeah but also there is 38% too much offence taken so its really context driven tbh

god, how many mustaches are in this video anyway? I demand an inventory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxcJW6bs5os

Best ST song

Unless your name is Bruce, in which case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9nkzaOPP6g

It's probably RA not IA but the number of idiots shitting themselves about Bandcamp donating to the ACLU, like the ACLU is staffed entirely by black bloc anarcho-communists and not entirely reasonable people standing up for THE FUCKING CONSTITUTION said idiots claim to love.

Im already dreading the politics that are gonna seep into concerts i go to

Xp lol the only concerns I saw were that the aclu has enough cash right now and other local left orgs could use the cash. imo if you shit your pants about the aclu, u deserve to walk around with shitty pants

Word and word!

we have a hd antenna & cheap tivo service

tivo keeps "adding" channels that we can't get & its bloody annoying

people who fucking pace back and forth

That somebody would park so far forward outside a streetdoor on an access stairwell that you have to consciously watch yourself exiting. Means that navigating large objects in and out of doorway would be a hassle.
Seems like front wheel must be up to pavement.

People who, while trying to exit a parking lot, pull far forward and block the sidewalk even though its obvious the street is so busy they won't have a chance to pull out for a minute or so. And when they see that they're blocking a bunch of pedestrians for an unforeseeable amount of time make no attempt to back up but rather make us walk halfway into the street to get around them.

Also, when I've walked halfway across a crosswalk and a car tries to turn left in front of me. This is obviously insane, so the car will driver will beep the horn as if to say, "Hey, why don't you pause in the middle of the fucking street and let me pass by so I don't have to press on this pedally thing under my foot and lose 5 precious seconds." If you don't do as they ask they usually flip out and start shouting.

i'm pretty sure all motorist-related anger is rational. like when i was crossing at the crosswalk last week and had to stop in the middle of the road because this driver was driving sloooowly toward me and not stopping because they were looking at their phone. i wanted to kick their car door. but i didn't. i mean the driver was about 2 feet away from me and i was staring at them and i was standing in the middle of the road and they had no idea i was there. not a clue. that made me very rationally angry.

i always want to yell "hey, crosswalk!" but i feel like i'm gonna end up sounding like dustin hoffman in midnight cowboy so i just glare at people.

i'm really big on crosswalks. i always use them unless there isn't a car anywhere near me for blocks. i see so many people with small children and babies just running out into the middle of main street in town and kinda just hoping people will stop for them instead of just walking 50 feet to the crosswalk. drives me nuts.

sounding like dustin hoffman in midnight cowboy would be awesome tho

Is a crosswalk is a pedestrian crossing where pedestrians have the right of way? What we call a zebra crossing?

http://nacto.org/wp-content/themes/sink_nacto/views/design-guides/retrofit/urban-street-design-guide/images/conventional-crosswalks/carousel//crystalcity_nn.jpg

Yes.

Keyes OTM. Always want to do one of those 70s cop show moves where I jump and slide across their front hood.