Situationally Challenged People

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 2:28pm

Situationally-Challenged People should not be allowed in Manhattan without a guide.

For example, if I'm running across the street when the sign says "Don't Walk" and a taxi cab is headed down the street, situationally-challenged people should stay put until they can figure out how fast the taxi is going compared to how fast they can run.

Situationally-challenged people should not assume that they can run into me from the opposite direction.

Updated On: 12/16/13 at 02:28 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 2:40pm

Are you saying that if you are crossing against the light, no one else is allowed to?

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 2:51pm

"Are you saying that if you are crossing against the light, no one else is allowed to?"

Not if you're situationally-challenged and don't have a guide. Bumping into people who know how fast they can cross the street is not wise.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 3:08pm

I love the tourists with strollers who literally stop in the middle of a cross walk to take a picture of the buildings....THE WORST.

Updated On: 12/16/13 at 03:08 PM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 3:52pm

no worse than the New Yorkers with strollers, who feel they have the right of way in every situation. Sorry, but giving birth does not mean everyone must move out of YOUR way....in San Francisco, Chicago, etc., this does not happen, but God forbid you are on a sidewalk;k in NYC and some beotch is coming towards you....it's almost like they change their path to mow you down...ARRGH!

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 3:57pm

Oh, I know. I walk in a straight line, on the right side of the sidewalk. These ridiculous mothers are walking in the middle of the sidewalk. I never move for them, or their kids who decide to run where I am walking. You had a baby, good for you. It wasn't my choice, now shooo! Updated On: 12/16/13 at 03:57 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 4:03pm

in San Francisco, Chicago, etc., this does not happen

Oh, it happens in Chicago. Without a doubt.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 4:05pm

"in San Francisco, Chicago, etc., this does not happen"

Trust me, it didn't used to happen in NYC. In the 60s, 70s, 80s NYC was a single person's town. The only strollers you saw were being pushed by homeless people moving to their next subway bench.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 4:12pm

Bumping into people who know how fast they can cross the street is not wise.

How are they supposed to know that you know how fast you can cross the street?

Maybe they're crossing the street because they think that they know how fast they can cross there, only to find that you're running into them? How do you know that they're not posting--on some alternate Internet chat board--that you're the situationally challenged one, not them?

You lose all rights when crossing when it says "Don't Walk" anyway. It's the pedestrian equivalent of Russian Roulette.

Updated On: 12/16/13 at 04:12 PM

[broadway guy2]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 4:30pm

New Yorkers are just rude. Plain and simple. Not all of them, though.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 12/16/13 at 6:11pm

"You lose all rights when crossing when it says "Don't Walk" anyway. It's the pedestrian equivalent of Russian Roulette."

You can actually be ticketed for jaywalking by stepping off the curb after the walk light starts flashing and counting down.

So, no, you don't get special rights if you are Goth.