A pedestrian and a motorist having a conversation in the middle of the road

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I don't know if this is a local or regional thing for me, people seeing a friend driving by so they saunter across their lawn and the friend stops dead in the middle of the street and rolls down their window and they chit chat for twenty minutes, but I really want to know :jerry:

what the deal is

# ? Jul 3, 2022 18:22

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# ? May 7, 2024 08:35

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Oh God here comes Bill up behind us again wanting access to his own driveway, doesn't he know that interrupting is rude? :rolleyes:

# ? Jul 3, 2022 18:25

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(trying to speak above the blasting A/C) Yeah I really like the new RAV, I've been getting really bad gas mileage though for some reason

# ? Jul 3, 2022 18:30

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I must emphasize that Hank makes no effort to pull over before striking up a conversation with Fred, because Hank's boat trailer is already parked on one side of the street and Fred's RV is on the other (both technically in violation of HOA rules) so like, what do you expect them to do?

# ? Jul 3, 2022 18:54

Manifisto

why don't we d-do it [have a lengthy chat] in the road?

ty nesamdoom!

# ? Jul 3, 2022 20:50

Ass-penny

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(trying to speak above the blasting A/C) Yeah I really like the new RAV, I've been getting really bad gas mileage though for some reason

This post made me lol at work.

I've actually witnessed this a few times in my cities too. It's hosed up but I try not to flip on folks in these situations because I don't know the people involved or their lives or nothing. If I'm actually stuck behind them they usually notice and try to pull aside. I think the longest I had to wait was less than 60 seconds.

# ? Jul 3, 2022 22:35

Kaiser Schnitzel: Schnitzel mit uns

i lay on the horn and flip em the birdie as a i zoom past and accidentally run over 3 children

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# ? Jul 3, 2022 23:28

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

Kaiser Schnitzel posted:

i lay on the horn and flip em the birdie as a i zoom past and accidentally run over 3 children

AKA the Carolina handshake

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# ? Jul 4, 2022 02:17

Tebulot: im hip now bois

lol imagine a guy driving spotting a pedestrian while driving, they lock eyes, the driver slows down a little, the pedestrian seeing this, walks closer to the car

Car slows to a halt, backing up traffic, the pedestrian, seeing the car has come to a halt walks over to the window as it rolls down

"Sorry did you want to speak to me?"

"Hm? No, you slowed down and looked at me, I thought you wanted to speak to me?"

"Haha that's so funny, I slowed down because you saw me and stepped closer"

"Haha"

The endless stream of honking and insults washing over their hilarious happenstance is ignored

# ? Jul 4, 2022 03:08

Twenty Four

Kaiser Schnitzel posted:

i lay on the horn and flip em the birdie as a i zoom past and accidentally run over 3 children

Areola Grande posted:

AKA the Carolina handshake

lol

Also, I notice when you pull up behind someone and they realize they are blocking the road talking with someone standing next to their vehicle, they often do this "slowly let off the break" move, like as slow as possible, as they try to quickly wrap up their conversation with farewell statements.

Sort of like you are inconveniencing them for breaking up their conversation by wanting to use the road for its intended purpose instead of a chat spot and so they do this "yeah, yeah, I'm going, hold on back there buddy, I'm doing you a favor here by cutting my conversation short" slowly inch forward move.

# ? Jul 4, 2022 06:07

Finger Prince

What's even weirder is when they stop and the pedestrian comes up to the car window and they chat through the window briefly, then the pedestrian walks around and gets in the passenger seat. And it's not like there's Uber or lyft stickers on the car. And then they drive over to the empty parking lot a few blocks away and park, and then they come back and the pedestrian gets out and just hangs around on the corner while the driver drives off. So weird. And yet when you go a couple of city blocks over, you don't see anyone doing this!

# ? Jul 4, 2022 15:10

Tebulot: im hip now bois

Finger Prince posted:

What's even weirder is when they stop and the pedestrian comes up to the car window and they chat through the window briefly, then the pedestrian walks around and gets in the passenger seat. And it's not like there's Uber or lyft stickers on the car. And then they drive over to the empty parking lot a few blocks away and park, and then they come back and the pedestrian gets out and just hangs around on the corner while the driver drives off. So weird. And yet when you go a couple of city blocks over, you don't see anyone doing this!

want to meet that pedestrian

# ? Jul 5, 2022 00:14

Areola Grande: it's a free country u pervs

there's a word for the ppl u described OP. they're known as yay-hoos and they're no good

# ? Jul 5, 2022 03:44

Ass-penny

I want to know how many of the people we're talking about are involved in honest to god drug deals.

the weed man doing the Lord's work, if you will

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# ? Jul 5, 2022 04:40

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Tebulot posted:

lol imagine a guy driving spotting a pedestrian while driving, they lock eyes, the driver slows down a little, the pedestrian seeing this, walks closer to the car

Car slows to a halt, backing up traffic, the pedestrian, seeing the car has come to a halt walks over to the window as it rolls down

"Sorry did you want to speak to me?"

"Hm? No, you slowed down and looked at me, I thought you wanted to speak to me?"

"Haha that's so funny, I slowed down because you saw me and stepped closer"

"Haha"

The endless stream of honking and insults washing over their hilarious happenstance is ignored

tfw you think the pedestrian is waving at you but they're actually waving at the motorist in front of you (never the one behind you) and now you're too embarrassed to ask if you can squeeze by

# ? Jul 5, 2022 05:30

Tebulot: im hip now bois

google THIS posted:

tfw you think the pedestrian is waving at you but they're actually waving at the motorist in front of you (never the one behind you) and now you're too embarrassed to ask if you can squeeze by

every time

# ? Jul 5, 2022 13:05

alnilam

pedestrian talking to one of the sentient cars from pixar's Cars in the middle of the street

# ? Jul 5, 2022 17:48

GODSPEED JOHN GLENN: I put my thumb up my bum and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth.

As a city dweller, the idea of people doing this is infuriating. I guess I shouldn't move to the suburbs

# ? Jul 5, 2022 20:48

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Jerry: Elaine's new boyfriend is nice. A bit of a road talker

# ? Jul 5, 2022 21:54

Finger Prince

*Kramer bursts in*
Jerry! You'll never guess who I just saw driving outside. The Assman! You remember the Assman! Yeah, well we must have talked in the road for half an hour! He's doing great by the way.

Jerry: Was that what all those car horns were about?

Kramer: *shaken* b-but it was the Assman! What was I supposed to do!

George: not stop for a chat in the middle of the road?

# ? Jul 5, 2022 22:07

Escape From Noise

This is a thing in Santa Fe only it's when two people driving past each other recognize one another and both stop to chat blocking both lanes of traffic. Local writers are like "It's because Santa Feens are so friendly! It's The City Different!"

People in Santa Fe are not very friendly.

# ? Jul 6, 2022 05:10

Twenty Four

Definitely seen the 2 drivers talk to each other elsewhere, I've never been to Sante Fe (unless maybe driving through when I was young, but I don't remember either way), but it's essentially the same thing as someone walking up to a car to talk and blocking the street. And I agree, I don't think it's particularly a "friendly" thing either, it's someone you know or your neighbor or whatever, not some random person you just saw on the street.

# ? Jul 6, 2022 08:54

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Escape From Noise posted:

This is a thing in Santa Fe only it's when two people driving past each other recognize one another and both stop to chat blocking both lanes of traffic.

# ? Jul 6, 2022 13:52

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(fire truck lays on the horn)

"Eyyy, I'm bein' friendly ovah here!"

I also have never been to Santa Fe I probably butchered the accent

# ? Jul 6, 2022 13:58

Escape From Noise

google THIS posted:

(fire truck lays on the horn)

"Eyyy, I'm bein' friendly ovah here!"

I also have never been to Santa Fe I probably butchered the accent

At least it wasn't a Texan accent.

# ? Jul 6, 2022 14:28

canyoneer: I only have canyoneyes for you

one time i was riding a bicycle and i did the left hand half up hand wave while still holding the bars thing to a guy on a motorcycle and he flipped me off

# ? Jul 6, 2022 18:59

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i dream of someday living in america. in my country pedestrians and motorists are never allowed to talk. biden my country yearns for ice cream

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# ? Jul 6, 2022 19:15

Ass-penny

canyoneer posted:

one time i was riding a bicycle and i did the left hand half up hand wave while still holding the bars thing to a guy on a motorcycle and he flipped me off

# ? Jul 6, 2022 19:19

FutonForensic

a pedestrian and a motorist, loving and sucking on the hot dirty pavement

# ? Jul 6, 2022 23:36

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FutonForensic posted:

a pedestrian and a motorist, loving and sucking on the hot dirty pavement

The motorist is still inside their vehicle though, this is very important

# ? Jul 7, 2022 13:45

Tebulot: im hip now bois

Slammin the tailpipe

# ? Jul 7, 2022 14:06

Ass-penny

Tebulot posted:

Slammin the tailpipe

# ? Jul 7, 2022 18:17

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# ? May 7, 2024 08:35

Twenty Four

*Waving at my neighbor from just barely across the other side of the street, while they jump in their SUV and pull it out of the driveway, parking it in the middle of the road in front of my house blocking traffic to have a conversation*

# ? Jul 7, 2022 22:59

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