Drabble by Kevin Fagan for April 03, 2022

at least he’s getting additional steps on his walk.

A lot of twits there

I bump them on purpose.

morons are gonna end up flattened by a truck or something :-/

Some many drivers using the phones here. How can they drive, text AND shoot????

ralph jogs?

Apparently….and he’s also a Park Ranger sometimes.

I’ve seen videos from Japan where all the vehicles have stop lights at an intersection and people just cross any which way. No matter how often they get knocked down, they never lose their grip in their phones.

NO, just go ahead and run into them — THEY’RE the ones not watching where they’re going.

I just stop in place. If they keep coming I holler “Excuse me!” and deflect them if necessary.

Its very annoying to have to dodge people who have their nose buried in a phone as they wander along a sidewalk or a hiking and biking trail

I usually just stand still and wait for them to notice me. If they walk into someone who isn’t moving, it’s their fault.

Tsk. Before the advent of smartphones I always walked around with my nose in a book. You can see around a book, enough to avoid most obstacles, as for the rest you glance up from time to time. People should have lessons in reading while walking.

totally agree Ralph

Sidewalks need bumps. Put the phone away or risk tripping and breaking that phone. .

Amen!

In the last year I was broadsided at a 4way stop by a woman on her phone and almost run off the side of the road while I was pushing a baby in a stroller. I learned never to depend on people stopping at a stop sign, even if they appear to be slowing down. Fortunately for me, she was going slowly. My car (2007 Camry, paid off for years) was totaled but I only bruised and traumatized. When I was walking the baby, I was watching oncoming drivers for slowing/ moving over. The driver was not doing either, so I stopped and moved us further out of the way. As she passed, I could clearly see the phone in front of her face. She was oblivious to the fact she could have killed the baby and me!

Just stick your foot out Ralph.

It wouldn’t do any good Ralph, it’s not like they are paying any attention to what lane they’re in.

“Texty”?

The walking lane for people too busy to pay attention should be the same as the driving lane for drivers doing the same: solve so many problems all at once and thin the herd of the least fit for being productive participants in society.

Just trip them.

Almost makes you wish for an EMP to occur. Too bad it would kill necessary tech like heart monitors too.

Don’t walk and text at the same time, or there will be an accident!

Agreed

Wouldn’t help, they wouldn’t notice if they were in it or not. I just stand my ground and let ’em run into me.

Start “not seeing” people yourself and letting them run into you. A few bruised elbows and cracked screens later you’ll notice a big reduction.

Two options. 1. Brace yourself and don’t give way.2. Have pop up poles for the idiots to walk into

Start slamming into them. They’ll be looking out for you tomorrow….