Random Irritations

So it’s a narrow pavement on a busy road and the 2 walking side by side don’t have to use common sense? In your opinion the runner should risk his life in the road. Unbelievable!
I didn’t realise he was running for his life and couldn’t maybe slow to a walk to encourage them to go single file while maybe saying, “Excuse me. Thank you.”
 
Jog somewhere where you won’t come into conflict with pedestrians on narrow paths.
Or on the other side of the road so you can see the oncoming traffic.

I’m with them. I’d never give up space on a path to someone using it abnormally. If I was running I’d be on the road or in a park.
Sorry but in my 64 years on this planet I have never seen a prohibit running or jogging sign on any public pavement, path, promenade or any other public walkway. Come to think about it, it’s only poolside that I have seen a no running sign. So by default running on these can’t be classed as abnormal
 
I didn’t realise he was running for his life and couldn’t maybe slow to a walk to encourage them to go single file while maybe saying, “Excuse me. Thank you.”
The pace his was running is irrelevant, the behaviour of the 2 others was ignorant and bad mannered with no excuse if they “forced” him in to traffic on a busy road.

I think you’ve gone a bit ott on this especially using words like “conflict” & “abnormal”
 
Sorry but in my 64 years on this planet I have never seen a prohibit running or jogging sign on any public pavement, path, promenade or any other public walkway. Come to think about it, it’s only poolside that I have seen a no running sign. So by default running on these can’t be classed as abnormal
Me neither.
Running on a footpath is not illegal. Nor are scootering, pogo-sticking, tennis or chipping practice, but you wouldn’t do any of them if they brought you into conflict with walkers.
I’m not anti-running. I have been a runner, but off-road; I hated running next to traffic.
I spent 30 years walking the 2 miles from my house to the station twice every day to commute to work. We have narrow pavements. I have thousands of episodes to draw on to know how unpleasant it is to have a panting, sweaty bloke run past you on a narrow pavement. Anybody who can’t figure that out needs a lesson in empathy.

Seriously, if the road is too busy to step into for 5 yards then all you have to do is slow to a walk for 10 seconds.

Or carry on as you are.
I’m just demonstrating that this is not an echo chamber. 🤷
 
Me neither.
Running on a footpath is not illegal. Nor are scootering, pogo-sticking, tennis or chipping practice, but you wouldn’t do any of them if they brought you into conflict with walkers.
I’m not anti-running. I have been a runner, but off-road; I hated running next to traffic.
I spent 30 years walking the 2 miles from my house to the station twice every day to commute to work. We have narrow pavements. I have thousands of episodes to draw on to know how unpleasant it is to have a panting, sweaty bloke run past you on a narrow pavement. Anybody who can’t figure that out needs a lesson in empathy.

Seriously, if the road is too busy to step into for 5 yards then all you have to do is slow to a walk for 10 seconds.

Or carry on as you are.
I’m just demonstrating that this is not an echo chamber. 🤷
He was running towards 2 people, they will have seen him, he didn’t sneak up behind them panting, sweating on them!
 
Me neither.
Running on a footpath is not illegal. Nor are scootering, pogo-sticking, tennis or chipping practice, but you wouldn’t do any of them if they brought you into conflict with walkers.
I’m not anti-running. I have been a runner, but off-road; I hated running next to traffic.
I spent 30 years walking the 2 miles from my house to the station twice every day to commute to work. We have narrow pavements. I have thousands of episodes to draw on to know how unpleasant it is to have a panting, sweaty bloke run past you on a narrow pavement. Anybody who can’t figure that out needs a lesson in empathy.

Seriously, if the road is too busy to step into for 5 yards then all you have to do is slow to a walk for 10 seconds.

Or carry on as you are.
I’m just demonstrating that this is not an echo chamber. 🤷
Who needs a lesson in empathy!?
 
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