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They expected her to humbly step aside when her uber came, when she saw the regal couple-to-be!
Yeah I hate that shit too. My guess is it's a variation of "2 people walking side by side on a sidewalk automaticallly have priority over a single" - wtf, no, walk in line if there's people coming.
2 people walking side by side on a sidewalk automaticallly have priority over a single
I HATE THAT SHIT! So many times I just want to play chicken with one of them
Get a cane and you can really have fun. People will do the “I’m not moving anywhere” routine down the sidewalk right up until you get close enough for it to click that they’re about to body slam a disabled person. 10% still smack into you, but the 90% that dance out of the way are amusing.
Have used a cane for a year, can confirm
I’ll move a little to avoid conflict but I’m 6’-5” and one of these days I’m just gunna stand there and DARE them to cause a fuss.
Same with the metro. My elbows are sticking out more and more walking off it like GET OUT OF MY FUCKING WAY I NEED TO LEAVE SO YOU CAN GET ON. One of these days, if I line up right in fromt of someone, I’m straight up gunna say “well, idiot, you gunna move out of the fucking way or what?”
Tall and wide-shouldered but never have this kind of subway standoff. I considered stuff I might be doing differently, in case you’d like to try one of them:
Hopefully one of these work for you!
Literally I just whip out my phone and look absent minded in that situation.
So far no collisions
If I don't have my kids with me, I do. I don't crash into them, but I stop when I get to them and make them go around. The lack of courtesy of some people needs to be challenged. It's mostly people in their early 20s in my experience, but I'll wait out whoever. Tired of this shit.
This is exactly what I do. Worked every time so far.
I think if you stop and they run into you, that's technically a foul.
There's a trick that always works if they're looking at you, even if you're in a crowd.
You just have to look down and in front of you. Like looking at the ground where you're gonna take the next 2-3 steps. Never look at them.
You can even use this while zigzagging in a crowd of people that are all going the opposite direction to you, as long as they can see you looking at the ground, they'll move.
They must think you're not paying attention or something and since they don't want to bump into you, and you're always telegraphing where you'll go, they always move.
I'm on the taller side, I find if I look over and past people into the distance, never even acknowledging them, they part like the red sea.
Can confirm, I learned about this many years ago and it works. As long as you don't acknowledge that you see the other person, they know you are not going to move and they move instead.
What works for me is I just look straight ahead and walk confidently in a straight line (on my section of path) and 99% of them time they'll shift over. If they don't think you're going to move then they will, and it's only fair. If you comply before you even get near them then they obviously aren't going to move.
There is something deeply wrong with those people.
It's in my bones to walk behind or in front when someone comes if there's only enough space for 2 people
This screenshot is so old this couple is probably with one kid and in the middle of a divorce for they never knew how to set healthy boundaries.
7 years? You're optimistic. I think that already happened years ago.
You're saying that this has been reposted for longer than their marriage lasted?
Seems about right.
I still reckon it was probably a fake story created to get people talking about the existence of that service. i.e. an ad.
The final time I ever called an Uber pool was when the driver picked up 4 people even though the passenger had indicated 3, and then expected me to squeeze into the backseat of a sedan with 3 other people. I basically became one with those people. Never again.
What is an uber pool? I am imagining some sort of German engineering wonder.
It's a cheaper option, to allow your uber to "carpool", I.E. Your uber can pick up other passengers heading in the same direction to be more efficient, thus justifying your discount.
You can see why it'd be a jerk move to then get mad at the other passengers, who had no idea who they'd be pooling with, and how insane it would be to use it on the way to your wedding.
Isn’t it ironic, like somebody getting in your uber pool on your wedding day!
Or like picking up passengers when you’re already late
Like the romantic carriage ride that you just didn't take.
like a traaain, to your wedding day
I love this thread so much.
The parents of a classmate landed in some local newspaper for taking the bus to the wedding.
They looked happy on the picture
I was wondering too. Wouldn't the water get spilled in the turns?
You're clearly joking, but for the unaware, "Uber" is a crowdsource taxi/rideshare service. An "Uber pool" is similar to a carpool. Where you share the vehicle with other riders. Making the "Uber" vehicle, aka, someone else's car, into what is essentially a bus.
I've heard rumors that Uber is even talking about having drivers run a set route.... Like buses do.
We've come full circle.
Pro-tip: take the bus next time. Who am I addressing? Yes.
That's what my wife and I did
Trust me, any public transport would be great but even in liberal states we’re seeing large fund cuts. The public bus stop 5 min from my house that went straight to the tram that goes downtown is now a 30 min walk that goes to a diff tram station that goes to my regular tram station which goes downtown. 1.5 hours to go 15 miles, I’ll uber. Or in summer months I’ll ride my bike to the close tram.
I can’t wait to move to the city….
Hey, have you heard of Strong Towns? They're an activist group that's largely focused on helping people influence local policy to build better, human-focused cities with more housing, more opportunities, and fewer cars. I'm working with them to try and make my city better, and while I can't say it's easy, I can say it feels like a worthwhile use of my time and efforts.
Nothing wrong with choosing Uber pool for your wedding if you're in to that. I'd do it and party with a kind stranger.
But don't be mad about someone joining then
I don’t remember Uber being very good at explaining what the different tiers even mean. Maybe they thought it was a fancy car with a pool inside.
on the one hand, that's dumb.
on the other hand, that doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
Let them be mad and laugh at them. You can't fix stupid.
Probably not even true. That's the great thing about rituals like marriage, you get to make up whatever rules you like but it sucks when someone calls you on your bs
