Sharing the footpath

oops -got mixed up between this one and the Grind you Gears thread!

i will add people who don't post properly in forums to that list!

I walk anywhere on the footpath and if I can move over to allow people to pass I will. If I'm carrying my baby I expect them to move out the way for me. If I have my buggy I often let them pass first - it depends on whether it would mean going into a ditch or something - obviously I'm not going to do that to my baby.

I remember being single and thinking that mothers with babies thought that because they have a buggy they have the right to demand right of way and that used to really annoy me. However, the stress of manoevering (sp?) a buggy around shops, cafes etc., it's helpful when people make it easier for you.

And when I was pregnant I was sooo shocked that people would barge past me or rush to get in line before me or make me stand and wait for them to walk past. Chivalry (and even just good manners) is dead.

The other week I was struggling to get through double doors with my buggy, and a man probably late early 30's was standing there with his very expensive suit on, looking at his very expensive watch, trendy shirt and tie (oh so glam) - just stood there and watched me until I said to him in an annoyed tone "can you help me please?" and he did, but I didn't say thanks and just rolled my eyes at one of the cafe staff. Ugh. I hope it's just Auckland and not everywhere.

Cars parking over the footpath, ahhhhh so annoying, I want to put bullbars on the front of the pram and ram the car, one does it round the corner and by the looks its impossible to get round, so you have to walk out into the middle of the road because they also have a car parked on the road, heaps of other road spaces too, theres no gap between street car and pavement car, so you cant even go on the verge, I make make a note to stick on windscreeens - with glue hahahaha

I do ram trolleys left in the middle of the isle and the person has wandered off, if they are around, I make comments to them as I pass - I suspect I might get beaten up soon