Giles Coren is fed up with ungrateful pedestrians at zebra crossings – these 6 exchanges are worth crossing the road for
5.
I do acknowledge, but… you’re not doing a favour. You are *required* to give pedestrians priority. X
— Adam Leigh (@adamleigh25) September 14, 2018
A waiter is *required* to serve you your main course. So you don’t thank him?
— Giles Coren (@gilescoren) September 14, 2018
A waiter isn’t required by law to do so. He can leave at any point.
— Iain Cambridge (@ircambridge) September 14, 2018
6.
Who are these drivers who in their arrogance and impatience expect parents with children on their way to school to grovel their way across the zebra crossing thanking and bowing and scraping and generally sending kisses of deference and gratitude.
— giovanna iozzi (@gioiozzi) September 14, 2018
Christ – who are these bloody people that feel utterly entitled just because they have children? Try broadening the horizons of yourself and your children and stop being in awe of them!
— Victoria E Snell (@victoriae68) September 14, 2018
These seem to wrap it up quite well.
I make eye contact to ensure you actually see me and stop. I'm not going to thank you for following the highway code the same way you won't thank someone stopping at a red light. https://t.co/KML9WqhNGk
— Claudia (@claudiascore) September 14, 2018
We've reached peak #carculture. Not killing people is doing them a favor and they should be grateful https://t.co/vZotwIZEgB
— Oliver Veit (@OliverVeit) September 15, 2018
people who recognise the driver? https://t.co/JHaaFGlvX9
— Ern Malley (@GeoffShadbold) September 15, 2018
And this was his own conclusion.
So about 230 likes which I’ll take as agreement and maybe 15 people who seem to think we are born with a finite number of thank yous to use over a lifetime and that they mustn’t be wasted. Weird, weird people, meanly hoarding their humanity and refusing to share it with strangers
— Giles Coren (@gilescoren) September 14, 2018
