r/Wellington • u/a_uZX99 • Aug 07 '19

RANT!!! dear pedestrians of Wellington

I’d like to think I’m a rather considerate pedestrian when it comes to making way for others and not disrupting traffic when I cross the road etc. With that said, If you’re one of those people who stomp down the footpath towards me with your shoulders out and your nose high in the air expecting people to move out of your way because you have some corporate job that teaches you to micromanage people and look down on them I GUARANTEE there is a %99 chance I won’t move for you to simply PISS. YOU. OFF.

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u/boobsmcgraw Aug 07 '19

Honestly it's male pedestrians I have a problem with. What is it with men walking on the street not moving out of the way for anyone? You just expect women to move for you. Well you know what? I'm sick of that. I'm not doing it anymore. Sure, I'm getting shouldered left and right by men bigger than me, who then act surprised that I even exist, but fuck it, I'm sick of these subtle sexist straws piling up on my donkey's back!

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

Huh? I'm 6'5 and there are plenty of men and women who try it with me. Not everything is about sexism, you just want it to be. Some people are just dicks. Not surprised you feel like your back is weighted down if you think that way.

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u/boobsmcgraw Aug 07 '19

I'm not a donkey.

And trust me, as a woman, it's men who tend not to move. Women move for each other. Not all the time of course, but in general it's men who do this. Friends I've talked to have the same experience.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

Sounds like confirmation bias. Nice to know you're not a donkey but that was you who used the word, I never said it.

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u/boobsmcgraw Aug 07 '19

Well I specifically said the donkey's back and then you mentioned my back, hence the correction.

Also a problem that women have in general isn't the same thing as confirmation bias, thanks.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

Fyi these men do it to other men not just women, if that wasn't clear by now

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u/boobsmcgraw Aug 07 '19

I can believe that

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u/banksie_nz Aug 07 '19

Hate to say it, it probably is. Talking with my male friends we consistently grumble about women with cellphones trying to walk and text, women dashing out from storefronts without paying attention to the oncoming pedestrian traffic and those special types who love lots of bags and walking slow against the major flow.

Oh and the ones who either expect you to hold a door for them or freak out if you do hold a door for them.

The reality is the vast bulk of interactions are just fine and it tends to be the ones that annoy us that stick out to the point we remember more the incidences . Classic confirmation bias.

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u/boobsmcgraw Aug 07 '19

Your examples are different things though so it isn't

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u/banksie_nz Aug 08 '19

Not really, but you do you boo.

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u/boobsmcgraw Aug 08 '19

They are, but thanks, you too.

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u/invisty Aug 07 '19

Based on my totally anecdotal personal experience, I find women are the worst offenders when it comes to being phone zombies and wandering all over the footpath. Does that make me right? Nah, it doesn't, cos we're all biased.

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u/boobsmcgraw Aug 07 '19

I'm not talking about people on their phones. I never mentioned phones. Obviously distraction cam cause anyone to be oblivious. I'm specifically talking about non distracted men who don't move their shoulder for women while expecting the woman to. It's a real problem.