Well, I'm not to sure where to post this but the parks board seems as good a place as any.
One of my bigest gripes in large, public places (Disney and elsewhere), is the number of people one encounters back asswards! I'm talking about the habit many have of walking backwards, not paying a bit of attention to what's behind them. If it were a deserted island, well, maybe--but then they have the risk of running into a palm tree!
I don't know how many times I've had to dodge someone walking backwards, in a crowded area such a a theme park, store, mall, etc. who is walking backwards, totally oblivious to the fact that there are other people in close proximity to him whom he might just bump into if he doesn't watch where he is going. Usually these fools are continuing a conversation with someone else and walk facing the other person, continuing to gab, all the while ignoring the fact that there are other people around. Then, if they bump into you, they act surprised and usually uspet with the other guy for not getting out of his way! I was at a hotel in Las Vegas several years ago, still on crutches from a recent foot surgery. Well, this lady in front of me is jabbering away at someone while actually doing a combination run, hop, skip thing backwards, all the while headed in my direction. Try as I might, I couldn't get out of her path because she kept swerving, and I wasn't as fast as her due to the crutches. I finally backed into a wall, but she kept on coming! I dodged her at the last moment, and she literally crashed into the wall (better the wall than me!). she then glared at me and proceeded to curse me out in French. Imagine her surprise when my father, who had spent some time in France during WWII, proceeded to curse her out in "soldier French" (surprised he remembered it as well as he did). She looked totally astonished and flounced off, this time looking where she was going. Well............
I've had similar situations happen all the time (but no cursing in French). It seems people just ignore the fact that there's other people in the world and continue conversations while walking backwards, then act startled and annoyed when the inevitable happens, they actually bump into someone. I mean, there's only so much you can do to get out of their way! Sometimes, depending on the situation, I just stand my ground, put out my hand, and when they bump into me say "watch where you're going". But ,of course, they act like it was my fault for being there. I have a BW (backwards walker), nearly run my dd down last week in the grocery store. DD didn't see her coming, she was looking at a display rack. A lady was walking backwards, gabbing at someone and facing that person, not where she was going. She was about to run right into dd! There was simply no time to warn dd to get out of the way, so I did the only thing I could--I shoved my cart in BW's path between her and dd. She ran right into it and was quite upset. I told her if she was watching where she was going she would have seen my cart (she didn't see me shove it in her path). Well, there again, I'm somehow at fault for not clearing a path for a BW.
Well, just a little vent. Does anyone else feel the way I do? That BWs are a publice hazard? What are you supposed to do, watch out for someone who doesn't watch out for themselves, or just stand there and let them run you or your child over? Guess that would be the "polite" thing to do.......
We're going to WDW again in April. Hope we don't encounter any BW's!
One of my bigest gripes in large, public places (Disney and elsewhere), is the number of people one encounters back asswards! I'm talking about the habit many have of walking backwards, not paying a bit of attention to what's behind them. If it were a deserted island, well, maybe--but then they have the risk of running into a palm tree!
I don't know how many times I've had to dodge someone walking backwards, in a crowded area such a a theme park, store, mall, etc. who is walking backwards, totally oblivious to the fact that there are other people in close proximity to him whom he might just bump into if he doesn't watch where he is going. Usually these fools are continuing a conversation with someone else and walk facing the other person, continuing to gab, all the while ignoring the fact that there are other people around. Then, if they bump into you, they act surprised and usually uspet with the other guy for not getting out of his way! I was at a hotel in Las Vegas several years ago, still on crutches from a recent foot surgery. Well, this lady in front of me is jabbering away at someone while actually doing a combination run, hop, skip thing backwards, all the while headed in my direction. Try as I might, I couldn't get out of her path because she kept swerving, and I wasn't as fast as her due to the crutches. I finally backed into a wall, but she kept on coming! I dodged her at the last moment, and she literally crashed into the wall (better the wall than me!). she then glared at me and proceeded to curse me out in French. Imagine her surprise when my father, who had spent some time in France during WWII, proceeded to curse her out in "soldier French" (surprised he remembered it as well as he did). She looked totally astonished and flounced off, this time looking where she was going. Well............
I've had similar situations happen all the time (but no cursing in French). It seems people just ignore the fact that there's other people in the world and continue conversations while walking backwards, then act startled and annoyed when the inevitable happens, they actually bump into someone. I mean, there's only so much you can do to get out of their way! Sometimes, depending on the situation, I just stand my ground, put out my hand, and when they bump into me say "watch where you're going". But ,of course, they act like it was my fault for being there. I have a BW (backwards walker), nearly run my dd down last week in the grocery store. DD didn't see her coming, she was looking at a display rack. A lady was walking backwards, gabbing at someone and facing that person, not where she was going. She was about to run right into dd! There was simply no time to warn dd to get out of the way, so I did the only thing I could--I shoved my cart in BW's path between her and dd. She ran right into it and was quite upset. I told her if she was watching where she was going she would have seen my cart (she didn't see me shove it in her path). Well, there again, I'm somehow at fault for not clearing a path for a BW.
Well, just a little vent. Does anyone else feel the way I do? That BWs are a publice hazard? What are you supposed to do, watch out for someone who doesn't watch out for themselves, or just stand there and let them run you or your child over? Guess that would be the "polite" thing to do.......
We're going to WDW again in April. Hope we don't encounter any BW's!
i heard the united-backwards-walkers-of-america are organizing a rally and frequent these boards. they're really going to let you have it! can't say anything these days without an organization coming after you lol 
except the cell phones are a recent addition to their wardrobe!
until he's pushing you into a wall. I finally had to yell at him to stop walking ON TOP OF ME!!! 
What organiation should I refer him to?
Now if I can just figure out when the United Backwards Walkers next rally is....maybe I'll do a Google search! 
