New York, NY – Slow Walkers Top Annoying List

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    New York, NY – Individuals who walk slowly on New York sidewalks have topped a survey of the most annoying New York resident types, two Web site surveys said. Slow and oblivious sidewalk travelers were worthy of being “punched in the face,” the report said.

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    “You clog our sidewalks and subway platforms. You make us late and irritable,” the site operators said online. “You ruin the morning before the day even starts.”

    “You’re going to get punched in the face. And it’s nobody’s fault but your own.”

    Nearly 29 percent of the 2,300 people surveyed by the Web site picked slow walkers as the most annoying.

    Those who operate Bluetooth machines in any New York location came in second on the list with 24 percent of the total votes.

    Individuals who bring too many items to a New York grocery store’s express line took third on the annoying list with 11 percent, the report said. No margin of error was given for the survey results.


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    tzvey linka feece
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    15 years ago

    I hear ya! punch ahead.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I currently walk slow because of an injury – in my advanced Kung-fu, Tai-chi class.

    Make my day – swing away!!!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I can certainly understand someone getting annoyed by someones slow walking especially when UR in a real hurry, but if one deserves a punch in his face for it?? ….. Don’t think so. But I guess this is what the “city that never sleeps” is all about, keep movin or else you’ll get punched in your face.

    not surprised
    not surprised
    15 years ago

    typical new york!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    That is one of the many reasons I HATE NY and moved away years ago.
    They are really SICK to hate people who are normal, and can only tolerate those who are hyper and wish to rush around all up tight.

    I have a saying,
    “Your insanity, and compulsive need to hurry, does NOT obligate me to walk faster or drive faster. If you blow your horn at me, I will assume you are an old friend greeting me, and I will stop to chat with you. This is the way it is done if most places in the US. In most places nobody would think of blowing a horn to rush someone, so I assume you are normal and are greeing me.
    “Now, if you should take offense at my reluctance to drive after you blew your NY horn at me, and do not speak to me nicely when I come to your car to greet you politely,….. and you get nasty with me, you are trying to enforce YOUR sick insanity upon me, and are threatening me…
    “Not being a NYer, I never leave my home unarmed. So, if you decide to enforce your insanity on me, and it sounds the slightest bit threatening to me, by your getting nasty, … I invite you to ‘make my day.’ I will slowly and calmly put a bullet in each of your eye sockets.
    “This will stop all future horn blowing and nasty, in-your-face-nastiness on your part. Consider me your shrink. I have cured you with the only viable cure.”

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I just don’t get it why can’t you walk around him

    Patience, Grasshopper...
    Patience, Grasshopper...
    15 years ago

    I’d say New Yokers irritate me more than Californians. And we have more of the latter out here…

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I think a good push would be the right thing a punch he won’t get the point

    anonymous
    anonymous
    15 years ago

    to #8 &#8 211; Boy was that a long saying. And by the way what were you saying? And no, I&#8 217;m not a New Yorker. I&#8 217;m Canadian.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    I’m to old to walk fast I hope I wont get punched in my face

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    There should be an express lane for fast walkers. I do not at all enjoy walking in downtown Manhattan. The pedestrian traffic is as bad as the vehicular traffic if not worse.

    L.A. MORAH
    L.A. MORAH
    15 years ago

    you new yorkers are certainly a hostile bunch.i donno what to tell you, maybe lay off the red bull for a while

    I'm in a hurry
    I'm in a hurry
    15 years ago

    Who’s that frum guy in the picture walking so slow?!?!

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    New Yorkers are far more annoying than slow walkers. Sounds like they got it backwards.

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    What’s interesting is, that Bloomberg is not making a business of this, I guess if he would know about this survey, it would be part of the Budget, ticketing all the people that don’t walk fast enough!

    Joe
    Joe
    15 years ago

    A couple from my list –

    – People who think the world is their phone booth. We don’t care what you are having for dinner or what a jerk your boss is.

    – Drivers who think honking or flashing brights somehow obligates me to drive faster. I’m already going 15 over the limit, your need to go faster is not my problem.

    – The guy who always parks in two spots. Pull up another 4 feet so those of us who don’t drive a Smart Car can also fit in the space behind you.

    – Drivers who blast their music as loud as it will go. Why do you think anybody else wants to hear the trash that you call music? Can you even hear that rubbish when it’s so loud I can’t hear myself think 150 feet away from you?

    Anonymous
    Anonymous
    15 years ago

    Do the mothers in NY bring up their children or drag up their children? Are New Yorkerks taught manners or are they just plain RUDE? Did you all forget one of the 10 commandments?? Or did it just slip your mind? If you cannot walk around somebody who is walking slowly, then something is wrong with you!! What will it take you, another 2 steps, THAT PERSON COULD BE YOUR MOTHER!!