Walking walls

Smiley/OCD

Smiley/OCD

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SteveAZee said:
Perhaps they need to have (as with highway underpasses) a maximum width sign, including sensors and flashing lights for any group of people walking 'too wide' when approaching a pathway bottleneck.

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Maybe they need those
WIDE LOAD signs on the backs of trucks that are transporting large items…lol
 
MickeyLuv'r

MickeyLuv'r

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CaptainAmerica said:
We're not talking about a person with a long gait. We're talking about a coked up Disney Adult flying around the parks solo. They can chill out, they don't need to slice through every crowded.


I literally didn't say any of that. By all means, pass people who are walking slowly. But running around people who are walking normally, no matter how big the group, makes the runner the jerk.
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I'd more say that when my group enters a congested area, we instinctively fall into single or double file at the most. Even when we go to WDW in a bigger group, perhaps especially when we visit WDW with a bigger group. It is just easier to navigate a crowded space that way.

I think most people tend to do that when they need to get through a very congested area.

Generally, that allows everyone to travel at whatever pace they want or need, sharing the available space.

At least that is what I'm picturing when I'm thinking of this discussion. Periodically, there are families that are not paying attention.

I have been near people rushing through the crowd because they were on the verge of vomiting, and parents rushing kids to the bathroom. I was GLAD I got out if their way!
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Sirwalterraleigh said:
…if this was a concerted effort to have the weirdest “discussion” in 30 years of the internet…you all succeeded
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I'll agree with that and do realize that if one is approaching toward a wide group and they don't at least give you a small amount of space to keep going on by is a reason to speak up and ask for someone to move and be mildly perturbed by it. To expect, however, family groups to walk single file just in case someone wants to forge ahead is just pure entitlement and expecting that people will stop concentrating on where they are and where they are going is also thinking that one is more important than the group and that they all have an extra set of eyes on the back of their heads to watch for those in a hurry.

The whole thing is nothing more then forgetting that one isn't running away from danger and that only a few polite, acceptable words, asking to get by is all that is needed to solve the problem. Any individual has no more right to be on a specific spot on a sidewalk then any other. It is a park filled with highly excited people, looking at millions of dollars worth of visual stimuli and people having conversations with friends and family. But, no of course, you are in a hurry and must get past them just because you are special.

** The word you is used generically and not personally. (wouldn't want to offend anyone) ;):) Also I might add that I would bet any amount of money that everybody that has ever been there, ever, has a some point done exactly the same thing and didn't even realize that they did it. The main complaint I am referring too is the "they stopped quickly and I (special person) was behind them. Why didn't they just move to the side before stopping". If you are honest with yourself you know that you have done that probably multiple times and never thought about it because the reason you stopped was just as sudden as the stopping itself. The same thing applies the other way around. If you are in a crowded park and stop suddenly and then get hit in the achilles with a stroller, that is on you not the person that wasn't expecting you to stop suddenly. Why would they? There is equal incentive for both to be polite and understanding that we are a all a group of deformed humans and will from time to time do things that annoy others.
 
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TalkToEthan

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Goofyernmost said:
. If you are in a crowded park and stop suddenly and then get hit in the achilles with a stroller, that is on you not the person that wasn't expecting you to stop suddenly
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If this were a car collision most in the USA would assign blame to the one who struck from behind(but there are many scenarios where the driver who was struck from behind is blame worthy/failed duty to drive safely)

But I agree with you in a crowded place don't be stopping in the middle to talk about whether to cancel dinner reservations or not. If you stop in the middle of a crowded main thoroughfare it better be because of heart attack or your hip gave out or you just might get a stroller in the ankle.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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TalkToEthan said:
If this were a car collision most in the USA would assign blame to the one who struck from behind(but there are many scenarios where the driver who was struck from behind is blame worthy/failed duty to drive safely)

But I agree with you in a crowded place don't be stopping in the middle to talk about whether to cancel dinner reservations or not. If you stop in the middle of a crowded main thoroughfare it better be because of heart attack or your hip gave out or you just might get a stroller in the ankle.
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Please tell me that the highlighted area also means accidental and not intentional. If intentional then you don't agree with me at all.
 
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tcpaint

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JIMINYCR said:
There is no set number. I would like to say a max of three… but people are oblivious to others when they are walking in the parks. They are only concerned about themselves and don’t care about your ability to pass or walk by. Even saying excuse me or alerting them to yourself doesn’t seem to affect them. My DW using a motorized w/c and having her service dog with her, it’s impossible to maneuver the walkways at times. I’ve said many times.. just run into them… but she won’t 😆😆😆. Folks don’t have a sense of courtesy for others when they are centered only on themselves.
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Just like in a grocery store
 
MickeyLuv'r

MickeyLuv'r

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Goofyernmost said:
To expect, however, family groups to walk single file just in case someone wants to forge ahead is just pure entitlement and expecting that people will stop concentrating on where they are and where they are going is also thinking that one is more important than the group and that they all have an extra set of eyes on the back of their heads to watch for those in a hurry.
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Huh?

How does one cross the Hub walking 4-people across when it looks like the image below?





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jloucks

jloucks

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This is a trick question.

If you are going with the flow, you are not likely slowing anybody else down just so that you can walk-wide together. This makes for no set width limit, as the limit is set by others you are impacting.

So, the real societal question is, is it ok to negatively impact others so that you can have what you want?

I think today, it is.

Unless you are a "Karen" in which case it is not.

If you think you might be acting like one, you probably are.

Walking 4+ wide in a park with people darting around or backing up behind you? ...you're probably being a Karen.
Walking "coked up" speed and trying to bust through a family walking wide? ...you're probably being a Karen.

Don't be a "Karen".
 
jloucks

jloucks

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flynnibus said:
Let's talk about who yields..

If I am walking along the right edge of the path and you are coming at me on a collision course... it's your job to move to your right. Not expect me to somehow get off the path, stop for you, or whatever.

I watched children this past week (age 13 or so) literally almost knock a lady walking with a cane over because she was walking with the wall on the right, and the kids insisted on trying to pass her on HER right.. which is the wall she was counting on to remain steady. Literally cut through where she was leaning on the railing.

People are oblivious to other's needs...
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This.

But also, kids can be complete diffuses. Amplified by parents that are not taking their training responsibility seriously.
 

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