Does anyone else here walk fast??

[Electric Amish]

Do you always find yourself walking behind someone you wish would walk faster? It drives me nuts at the store or at the mall, I always have someone in my way. :|

Whenever I walk anywhere, I take long strides very quickly. People here at work have even started standing aside to let me pass when they know I'm walking behind them.

I must have learned it from my father. When I was a kid he would take much longer strides than I, so I had to walk quickly to keep up.

Anyway, it's Friday and I'm just rambling.

amish

 

[linuxboy]

same here

I remember once when I was about 4, I was walking with my dad and had to practically leap to keep up. It formed as a habit and now I walk very quickly.

you're not alone

 

[yiwonder]

I have long strides because of my dad too. He would always walk so fast when I was young that I would have to run to keep up. Now I have long strides and find myselfs wanting to go faster that others sometimes especially here in Singapore as "locals" window shop and hardly move their feet.

 

[HappyFace]

Same here! I'd have to walk very fast to keep up with my dad's long strides. Seems that my brain hasn't made the connection that my legs are quite a big longer now. Walking fast is natural to me, although some people get ticked off when they can't keep up.

 

[visgf]

I also prefer to walk fast, especially when I'm at work. I work in a hospital that is a quartermile long, and if you get stuck behind an older couple (which is prevailant in a hospital) you're screwed. I can make it across the hospital and up or down several floors in just a few minutes, but getting stuck behind a slow walking group will slow me down almost 5 minutes on a crowded day. Talk about agitating.

 

[Mday]

i have long strides, and i walk fast...

you should see my mother... she walks soooooo slow =(

 

[Doggiedog]

I'm from NYC. You have to walk fast here. But it does drive me crazy when you have 3 people in a row walking real slow. Or guys who won't stand on the right side of the escalator when you want to pass them.

 

[Electric Amish]

Hmmm....

This correlation between the Fathers/sons is kindof interesting....

amish

 

[cipher00]

C'mon, I haven't got all day......!!!

 

[GaryTcs]

Yeah, I walk fast too. I don't know what these people are strolling around for, I have places to go. Don't they know that? It really irritates me at the store, as I always go in knowing what I want, go right to it, grab and cash out. How much of their lives are spent loitering around checking the prices of 5 different cans of tuna? Move along, nothing to see here.

 

[DannyLove]

<< Anyway, it's Friday and I'm just rambling. >>

true i do find myself walking rather quickly at school, shopping etc. I don't know why, but i just don't like wasting time. i guess, i dunno

 

[palad]

I do it, too, and yes, my dad was a tall guy, but I don't remember having trouble keeping up on walks. What I do remember is having a 1/4 mile hike between buildings in high school, and at least that far to get to the theatre shop in college, so I had to learn to cover distances at a good clip.

 

[Emos]

Yep I'm a fast walker too...sometimes I'll leave my GF in the dust and not even realize it until she yells at me!

 

[Namuna]

I have Beer Muscle-feet.

Sober I walk 'normal' speed...But when I've had a few, just TRY to keep up with me!

 

[happykitten]

Oh yeah... I had to, if I wanted to make it all the way across campus to class on time.

 

[Grendel99]

Well, I'm 6' 4&quot;, so I walk fast without really trying Got long legs and I learned to walk fast trying to keep up with my dad

 

[ArkAoss]

My dad had short legs, but in school, between class's I'd walk fast so kids wouldn't bug me, so now if I walk with friends in the mall, I end up doing laps around them.

 

[vi edit]

<< Yep I'm a fast walker too...sometimes I'll leave my GF in the dust and not even realize it until she yells at me! >>



Guilty as charged

I've heard &quot;JOSH! Walk slower!!&quot; more times than I can remember

 

[sharkeeper]

Just carry around a Fart Machine! That makes even the slowest person gain speed!

Cheers!

 

[kranky]

Yep. Our ex-secretary said once, &quot;how do you get all that speed out of those stumpy little legs?&quot; There's one guy at work who flies at 3 strides/second - believe it - but he's consciously doing it, it's not a normal walking speed for anyone.

Most people at work know I'm &quot;that short guy who walks fast.&quot;

 

[JimmyEatWorld]

I walk extremly fast around campus, its almost like I have to be a running back to maneuver through the crowds sometimes. Actually in highschool I didn't even used to swing my arms, cus I was so used to being in marching band. I didn't even realise it either until my english teacher started making fun of me in class one day haha. I thought it was funny.

 

[SirFshAlot]

I walk real fast, but I doubt it has anything to do with keeping up with my dad as a child.
I'd say it has more to do with my impatience when I want to get somewhere, because I drive fast, too, for the same reason.

 

[RedWolf]

I tend to walk quicly as well. Generally, because I'm late for something or in a hurry to get somewhere. Some people have that saying about stopping and smelling the roses. Well, if I walk faster, I can smell the next set of roses more quickly.

 

[vi edit]

<< Yep. Our ex-secretary said once, &quot;how do you get all that speed out of those stumpy little legs?&quot; >>



Ever seen a buffalo run? Those suckers have the stubbiest little legs, but they can get trucking pretty dang fast! :Q