Life’s Annoyances #45: SLOW WALKERS

I’m a small man, with short stumpy legs. As such I compensate in a walking routine that is very fast. Whilst most people are happy to meander on in their daily lives, I like to walk fast, it gives me a sense of purpose, a sense of destination to where I’m going; and if I’m listening to my iPod (which I always am) you can often find me strutting like Jagger when a Stones song comes on. So imagine my frustration when I encounter “the slow walker”, the people who in every day life, find the need to just be slow. “The slow walker” can be found pretty much anywhere- on the tube, in the street, in the shops content in their blathering about whilst some of us would like to get by. I’m sick and tired of having to attempt to sidle past people in a bid to get by, only to be blocked from all directions as they conveniently get in your way by deciding to veer to the left, right and centre of the particular walking space you happen to be sharing. This results in an embarassing situation when you try and disuade said person that the reason for brushing up next to them was not to steal the contents of their handbags or wallet but was an attempt to get a bloody move on! Not one to cast aspersions, but it’s mainly several groups of people; the elderly, people on mobile phones, people who are talking, the youth, and possibly the middle age. Haven’t narrowed it down there have I? Yes in fact many people out there are “Slow Walkers”, so please people, pick up the pace when you walk, it’s incredibly annoying and the next time I’m walkig down Oxford Street, I’m just gonna carry a stick to bat people out of the way with.