What is it about
escalators and doors in stations, airports and the like that makes people just...stop. Stop dead. Right at the top of the escalator, or right outside the door?

They'll have been traveling along up an escalator and when they get to the top, will forget that there are hundreds of other people doing exactly the same thing behind them, and will just stop dead... for the love of gin, why?!

I'm amazed there aren't more sardine style fatal crushes, really, I am.
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:18, closed)

I dwell on this also.
Makes me slap my forehead and sigh!
( big-girl's-blouse owns far too much fleece, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:22, closed)

Can you slap your forehead and sigh
whilst you're still walking?
(Belgaer is, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:35, closed)

No
you have to stop, and it's usually when you get the to top of an escalator or just outside a lift that you realise this so you stop and slap your forehead, thus annoying people like ancrenne even more. It's a self fulfilling problem.
( althegeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:39, closed)

I've gone from giving them looks
to muttering under my breath to murmuring obscenities to actually saying out loud

"why not stop right in the fucking way you moron"

at people like this.

Most of the time they are too caught up in their own tiny little world to be anything other than completely oblivious to this.

It happens more and more. I find myself wandering around town calling people "fucking idiot" or similar almost non-stop.

I'll stop doing it when people start thinking. or when I get stabbed.
( Vipros looks like he stands on kids' toys, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:40, closed)

^I tend to mutter
fucking idiot quite frequently when out and about, too...

There are a lot of fucking idiots about though, far too many fucking idiots.
( Moey, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:44, closed)

There will be
a story on here soon about a tube traveller who just paused after the escalator or lift to get their ticket when some random bloke called them a "fucking idiot" then wandered off muttering to themselves.
( althegeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:44, closed)

@Vipros
I've notice that I tend to shout 'cunt' at twatty drivers when I'm cycling and get carved up or nearly knocked off.

To be fair, also shout the same at twatty cyclists who go through red lights while I'm patiently waiting.

I'm going to get into trouble one of these days!
( ancrenne doesn't eat anything that can play video games, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:46, closed)

I usually
say "Excuse me!" in a Brian Blessed voice so they jump. I then give them a nice big smile while still keeping my eyebrows lowered- a very challenging and threatening expression. As I happen to have a good intense glare, it makes them melt away as though I were the Grim Reaper himself.

I find that I can say all manner of things while wearing that expression and get away with it. After all, they can't get mad at a man who's smiling at them, can they? Especially when he's got a good Jack Nicholson manic grin going...

EDIT: actually, the expression in question bears a startling resemblance to this, just a lot less green.
(The Resident Loon is currently a starving artist, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:47, closed)

@al
I hope there is.

If they were described as a little bald fella, then I would be content that maybe, just maybe I wasn't talking to myself for once.
( Moey, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:48, closed)

I'd laugh very hard if someone did describe me
verbally abusing them on public transport.

to those who do the same muttering I say this: try saying it at a normal conversational level. It's much better for you and chances are the people being dumb, won't notice
( Vipros looks like he stands on kids' toys, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:49, closed)

@TRL
I used to imagine you as looking like grizzly adams, with a lumberjack shirt and an axe over one shoulder. But now in my mind you resemble a cross between Brian Blessed and Jack Nicholson. Brilliant!
( althegeordie is a bully and a cocksucker, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:50, closed)

@al
I resemble Grizzly Adams more than Teh Blessed, but I do have the ability to get a truly intimidating glare going. A good friend of mine saw me get mad at someone once and later told me it looked like I was about to tear the guy's throat out with my teeth.

If I give a big toothy smile when I have that expression going it gets attention. Fast.

And if I did have my axe over my shoulder (a double-bitted Sager Chemical Axe, in case you're interested) I imagine they'd run screaming.

Might have to try it one day...
(The Resident Loon is currently a starving artist, Fri 30 May 2008, 15:57, closed)

I find myself shouting
"MOVE" when people do this, which is the same phrase I shout at the dog when she won't get out of my way.

It's surprisingly effective as I'm used to saying it so authoritively at home.

People think I'm weird though
(Jugular, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:25, closed)