Have you ever met someone who is a bully with their bodies?
By jillhill
@jillhill (37354)
United States
June 3, 2011 2:50pm CST
They are nice when talking to you, but when you try to pass down a corridor or need to get by them they come on full speed ahead and won't move so you can pass...the only alternative is to move over and squeeze by them? I have two people that I work with that are bigger then me....and it seems like they use their bodies to be bullies....making me move while they take most of the room in a doorway or like I said a corridor! I call it bullying as they won't give you the space you need and force you to either squeeze by or practically flatten yourself against a wall....that would be my complaint for the day! LOL...but have you ever met someone that uses their size to be a bully?
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
3 Jun 11
I don't think so - unless it is in a store perhaps. Can't really remember it happening. However, that type of behaviour is really quite rude and I like how you describe the person. They really are a bully with their bodies. Now I have just remembered that once in London I was waiting fir the tube (subway) and all these football supporters poured out of the train and were rushing around. I covered my head and stayed close ti a wall so that I would not be pushed down and get trampled. It was very scary
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@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
3 Jun 11
I remember girls at school used to do that. They'd all walk down the hallway side by side and not move over for you to get by them. It was frustrating. Thankfully I don't really have to deal with that so much anymore, except for occasionally at the grocery store.
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@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
3 Jun 11
No, but if someone were to, depending on how well I know them, I'd use my body to push on pass... Do you know if they are doing this maliciously or just teasing you? If they are doing this in a mean way, I'd report them, but if they are playing around, I'd play around with them..
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
4 Jun 11
So what would happen if you assert some pressure right back? That is not right and it sounds like you need to say something to someone in charge, before it gets too ugly..
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
4 Jun 11
People like that need to be told off! Before we are to meet, I'd say EX-CUSE ME! loud enough for them to hear and heed to it or they're going to get an elbow right into their side! I used to put up with bullies but I don't any more. I guess I've gotten tired of being bullied that I've finally taken a stand and won't take it anymore. So maybe if you say it loud enough for them to hear before you two meet, then they'll get the idea to be kind and move out of the way for you.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
4 Jun 11
Oh. What a sorry @ss. Obviously he's throwing his weight around the office. Still, someone needs to teach this overload a lesson. Should it be you? Yikes!
@agent807 (751)
• United States
3 Jun 11
I am a big guy, and I admit I might do it sometimes, but not deliberately, but it is rude when people unnecessarily take up so much space. I have quite a few rants about that. When people walk side by side and you are walking towards them. When people stop in the middle of an aisle or intersection and have a conversation and you cannot pass (pet peeve). Or the person that cut you off while your walking and they stop in front of you. Or when people walk in a bee line. These are all of the things that I can think of. It makes no sense when all people have to do is show some courtesy and not tie up the aisle. Somedays, I think to myself "I'm the big guy, and I am taking up less room than others". I have played football, and sometimes, I just want to mow people down. Once I accidentally knocked a lady out cold when I ran into her while chasing a bus. She sees me running but out of all of the open space available, she chooses to stop in my path, and I collided with her. Then others complained that I should have went around her. No, she see a human freight train coming, you need to move or you will be killed. I used to squeeze my way through, but I noticed that I tend to mow my through ignorant traffic more, not to be a bully, but because people want to be rude and discourteous, so I end up having to use the bulldozer body of mine.
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
4 Jun 11
Oh yeah I have had this happen. I call it being really rude. I don't believe two people or more are so engrossed in a conversation they can't move their butts out of the way so another person can get by. It could be a control issue also. What I do is walk up to the people who are talking and blocking my way and say excuse me. That doesn't work I say it much louder. They get the idea..lol I hate it when I am at a busy casino or a grocery store, people stop and talk to a long, lost friend or look around in the middle of no where and come to a full hault. I could be walking at full speed and have to put the brakes on real fast so I don't walk into them.
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
3 Jun 11
I m legally blind, and carry a heavy support cane. Most people know better, and the ones who don't get told off by witnesses.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
4 Jun 11
Yes and that really gets on my nerves when someone will not move out of the way, especially if I am in a hurry. They like to just stand there and not move and waste your time and make it harder for you.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
3 Jun 11
I can't stand a bully of any kind. Just hope & pray they will meet someone bigger than them one of these day. What gores around comes around. i really believe.
@millertime (1394)
• United States
4 Jun 11
Funny you should bring it up because there are a couple of people where I work who are like that. I just chalk it up to them just being naturally rude. One person in particular is flying around everywhere at double speed and just expects everyone to get out of his way. Whether it's through a door or a narrow hallway, he just expects to go first. It's funny really. Sometimes I intentionally get in his way just to mess with him because he is such a jerk. I really do think he knows he's being a jerk too, but he just doesn't care. Some people are like that. They just don't care enough to be considerate of other people. They only think of themselves. It's too bad we have to put up with people like that but maybe being around them makes us appreciate good people all the more.