Michael Ratty reports he was out with his young daughter this morning:
I just got yelled at (while pushing Millie in the stroller) for not crossing the street *fast enough* so I am happy to report that human behavior in Boston has not changed.
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Nothing worse than slow walkers
By anon
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 10:48am
But anyone with a child get a pass.
Go fuck yourself
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 1:11pm
And grow up. Being in a car does not make you special or important.
Whoa, Relax
By ActualCityResident
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 1:26pm
Wow, what happened to civility on this board? Swirly girl, you need to relax. I think someone else needs to grow up if they are that offended by a clearly satirical post.
I wonder if it is bait, but
By cinnamngrl
Fri, 03/13/2020 - 1:46pm
It is basically threatening someone with a deadly weapon, not funny.
I've never understood
By roxres
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 4:51pm
"go fuck yourself" as a comeback. Isn't fucking oneself just masturbation?
How about lazy drivers who
By Kinopio
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 1:55pm
How about lazy drivers who yell at pedestrians. Someone sitting on their fat lazy ass is the last person who should talk about how fast someone is moving. Heart disease will be their just reward
Don’t boggart the crosswalk ,
By Bigbadleroybrown
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 10:56am
Don’t boggart the crosswalk , slow poke
Walking
By Bugs Bunny
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:11am
Even if I have the right of way when a car is waiting for me, I always hustle. Just being helpful to the fellow commuter. Obviously this gentleman didn't care and was going at a snail's pace, which is aggravating.
Assumptions
By Brent Jeffries
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:27am
How do you know the walker “didn’t care” or how slowly they were actually walking?
crazy talk
By cinnamngrl
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:49am
I hope all these people are joking trolls. There should be a special hell for people that think pedestrians are slow. It should be in the same circle as the people that expect a thank you for not running you over.
Not Trolling
By Bugs Bunny
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 4:03pm
It's SO obnoxious to see a person walk so slow at an intersection when the car is waiting for them. I think it's more of a "Disease of Me" thing in society, where there's no sense common courtesy.
well you are the lowest of the low
By cinnamngrl
Fri, 03/13/2020 - 10:21am
The disease of you is that wants to be the center of the universe. The car isn't waiting for them, the driver is observing state law.
Obvious troll
By erik g
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 2:53pm
is obvious. Don't feed them.
There is no minimum speed
By TheBostonCrab
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:33am
There is no minimum speed limit for people in a crosswalk.
No one is required to hustle because someone else wants to move.
Gee
By fungwah
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 12:59pm
won't someone think of the person in the climate-controlled padded seat with a built-in entertainment system. How will they ever stand being aggravated for a whole 15 seconds?
i subconsciously move my arms
By schneidz
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 4:24pm
i subconsciously move my arms in a jogging motion while remain walking.
LOL!
By Lee
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 4:26pm
Great visual.
Wow, lots of people in this comment thread
By Tim Mc.
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:28am
who were all on-scene and saw this happen.
Amazing!
Human behavior...
By Lee
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:33am
... didn’t change after 911 either.
Never use a crosswalk if you can avoid it. Too dangerous.
...smh...
By Rob
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:46am
...smh...
The original poster
By jmeltzer
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 11:51am
is lucky no one deliberately aimed their car at him and the stroller.
I once saw a _police car_ do that, on Cambridge Street near what is now Whole Foods.
He shoulda stopped walking,
By anon
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 12:33pm
He shoulda stopped walking, checked his watch or phone, responded to a text, look around the front of the stroller to see if bambino was doing well, thumbs up and then got back to crossing...
Knees to Chin
By Masshole Mom
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 4:05pm
Learn it and hustle!! Babies have no excuse either.
Unfortunately it seems it never will change
By MissDee
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 4:40pm
I've been yelled at by speeding drivers while in the crosswalk (and I don't walk slowly, hell I'm trying to get to my destination too) but I have to pause for a quick second to peek at the opposite direction to make sure no one is speeding up that side, which they often are. Sometimes huge delivery trucks block the crosswalk so it's hard for drivers or pedestrians to see if someone is crossing or if a car is coming. The thing that kills me is when people are in such a hurry they blow right past then I see them stuck a little bit away at the red light. Like, asshole, you could have mowed me down in the crosswalk (as is my right, I was in the crosswalk BEFORE you came barreling down) just to rush to your red light?
This is why...
By B
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 5:11pm
I love my f%ckin city! It is paht of ah chahhhm. One hand on horn, the other throwing one finger salutes =D....oh and yelling at peds, cyclists, and drivers. Boston...because f#ck you lmao
Massholing through a crisis
By Whirlz
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 7:40pm
The human spirit endures.
This is when you stop walking
By anon
Thu, 03/12/2020 - 9:24pm
This is when you stop walking mid crosswalk and throw up the FU finger. Oh and then start texting. Drives them crazy. When someone goes low go lower.
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