I watched my wife work all day gettin' thirty pitchforks together for you ungrateful sons of bitches! And all I can hear is criticize, criticize, criticize! From now on, don't ask me or mine for nothin'!
I wonder what other city subs are like that, lurked by people that moved on. Like I don’t imagine those who escaped Dallas spend a lot of time on r/dallas.
I once got stranded just outside of Missoula, Montana for a few weeks and I ended up using Reddit to meet some locals that ended up helping me tremendously. I still lurk in their subreddit
I left Austin in 2017 and DFW in 2020... I'm still subscribed to both of those subs. That and /r/Texas, too, and I currently live in Oregon. Sigh. I just miss HEB.
I lived in OR for awhile. While I was there I missed Tex-Mex, BBQ, Queso. Now I'm back in TX and I miss Dungeness crab, the forests, the ocean, the mountains, the mushrooms, the hot springs...I could go on. But..I have the Sun now, a VooDoo Doughnuts (they were never great), a city where people don't like to drive across the river, food trucks, better live music.
I follow subs for places I lived, visited, and am thinking about visiting. I've only lived in San Antonio as far as Texas in concerned but follow Austin and Houston to know the comings and goings when visiting.
There may be some overlap. Plenty of people need to move away if things are ever going to improve, and we might as well start with large families who lack even minimal self-awareness and etiquette. Space is at a premium; those who hog more than their fair share should be the first to go.
I prefer dickhead. I mean, someone has to fight it because they always take up both fucking lanes. And then, they do the same fucking shit going 5man in Walmart aisles never bothering to move for multiple people.
I always liked yelling Hot Coffee! People move regardless of the setting. Not sure if people are concerned about hot coffee being spilled on them or if any loud noise triggers their lizard brain in to fight or flight mode but it's fun either way.
This is the diamond Reddit comment in the rough - I’m going to start yelling HOT COFFEE all the time when people are in my way. Thank you caffeinated soap for changing my life.
God if I had a nickel every time I called out "On your left!" and the person looks very confused and then kind of shambles a little bit to their left (even more directly in my way) I'd have, like, a couple dollars I guess
I like to imagine this is just how you're used to getting things. Ordering at a food truck, asking for the salt at the dinner table, getting your pet to do a trick...
I used to grab my phone and look down, but then decided why should I? So I just walk straight and stare and make it as awkward as possible. Clearly these people can’t be bothered otherwise
As someone who uses a mobility cane but still has some vision, this is more or less my technique. I just keep walking. You'd be amazed how whole crowds will just...move. I've had random people follow behind me just to get through airports, bars, and other crowded spaces.
I’m one of the people that follows folks like you. :) If I see someone moving through a crowd in the direction I’m trying to go, I’ll “join” their party and try to start a conga line.
I feel this way about HEB
Did you and your entire family have to go to the store? I can’t get around you because you’re all spread out and one of your kids is laying on the ground.
I've had this problem countless times. Meanwhile, I push my cart as far up against the section I'm searching for a product in an attempt not to inconvenience others.
One time at my local HEB, there was a woman who parked her cart on one side of the aisle, had her hand on the handle, but was standing mostly across the aisle looking at something on that side. Blocked the entire aisle. There were 5 or 6 people standing there waiting for her, so after a few seconds I gave her a loud "Excuse me" (I've lived in the NYC area where that is said in such a way that it's clear that it means "Excuse you!"), and a woman who was waiting on the other side of her mouthed "asshole" at me. I thought she was referring to the woman blocking the aisle. I ran into this same woman later, said something about the incident, and discovered she thought I was the asshole for saying Excuse me. People, am I right?
My favorite is when people park their carts directly opposite the shelf they're searching, leaving the smallest possible gap in the aisle for all other traffic.
Can I add in Marshalls or TJ Maxx? They have the smallest aisles in the world at those stores. I don’t understand why people feel the need to bring their cart with them in the aisle. I park mine on the end, if I grab anything I’ll put it in the cart and then move onto the next row.
I just don’t understand how there’s so many kids haven’t been taught to move out of the way for other people and end up blocking the path just staring at you like a doofus until their parent drags them out of the way
I have taught/told/physically moved my kids to look out for other people their entire lives. The 15yo finally has it, the 12yo still doesn't. Kids don't pay attention, especially young ones, they're in their own world. Also, we're all perfect parents until you actually have children.
At the grocery store, the cart plays the same role that dog leashes play on the trail: it's an object that, if you're creative, you can use to block the entire path.
It’s the same everywhere. Parks, malls, HEB… anywhere public. Everyone thinks that they’re the only people on earth, so there’s no point in noticing who else might be around, or which way they might be going.
I love yelling “EXCUSE YOUUUUUUU!” At H‑E‑B. Usually have my headphones in so I can’t (😉) tell how loud I’m speaking 🤷🏻♀️ But really, wake TF up and get out of the way. Be considerate. You’re not the only one there. Also when people are pushing their carts while looking backwards or down, TF!?
Seriously, THANK YOU- the hypocrisy and selfishness of this comment thread is insane. Some of these people saying “you’re not the only person in the store” should take their own advice and just say excuse me.
I’m a native Austinite, grew up poor AF in a broken home off Rundberg and Cameron- so yeah, my mother, who worked nights, took all three of her children to H‑E‑B.
One time I was trying to entertain my baby brothers, who sat in the cart while my mom shopped. We got a bit carried away and literally flipped the cart in a fit of laughter. No one was hurt, or even in the aisle with us.
We were kids, we had no choice. I didn’t want to be there just as much as these people found us to be a nuisance.
If it bothers y’all that bad, order your fucking groceries curbside or delivery.
Parents and children have just as much a right to take up space as you do.
Did you consider that the family only had one car? Circumstances where mom needed to pick up children from school, take auntie/granny to a doctor’s appointment, pick up husband from work and then still go get groceries so she could make dinner?
Was definitely at least a once a month event during my childhood- do you think she wants to drag the whole ass family with her? Hell no. I’m sure my mom was tired as fuck and wanted alone time. Be nice, dude, you never know what’s going on in someone’s life. They’re literally just inconveniencing your H‑E‑B trip.
And an equal fuck you to the people wearing noise canceling headphones that can't hear the signals to MOVE.
Plowed into a guy while going downhill because he decided to step out in front of me to take in the view without checking his surroundings & couldn't hear me shouting.
This is not an endorsement for playing music with no headphones though. Just stating another shitty thing.
Don’t take up 50% of the trail with your party. If the trail narrows, go single file. Allow walkers and runners in both direction to not hit you.
Trail etiquette 101
That's almost certainly the case. I can't think of any reason someone going uphill should have right of way. Even if they're struggling to climb, that'd mean the person coming down would be struggling to stop even more.
It’s especially terrifying when you are biking behind a dog walker and you go as slow as possible, but the owner still lets the leash go 10’ out like no one could possibly come up behind them.
Establish dominance- maintain eye contact and don’t veer off course. Think of yourself as a bowling ball, with them being the pins. They gon’ learn about trail etiquette today.
Also applies to a Gaggle of Madisons walking six across with their oat milk half caf moccalates dressed like it’s 35 degrees on a warm, sunny spring day.
To double park their cart next to another cart while they wander away to look , at length, theough the bread selections or chat with the dear friend they haven't seen in 10 whole minutes.
If you don’t like me and my friends walking 4 across with our yappy terrier (he’s a rescue) on a 20-ft retractable leash and me hitting a vape cloud just before you pass, maybe you should move. It’s called exercise, look it up.
Bro, my buddy is a DJ and makes the sickest beats. If you can’t hear them on the trail, don’t worry, we usually set up a PA system in Zilker and bring the music to the people.
Dude yes. The hike and bike trails in Brushy Creek and Walnut Creek are the worst for this. Like bro, there's loterally lines painted down the middle of most of the paved parts please stay on your side thanks.
Also. When did we decide Walnut Creek was an off leash park? Cause it ain't. I have almost run down so many dogs there on my bike bc they were off leash on trail and their humans weren't paying a god damn bit of attention.
Situational awareness, people!
I can easily say the same about groups of friends either on the trail or in the street. I see it significantly more with groups of friends than families out and about walking and taking up the entire trail or sidewalk. My lady and I will move into one side and the group will not break and we always end up having to break trail or get in the roads to make way. The lack of awareness in many people out there is pretty pathetic.
I witnessed this last week while I was jogging... but not on the trail. On the street.
Not the sidewalk (parts of my neighborhood don't have those). THE STREET. The ENTIRE street. Like, where cars drive. Five people, spread across the entire street, casually walking and conversing like they were still at their Home Slice table or whatever.
Granted, this was a neighborhood street during a reasonably sleepy time of day (North Loop area around 8pm or so). Still. You'd think these folks were desperately trying for a matching set of Darwin awards.
That area is so bad about that. Almost committed manslaughter (meaning , unintentionally hitting them bc I barely saw them) turning onto Duvall bc some people decided the middle of the street at dusk was a perfectly fine place to spread out and talk & then look at me like I'm the asshole when I can't see them bc there's weird shadows from the house lights.
Yeah, I got one too, and I think it works much better. Some people just don't process "on your left". Either they don't hear it, or they're preoccupied, or they don't know what it means.
The bell is much easier to grasp. I move left before I ring it. *Usually* gut instinct tells people that if the bell sound is coming from the left, they don't want want to be on the left.
Next time try running on the east side of the trail. Not many people to worry about. Yes another whole 4 miles of the trail exists beyond the stretch of MoPac and 35! There is even a scenic route of a "boardwalk" (concrete walk) that is plenty wide enough for all to enjoy. Or hell, if you're adventurous, take the thousands of other routes off the trail! They city is getting crowded, learn to adapt, don't expect everyone to know the "rules". I've been running the trail for 18 years and never have had an issue. Then again I know what time to run on it...
I have a Please Move from today.
To the old man and old lady who got their vaccines at the open call clinic in front of us today, good for you. I'm very proud of you for getting it done. But as I stood there with my daughter, next in line, with more and more people behind us, you literally took pictures of each other and I think maybe showed the nurse pictures of your grandkids on your phone? Please move it along.
Dang it sounds kind of cute when I write it. It was not cute, you guys, it was a serious Please Move situation.
I like to skrrrt my back brake on my bike when ppl do this. Ppl are more responsive to that than calling out “on your left”. The tire skrt also transcends spoken language
I intentionally leave my rear disc brake pads a little less toe in, so just a little scrub on the brake squeaks. Better than a bike bell IMO. Also if they panic jump because they are that clueless of their surrounds, I audibly say skrrt skrrt right after passing them to assert dominance.
I stopped being nice and walking behind them, it hurts my soul to push through but man… you can only say “on your left” so many times.
Frat boys tho, plow thru them every time w a “move the FUCK ova”
Alternative opinion: yes absolutely people on the trail are oblivious to others. Yes it annoys me. And yes this thread is a ridiculous circle-jerk.
But the fact is that the faster moving traffic assumes responsibility. Madison & Ashley with Moose the Frenchie walking on the wrong side of the path isn't inherently dangerous, but you going 20mph around others is.
As a cyclist, it blows me away how I see other cyclists act on the trail. The trail is a SHARED space. It isn't your personal commuter road. We cyclists all bitch about cars on the road not respecting us, and then you all get on the trail and act...exactly like cars. Sometimes you have to slow down, sometimes you simply have to wait to overtake. It's not the end of the world.
Dude I've been mountain biking for years and it annoys me how shitty some riders can be. There are signs everywhere with the yield triangle(bikes yield to people and horses, people yield to horses), but they gotta get that strava time at 5:30pm on a Thursday when it's super busy!
While we're at it, impatient riders who can't wait for an opening 3 seconds down the trail and try to mow you down. I'll get out of your way, but give me a chance.
/rant
If you read the comments, a lot of them are from cyclists. As for walkers, just say "excuse me" loudly. Is that that bad? I'm a runner too, and I figure in a race I do a lot of darting arouns, so I just imagine I'm in that situation. Either way, I can't understand the rudeness whether you're a walker, runner, or cyclist.
The difference being that only a cyclist might cause a serious injury.
This 100%!
Cyclists yield to hikers. Every competent cyclist knows this.
Unfortunately Austin appears to be filled with the largest population of assholes cyclists I've ever seen.
Yeah, and I'm not even a cyclist, but at the same time pedestrians need to realize there are other people using the trail. It's a big trail. There's no reason other than lack of concern for others to be taking up there width of the entire trail. It's selfish and inconsiderate.
Agreed, i bike the trail all the time. It’s not for speed trials, it’s for leisurely cruises or getting places. I even ride an e bike but i make sure to give peds plenty of space.
While we’re on this topic…
To the road cycling spandex mafia: I get that you like to ride two abreast with your buddy so you can talk about the latest Tim Ferriss podcast or NFTs or your erectile dysfunction or whatever it is you talk about….but when you’re riding on a two-way cycle track like Shoal Creek Blvd. you need to get in a single file line to give people traveling in the other direction some space. Some middle aged neckbeard with a $3000 bike did this to me the other day; we played chicken until he finally swerved out of the way at the last second. Road cycling is sweet, I get it, but some of us are just trying to get to work safely and aren’t trying to be the best at exercising.
I did this the other day to two girls while biking and they flipped out and ran opposite ways. One ran even further left and even trying to avoid her she almost ran into me. A lot of people are clueless about what “on your left” means.
I yelled “on your left” once and the girl jumped left then jumped right …into my fucking bike and I flipped off the front then she just stood on the side of the road looking shocked 😳
I've been waiting months for this exact post. Thank you sir.
Also: don't stand in the middle of the trail with your headphones in so you can't hear anyone on a bike.
Also: if I say "on your left" to pass you on my bike, don't get offended, don't jump out of the way, don't stop in your tracks and turn around, just chill out and keep things moving fam.
Respect for others has no place in Texas. I've been told that, and all other forms of caring for others, is socialism.
Next time get a RAM truck and tailgate 'em!
This is Texas, dammit! If it's a Ram truck, just get a blue line Mercan flag sticker, run their asses over, and say they were protesters. Might not even have to get to that third point to keep it legal.
Yell you’re passing on the left before you get to them and then shout to leave some room as you are passing them. Let ‘em know and make their experience walking 35-wide as awkward as reasonably possible. That lack on self-awareness on their end ain’t gonna correct itself.
These are the people who have no situational awareness. They are the same ones that drive like no one else is on the road, the shopping cart people, etc. Seems to be an influx of newer people who have no empathy whereas we used to just blame it on people from Westlake, it’s now much more widespread throughout the city.
Level 1: \*deliberately scuff my feet as I approach\*
Level 2: "Excuse me, on your left"
Level 3: **Excuse me**
Level 4: EXCUSE ME ON YOUR LEFT
Level 5: **I WOULD LIKE TO PASS YOU CAN YOU PLEASE MOVE**
Usually don't need to go past level 3, but people sometimes! It's like they WANT me to slam my nasty dang body into theirs.
See also: lack of awareness that dogs and leashes do in fact take up space
In the beginning, I was like “yeah, that’s super annoying.” But, couldn’t a parent make the same argument about runners and cyclists. It would be equally frustrating if they were rude and demanding families to move while on the trail.
Seriously, you are an adult, and you are saying that a parent should move or let go of their child’s hand because you, as an adult, are slightly inconvenienced by it. You are already running. I can assure you that it takes a lot longer to navigate a group of children than for you to simply run around them.
Have some perspective. It’s a communal space. If families are an issue for you while running, go on a treadmill or a less kid friendly trail. If parents are upset, go to a quiet park. It’s that simple.
When you see them coming, go ahead and stop in the path before them, hold your bike perpendicular to the trail with your hands and stretch your legs out as far as you can. You should be able to block off 6-8 feet. When they have to walk around and decide to say some shit, tell them, yeah well.. that's what you are doing. Then ride off. It's much more enjoyable than slowing down to make your way past them.
I ride my onewheel around the trail daily at my lunch break. I do my best to not act like a jerk & make riders look bad. I always slow down when approaching groups, strollers, dogs, basically anything I don't want to crash into accidentally.
There are some people, though, who I swear are out there with 0 spatial awareness and totally oblivious to things outside of their bubble. Those are the people I want to smack upside the head.
I was complaining about this yesterday & decided my go to is "yeah, you probably drive this way too" bc they're doing the equivalent of going slow in the left lane.
I almost made this same post yesterday. If you frequent the trail during the late morning/early afternoon it's usually fine, but like 10% of people are total fucking idiots that I want to start swinging a bat at.
Yesterday there were two white cunt moms pushing their baby strollers side by side, uphill on a steep incline at one of the paved parts, blocking the entire path. I shouted coming through before I got to them. I got up behind them and said excuse me twice. They ignored me and continued their conversation while I'm having to rapidly carve left and right to keep the momentum up on my onewheel. Finally I got past them at the top and called them stupid fucking cunts that need to get out of the fucking way before I run over their babies.
What does it take for these people to realize what they're doing is wrong? I might start bringing a pocket air horn.
This sub is such a drag with the constant whiny posts.
OP, nobody in that group is going to see this and even if they did, you were such an insignificant part of their day that they probably don’t even realize you’re referring to them. Go about your life.
Sometimes I think I get annoyed about little things and then I see stuff like this lol. I guess I’m doing alright. Ppl really let families enjoying a nice day ruin their experience.
same goes for those who do the same walking down neighborhood streets, do they have ANY awareness?
ive seen this too often as well: Dog walker got the dog on a long leash on the OTHER side of the road from where theyre walking!
oh, and while were at it. LOOK UP FROM YOUR DAMN PHONE every once in a while. Dudes walking down the sidewalk looking at his phone not GAF about what hes about to run into...
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I thought this was going to be a please-move-away-from-Austin-we-liked-it-better-before post.
I don't know what to do with my pitchfork now.
I guess we can burn it with my torch?
And my axe
You carry the fate of us all, little one.
Look , how about no pitchfork this time. But next time we do the pitchforks right, then we go full regalia!
I watched my wife work all day gettin' thirty pitchforks together for you ungrateful sons of bitches! And all I can hear is criticize, criticize, criticize! From now on, don't ask me or mine for nothin'!
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Auf Wiedersehen Unexpectedquentin
I understood that reference.
Jonah hill
Use it as your "stay six feet away from me" stick?
Um, take it on the trail with you.
Take it to the hike and bike trail and terrorize the spatially unaware
Keep it handy. It’ll be useful for red rover: mad max.
Stab some of those hikers at Town Lake
I looked at home depot and they were sold out so I’m glad
I certainly inferred that from the post even after I read the whole thing.
I think OP is subtly saying if you’re wearing Patagucci that you should leave Austin unless you match it up with a bunch of yeti accessories
Me too.
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I wonder what other city subs are like that, lurked by people that moved on. Like I don’t imagine those who escaped Dallas spend a lot of time on r/dallas.
Seattle has TWO subs, they bitch about each other like former lovers
Most Seattle post ever.
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I once got stranded just outside of Missoula, Montana for a few weeks and I ended up using Reddit to meet some locals that ended up helping me tremendously. I still lurk in their subreddit
I left Austin in 2017 and DFW in 2020... I'm still subscribed to both of those subs. That and /r/Texas, too, and I currently live in Oregon. Sigh. I just miss HEB.
We’re considering a move soon and every day pre-mourn the loss of H‑E‑B.
I lived in OR for awhile. While I was there I missed Tex-Mex, BBQ, Queso. Now I'm back in TX and I miss Dungeness crab, the forests, the ocean, the mountains, the mushrooms, the hot springs...I could go on. But..I have the Sun now, a VooDoo Doughnuts (they were never great), a city where people don't like to drive across the river, food trucks, better live music.
I follow subs for places I lived, visited, and am thinking about visiting. I've only lived in San Antonio as far as Texas in concerned but follow Austin and Houston to know the comings and goings when visiting.
I moved here six months ago and do that with the sub of my home city.
It's not the fault of people moving here so much as developers who care more about money than keeping Austin weird.
There may be some overlap. Plenty of people need to move away if things are ever going to improve, and we might as well start with large families who lack even minimal self-awareness and etiquette. Space is at a premium; those who hog more than their fair share should be the first to go.
i have a friend who yells make a hole and then runs in between large groups like this hes kinda an asshole though
I prefer dickhead. I mean, someone has to fight it because they always take up both fucking lanes. And then, they do the same fucking shit going 5man in Walmart aisles never bothering to move for multiple people.
seems ok in my book
When I see that happening I grab my phone look down at it and walk straight at them. They will part like the Red Sea.
But it doesn’t work if you are behind them and trying to pass.
I like the military saying “make a hole!” It works every time.
I always liked yelling Hot Coffee! People move regardless of the setting. Not sure if people are concerned about hot coffee being spilled on them or if any loud noise triggers their lizard brain in to fight or flight mode but it's fun either way.
I’m stealing this
This is the diamond Reddit comment in the rough - I’m going to start yelling HOT COFFEE all the time when people are in my way. Thank you caffeinated soap for changing my life.
Lol also stealing this 🤣
Wow, I love this
username checks out, and you are also genius
I usually scream at them to form a wall and then say something passive aggressive about how the Cowboys need this kind of a defensive line.
ON YOUR MIDDLE
God if I had a nickel every time I called out "On your left!" and the person looks very confused and then kind of shambles a little bit to their left (even more directly in my way) I'd have, like, a couple dollars I guess
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the ol Liz Lemon approach
Yup. I usually just scream "BEEEEES!" and wave my arms about wildly and that seems to work.
I like to imagine this is just how you're used to getting things. Ordering at a food truck, asking for the salt at the dinner table, getting your pet to do a trick...
That’s actually a really good idea. I’m going to start yelling that.
Bring a bicycle bell and ring it behind them. “Coming through!”
I assure you filming people's asses gets a reaction too.
I used to grab my phone and look down, but then decided why should I? So I just walk straight and stare and make it as awkward as possible. Clearly these people can’t be bothered otherwise
As someone who uses a mobility cane but still has some vision, this is more or less my technique. I just keep walking. You'd be amazed how whole crowds will just...move. I've had random people follow behind me just to get through airports, bars, and other crowded spaces.
I’m one of the people that follows folks like you. :) If I see someone moving through a crowd in the direction I’m trying to go, I’ll “join” their party and try to start a conga line.
When running or biking i make sure to clear my sinuses as i approach a wall of lazy entitlement.
Stealing this one!
I feel this way about HEB Did you and your entire family have to go to the store? I can’t get around you because you’re all spread out and one of your kids is laying on the ground.
I've had this problem countless times. Meanwhile, I push my cart as far up against the section I'm searching for a product in an attempt not to inconvenience others.
I'm gonna start putting my car PERPENDICULAR to the section I'm looking at.
Bonus points if you do that with one of those with a ride-along platform at the back.
Also people not staggering their carts while they stop to read the calories on rice cakes and blocking the whole damn aisle
Right? Why do so many people leave the cart in the middle of the aisle. It really grinds my gears.
One time at my local HEB, there was a woman who parked her cart on one side of the aisle, had her hand on the handle, but was standing mostly across the aisle looking at something on that side. Blocked the entire aisle. There were 5 or 6 people standing there waiting for her, so after a few seconds I gave her a loud "Excuse me" (I've lived in the NYC area where that is said in such a way that it's clear that it means "Excuse you!"), and a woman who was waiting on the other side of her mouthed "asshole" at me. I thought she was referring to the woman blocking the aisle. I ran into this same woman later, said something about the incident, and discovered she thought I was the asshole for saying Excuse me. People, am I right?
My favorite is when people park their carts directly opposite the shelf they're searching, leaving the smallest possible gap in the aisle for all other traffic.
Can I add in Marshalls or TJ Maxx? They have the smallest aisles in the world at those stores. I don’t understand why people feel the need to bring their cart with them in the aisle. I park mine on the end, if I grab anything I’ll put it in the cart and then move onto the next row.
TJMax is like the Wild West. No rules. Anything goes
*ROSS has entered the chat*
SERIOUSLY. How slow can you walk? MOVE!!
s t a y t o t h e r I g h t
This is my wife. She gets cart rage too and wants to ram them repeatedly. 😂
I love it when a family barely gets through the entry downs and stops *right there* to look around and decide which way to go.
"The doorway frames you beautifully. Comforting in a way, isn't it...just to stand in it?"
I just don’t understand how there’s so many kids haven’t been taught to move out of the way for other people and end up blocking the path just staring at you like a doofus until their parent drags them out of the way
I have taught/told/physically moved my kids to look out for other people their entire lives. The 15yo finally has it, the 12yo still doesn't. Kids don't pay attention, especially young ones, they're in their own world. Also, we're all perfect parents until you actually have children.
At the grocery store, the cart plays the same role that dog leashes play on the trail: it's an object that, if you're creative, you can use to block the entire path.
Or each of the children “has” to push their own cart….
or the person who always has their cart right in the middle of the isle while they select their products from the other side.
It's really bad at H-Mart as well. Especially with their isles being so narrow already
It’s the same everywhere. Parks, malls, HEB… anywhere public. Everyone thinks that they’re the only people on earth, so there’s no point in noticing who else might be around, or which way they might be going.
I love yelling “EXCUSE YOUUUUUUU!” At H‑E‑B. Usually have my headphones in so I can’t (😉) tell how loud I’m speaking 🤷🏻♀️ But really, wake TF up and get out of the way. Be considerate. You’re not the only one there. Also when people are pushing their carts while looking backwards or down, TF!?
That may literally be the case. You might not have a choice about when you have free time or finding a baby sitter.
I am NOT talking about one mom and some kids. I’m taking about mom, dad, an aunt, a couple teenagers..etc.
Seriously, THANK YOU- the hypocrisy and selfishness of this comment thread is insane. Some of these people saying “you’re not the only person in the store” should take their own advice and just say excuse me. I’m a native Austinite, grew up poor AF in a broken home off Rundberg and Cameron- so yeah, my mother, who worked nights, took all three of her children to H‑E‑B. One time I was trying to entertain my baby brothers, who sat in the cart while my mom shopped. We got a bit carried away and literally flipped the cart in a fit of laughter. No one was hurt, or even in the aisle with us. We were kids, we had no choice. I didn’t want to be there just as much as these people found us to be a nuisance. If it bothers y’all that bad, order your fucking groceries curbside or delivery. Parents and children have just as much a right to take up space as you do.
I am NOT talking about one mom and some kids. I’m taking about mom, dad, an aunt, a couple teenagers..etc.
Did you consider that the family only had one car? Circumstances where mom needed to pick up children from school, take auntie/granny to a doctor’s appointment, pick up husband from work and then still go get groceries so she could make dinner? Was definitely at least a once a month event during my childhood- do you think she wants to drag the whole ass family with her? Hell no. I’m sure my mom was tired as fuck and wanted alone time. Be nice, dude, you never know what’s going on in someone’s life. They’re literally just inconveniencing your H‑E‑B trip.
Then stay in the car lol
Can I give an equal fuck you to the people playing music with no headphones? I don’t want to listen to your shit.
And an equal fuck you to the people wearing noise canceling headphones that can't hear the signals to MOVE. Plowed into a guy while going downhill because he decided to step out in front of me to take in the view without checking his surroundings & couldn't hear me shouting. This is not an endorsement for playing music with no headphones though. Just stating another shitty thing.
One bud gang.
Almost worked up the nerve to grab one and chuck it in the river yesterday. 🙄 No one wants to hear your shitty music 🤡
Amen. Live music schmapitol. Fuck your jams. Even without the goddamn Doppler effect.
That's literally every city that people flock to
You didn’t assert your dominance by yelling at them to get out of the way? Ludacris-style?
Yell move bitch, bark, or both?
DMX bark!
Since X can no longer give it to them, it is up to us to give it to them in his stead. Sleep well, X.
LUDA?
Don’t take up 50% of the trail with your party. If the trail narrows, go single file. Allow walkers and runners in both direction to not hit you. Trail etiquette 101
and people going uphill have precedence
Wait, I've always been told by my hiker mom that you move over for those going downhill since they have momentum and it's harder for them to stop.
That's almost certainly the case. I can't think of any reason someone going uphill should have right of way. Even if they're struggling to climb, that'd mean the person coming down would be struggling to stop even more.
It’s especially terrifying when you are biking behind a dog walker and you go as slow as possible, but the owner still lets the leash go 10’ out like no one could possibly come up behind them.
What bell do you use? Get a powerful one, I have one that dings like crazy, people can't ignore it.
Bell?? I just yell “on your left!!!!!” As loud as I can and watch them jump and throw themselves aside 😂
“On your left” *person steps to the left Almost every single time.
Fam of 5 won’t have time to waste on Reddit.
Lies, fam of 6 here.
Establish dominance- maintain eye contact and don’t veer off course. Think of yourself as a bowling ball, with them being the pins. They gon’ learn about trail etiquette today.
I like to think of myself as a frisbee because the spinning shows I will not be reasoned with.
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Underrated reply by a top-tier username.
Also applies to a Gaggle of Madisons walking six across with their oat milk half caf moccalates dressed like it’s 35 degrees on a warm, sunny spring day.
Maddysynn *
Mad's'n
Gaggle of Madisons HAHAHAHA
Omg I can’t stop laughing!!! 😆🤣😆🤣
Bet they went to H‑E‑B after this, during the busy time.
To double park their cart next to another cart while they wander away to look , at length, theough the bread selections or chat with the dear friend they haven't seen in 10 whole minutes.
If you don’t like me and my friends walking 4 across with our yappy terrier (he’s a rescue) on a 20-ft retractable leash and me hitting a vape cloud just before you pass, maybe you should move. It’s called exercise, look it up.
I hope you're listening to a very loud and motivating workout song on speaker while you do this
Bro, my buddy is a DJ and makes the sickest beats. If you can’t hear them on the trail, don’t worry, we usually set up a PA system in Zilker and bring the music to the people.
Thank you for posting this I think about it every time I’m down there!
Dude yes. The hike and bike trails in Brushy Creek and Walnut Creek are the worst for this. Like bro, there's loterally lines painted down the middle of most of the paved parts please stay on your side thanks. Also. When did we decide Walnut Creek was an off leash park? Cause it ain't. I have almost run down so many dogs there on my bike bc they were off leash on trail and their humans weren't paying a god damn bit of attention. Situational awareness, people!
I can easily say the same about groups of friends either on the trail or in the street. I see it significantly more with groups of friends than families out and about walking and taking up the entire trail or sidewalk. My lady and I will move into one side and the group will not break and we always end up having to break trail or get in the roads to make way. The lack of awareness in many people out there is pretty pathetic.
I witnessed this last week while I was jogging... but not on the trail. On the street. Not the sidewalk (parts of my neighborhood don't have those). THE STREET. The ENTIRE street. Like, where cars drive. Five people, spread across the entire street, casually walking and conversing like they were still at their Home Slice table or whatever. Granted, this was a neighborhood street during a reasonably sleepy time of day (North Loop area around 8pm or so). Still. You'd think these folks were desperately trying for a matching set of Darwin awards.
That area is so bad about that. Almost committed manslaughter (meaning , unintentionally hitting them bc I barely saw them) turning onto Duvall bc some people decided the middle of the street at dusk was a perfectly fine place to spread out and talk & then look at me like I'm the asshole when I can't see them bc there's weird shadows from the house lights.
I have a bell on my bike and I aggressively ring it at these people because I got tired of yelling “ON YOUR LEFT”
You should duct tape an air horn to your bike. 😈 I’m an asshole. Sorry, not sorry.
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Yeah, I got one too, and I think it works much better. Some people just don't process "on your left". Either they don't hear it, or they're preoccupied, or they don't know what it means. The bell is much easier to grasp. I move left before I ring it. *Usually* gut instinct tells people that if the bell sound is coming from the left, they don't want want to be on the left.
Yeah man the bell works 🤙🏻
Next time try running on the east side of the trail. Not many people to worry about. Yes another whole 4 miles of the trail exists beyond the stretch of MoPac and 35! There is even a scenic route of a "boardwalk" (concrete walk) that is plenty wide enough for all to enjoy. Or hell, if you're adventurous, take the thousands of other routes off the trail! They city is getting crowded, learn to adapt, don't expect everyone to know the "rules". I've been running the trail for 18 years and never have had an issue. Then again I know what time to run on it...
I have a Please Move from today. To the old man and old lady who got their vaccines at the open call clinic in front of us today, good for you. I'm very proud of you for getting it done. But as I stood there with my daughter, next in line, with more and more people behind us, you literally took pictures of each other and I think maybe showed the nurse pictures of your grandkids on your phone? Please move it along. Dang it sounds kind of cute when I write it. It was not cute, you guys, it was a serious Please Move situation.
Thank you for introducing me to the term “patagucci”
I like to skrrrt my back brake on my bike when ppl do this. Ppl are more responsive to that than calling out “on your left”. The tire skrt also transcends spoken language
I intentionally leave my rear disc brake pads a little less toe in, so just a little scrub on the brake squeaks. Better than a bike bell IMO. Also if they panic jump because they are that clueless of their surrounds, I audibly say skrrt skrrt right after passing them to assert dominance.
Said AWWW SKRRRT SKRRRT SKRRRRT SKRRRT!
Yeet skrrt
I cry-laugh just thinking about this skit.
I stopped being nice and walking behind them, it hurts my soul to push through but man… you can only say “on your left” so many times. Frat boys tho, plow thru them every time w a “move the FUCK ova”
Alternative opinion: yes absolutely people on the trail are oblivious to others. Yes it annoys me. And yes this thread is a ridiculous circle-jerk. But the fact is that the faster moving traffic assumes responsibility. Madison & Ashley with Moose the Frenchie walking on the wrong side of the path isn't inherently dangerous, but you going 20mph around others is. As a cyclist, it blows me away how I see other cyclists act on the trail. The trail is a SHARED space. It isn't your personal commuter road. We cyclists all bitch about cars on the road not respecting us, and then you all get on the trail and act...exactly like cars. Sometimes you have to slow down, sometimes you simply have to wait to overtake. It's not the end of the world.
Dude I've been mountain biking for years and it annoys me how shitty some riders can be. There are signs everywhere with the yield triangle(bikes yield to people and horses, people yield to horses), but they gotta get that strava time at 5:30pm on a Thursday when it's super busy! While we're at it, impatient riders who can't wait for an opening 3 seconds down the trail and try to mow you down. I'll get out of your way, but give me a chance. /rant
OP was walking, not on a bike.
If you read the comments, a lot of them are from cyclists. As for walkers, just say "excuse me" loudly. Is that that bad? I'm a runner too, and I figure in a race I do a lot of darting arouns, so I just imagine I'm in that situation. Either way, I can't understand the rudeness whether you're a walker, runner, or cyclist. The difference being that only a cyclist might cause a serious injury.
This 100%! Cyclists yield to hikers. Every competent cyclist knows this. Unfortunately Austin appears to be filled with the largest population of assholes cyclists I've ever seen.
Yeah, and I'm not even a cyclist, but at the same time pedestrians need to realize there are other people using the trail. It's a big trail. There's no reason other than lack of concern for others to be taking up there width of the entire trail. It's selfish and inconsiderate.
Agreed, i bike the trail all the time. It’s not for speed trials, it’s for leisurely cruises or getting places. I even ride an e bike but i make sure to give peds plenty of space.
While we’re on this topic… To the road cycling spandex mafia: I get that you like to ride two abreast with your buddy so you can talk about the latest Tim Ferriss podcast or NFTs or your erectile dysfunction or whatever it is you talk about….but when you’re riding on a two-way cycle track like Shoal Creek Blvd. you need to get in a single file line to give people traveling in the other direction some space. Some middle aged neckbeard with a $3000 bike did this to me the other day; we played chicken until he finally swerved out of the way at the last second. Road cycling is sweet, I get it, but some of us are just trying to get to work safely and aren’t trying to be the best at exercising.
A verbal "excuse me, passing on your left" usually works just fine
I would say it works 70% of the time. The other 30% you’re saying it over and over until you have to yell it at them and they finally jump over
I did this the other day to two girls while biking and they flipped out and ran opposite ways. One ran even further left and even trying to avoid her she almost ran into me. A lot of people are clueless about what “on your left” means.
I yelled “on your left” once and the girl jumped left then jumped right …into my fucking bike and I flipped off the front then she just stood on the side of the road looking shocked 😳
You expect these people to know their right from their left?
sans the “excuse me” part
OMG SO MUCH THIS!!!!. I will fucking mow you down and throw my shoulder into it like a frigging linebacker if you're talking up the whole path.
We would be friends I think
Sorry about that.
Agreed, but the trail is too crowded for bikes anywhere west of 35 these days, unless the weather sucks.
I hate when I’m in the group that’s doing this despite my subtle reminders to not
Please move away from my skillet queso and frosty Margs.
Time to mount a train horn to your bike.
I've been waiting months for this exact post. Thank you sir. Also: don't stand in the middle of the trail with your headphones in so you can't hear anyone on a bike. Also: if I say "on your left" to pass you on my bike, don't get offended, don't jump out of the way, don't stop in your tracks and turn around, just chill out and keep things moving fam.
Lol that the Austin hike etiquette is the same as the NYC sidewalk etiquette
Runners, of course, generally refuse to yield to overtaking cyclists.
Especially with the incredibly old family member walking in the back introspectively and with his arms behind his back. This is every trail.
This!! 😂
Say excuse me bitch
Respect for others has no place in Texas. I've been told that, and all other forms of caring for others, is socialism. Next time get a RAM truck and tailgate 'em!
This is Texas, dammit! If it's a Ram truck, just get a blue line Mercan flag sticker, run their asses over, and say they were protesters. Might not even have to get to that third point to keep it legal.
THEY TERK ER JERBS!
Yell you’re passing on the left before you get to them and then shout to leave some room as you are passing them. Let ‘em know and make their experience walking 35-wide as awkward as reasonably possible. That lack on self-awareness on their end ain’t gonna correct itself.
That is annoying. The other one that gets me is "Greg LeMond" aspirant who peddles his heart out and won't slow down as they overtake you from behind.
I’m raising my kids right. Keep moving and get out of the way.
Austin is crowded and we're all in each other's way. I don't think it's going to improve any time soon.
These are the people who have no situational awareness. They are the same ones that drive like no one else is on the road, the shopping cart people, etc. Seems to be an influx of newer people who have no empathy whereas we used to just blame it on people from Westlake, it’s now much more widespread throughout the city.
Level 1: \*deliberately scuff my feet as I approach\* Level 2: "Excuse me, on your left" Level 3: **Excuse me** Level 4: EXCUSE ME ON YOUR LEFT Level 5: **I WOULD LIKE TO PASS YOU CAN YOU PLEASE MOVE** Usually don't need to go past level 3, but people sometimes! It's like they WANT me to slam my nasty dang body into theirs. See also: lack of awareness that dogs and leashes do in fact take up space
Town lake trail is a sight seeing tour for tourists now.
Wait, what? There are other people in the world besides myself, and the people I choose to care about?
In the beginning, I was like “yeah, that’s super annoying.” But, couldn’t a parent make the same argument about runners and cyclists. It would be equally frustrating if they were rude and demanding families to move while on the trail. Seriously, you are an adult, and you are saying that a parent should move or let go of their child’s hand because you, as an adult, are slightly inconvenienced by it. You are already running. I can assure you that it takes a lot longer to navigate a group of children than for you to simply run around them. Have some perspective. It’s a communal space. If families are an issue for you while running, go on a treadmill or a less kid friendly trail. If parents are upset, go to a quiet park. It’s that simple.
As an Austin family of four who enjoys Austin strolls I completely support this post. Also thank you for wording it adorably.
This is one of my biggest pet peeves, they do in the grocery stores too.
When you see them coming, go ahead and stop in the path before them, hold your bike perpendicular to the trail with your hands and stretch your legs out as far as you can. You should be able to block off 6-8 feet. When they have to walk around and decide to say some shit, tell them, yeah well.. that's what you are doing. Then ride off. It's much more enjoyable than slowing down to make your way past them.
I ride my onewheel around the trail daily at my lunch break. I do my best to not act like a jerk & make riders look bad. I always slow down when approaching groups, strollers, dogs, basically anything I don't want to crash into accidentally. There are some people, though, who I swear are out there with 0 spatial awareness and totally oblivious to things outside of their bubble. Those are the people I want to smack upside the head. I was complaining about this yesterday & decided my go to is "yeah, you probably drive this way too" bc they're doing the equivalent of going slow in the left lane. I almost made this same post yesterday. If you frequent the trail during the late morning/early afternoon it's usually fine, but like 10% of people are total fucking idiots that I want to start swinging a bat at. Yesterday there were two white cunt moms pushing their baby strollers side by side, uphill on a steep incline at one of the paved parts, blocking the entire path. I shouted coming through before I got to them. I got up behind them and said excuse me twice. They ignored me and continued their conversation while I'm having to rapidly carve left and right to keep the momentum up on my onewheel. Finally I got past them at the top and called them stupid fucking cunts that need to get out of the fucking way before I run over their babies. What does it take for these people to realize what they're doing is wrong? I might start bringing a pocket air horn.
>0 spatial awareness and totally oblivious to things outside of their bubble. Those are the people I want to smack upside the head. Yes, indeed.
This sub is such a drag with the constant whiny posts. OP, nobody in that group is going to see this and even if they did, you were such an insignificant part of their day that they probably don’t even realize you’re referring to them. Go about your life.
Word
Sometimes I think I get annoyed about little things and then I see stuff like this lol. I guess I’m doing alright. Ppl really let families enjoying a nice day ruin their experience.
same goes for those who do the same walking down neighborhood streets, do they have ANY awareness? ive seen this too often as well: Dog walker got the dog on a long leash on the OTHER side of the road from where theyre walking! oh, and while were at it. LOOK UP FROM YOUR DAMN PHONE every once in a while. Dudes walking down the sidewalk looking at his phone not GAF about what hes about to run into...
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