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Old people who block aisles and display cases in stores and have no awareness of it, are the worst of all. And then you realize they're going to be driving home on public streets!! If they can't navigate a grocery cart, how can they drive? To deal with that, there's a concept of integrated housing/schools/recreational facilities/retail shops/medical & dental clinics/workplaces/entertainment venues, in planned developments small enough, so everyone can meet most of their daily needs by walking, riding small electric carts(provided by the community) or being wheeled in chairs by care-providers. Most personally-owned vehicles would be eliminated and air pollution greatly reduced. If people were raised not having motor vehicles of their own, they wouldn't miss them.
The large number of care-providers for older or infirm people would not only make life better for them, but would help solve the problem of major unemployment, caused by automated systems in factories and businesses of all sorts. Everyone would spend their lives at a gentler pace and slowpokes would hardly be noticed. Note how my attitude came full-circle, just within that one post.
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I loved it! And by the way, I'd also love to find out more about these places you describe. Specifically.
Unfortunately, these planned developments exist more in theory than in physical reality and as was pointed out previously, they can be very expensive. Originally, the idea behind them was that they would be inexpensive and designed to accommodate people of all income levels. A lot of subsidized cost was probably one of the key intentions. A man from my city, Tom Bowerman, is a proponent of them and if you look for him on Search, there is information available.
One of the things that bothers me about slowpokes is how some them can be hyper focused on some minute thing that they lose track of their surroundings. I was with a slowpoke in their car while sitting in a parking lot who almost hit a child walking behind her car. She was just obsessing over some detail about where to eat after already starting her car and putting it into reverse. After what seemed like an eternity she stepped on the gas without looking behind her again. She never knew how close she came to hitting a child.
I can't stand slowpokes: principally people who walk very slowly on the sidewalk or who sit there on escalators. However, even people who are slow in doing things drive me up the wall.
Are you the same way? If so, why? Surely it's a psychological issue.
One of the things that bothers me about slowpokes is how some them can be hyper focused on some minute thing that they lose track of their surroundings. I was with a slowpoke in their car while sitting in a parking lot who almost hit a child walking behind her car. She was just obsessing over some detail about where to eat after already starting her car and putting it into reverse. After what seemed like an eternity she stepped on the gas without looking behind her again. She never knew how close she came to hitting a child.
Fast-moving people can be careless and reckless as well. Why single out "slowpokes" for this observation?
Fast-moving people can be careless and reckless as well. Why single out "slowpokes" for this observation?
It's not always the case some jobs and professions require speed and accuracy. Reckless and careless people are just reckless and careless to begin with and they cant work those jobs any better than the slowpoke . A good example is athletes and race car drivers. At the speeds they are moving it amazing that every contest doesn't end in pile ups and massive injuries.
I had to learn how to drive 65-70 miles per hour bumber to bumber in LA rush hour when I had to be there on business. On the Coors parkway in Albuquerque people driving the same speeds crash and die almost every week. (I was warned it would be every other day) Someone in a fast car sees empty wide lanes begging them the to stand up on the gas.
I tend to do most things quickly including walking. I think I walk about twice as fast as a normal person. I only really get irritated with those slower than me if they are blocking the way (like someone else said, walking four or five abreast and not letting other's by).
Driving, it's the same, I don't get irritated at those driving the speed limit or even slower than the limit as long as I can get around them (yes, I tend to speed). Or if I happen to catch up to someone slower, I don't care. I figure they have their reasons. But what I really hate are the ones that purposely pull out in front of you or merge in front of you and then go so slow that you have to break even if you were doing the speed limit.
As for the escalator thing, the escalators here on the metro used to have "stand right" "walk left" painted on them. They don't anymore (I think because they figured out it's not safe although I am not sure how it's any different from steps). But this was the norm for decades and people still adhere by it. So it's pretty ingrained in a lot of people.
Absolutely! In other cities I've been in, people (generally) tend to stand to the right if they don't want to walk up the escalator, giving anyone behind them the chance to pass by. In the city I live in, however, the escalators are always (and I mean, always) blocked by people standing side by side, or dead center on the stair....and many will get angry if you try to pass them. It's common courtesy to move to one side.
Or, it used to be.
btw, I find this starting to be more and more common on outdoor sidewalks as well. People walk two or three abreast in the center of the sidewalk, or walk on the left side and block the way of those coming in the opposite direction. And again, many get upset if you try to pass by. I was once walking down the sidewalk on the right-hand side and a group of teens (four of them, all bigger than me) were crowded together as they walked in my direction. None of them showed any sign of moving so I could pass, and just as we came together, the one closest to me leaned back - just as she passed - and slammed me in the shoulder as hard as she could. Now, while that isn't quite typical of what does happen here, I see more and more of our culture just not caring any more, and showing no sense of respect toward others. I think where we once experienced the 'me' generation; we're now entering the 'ME ME ME!!!' generation.
Having a dog solved the two-abreast-I’m-not-aware-or-if-I am-I-don’t-care-problem when I’m walking on sidewalks. If people aren’t attempting to move over on the sidewalk, I allow my dog to walk further away from me instead of heeling by my left side as usual. That works every single time without fail, people quickly move to single file or walk on the grass to stay abreast. My dog is gone now, but I’ve got a puppy in training. When she’s full size at 40 pounds she too will be used effectively to reinforce manners in some clueless people.
It's not always the case some jobs and professions require speed and accuracy. Reckless and careless people are just reckless and careless to begin with and they cant work those jobs any better than the slowpoke . A good example is athletes and race car drivers. At the speeds they are moving it amazing that every contest doesn't end in pile ups and massive injuries.
I had to learn how to drive 65-70 miles per hour bumber to bumber in LA rush hour when I had to be there on business. On the Coors parkway in Albuquerque people driving the same speeds crash and die almost every week. (I was warned it would be every other day) Someone in a fast car sees empty wide lanes begging them the to stand up on the gas.
I have no idea what your point is here.
It seems like you're agreeing with me.
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