Oblivious/Rude People

There aren't that many things I hate... but one of them is oblivious, or oblivious rude, people. Let me explain and give examples.

These people are the ones that forget they are in public, around other people, and are so enveloped with themselves and/or the people around them that they disregard the fact that they might be developing into highly annoying and rude people to others.

Example: Last night at the gym, I was done with my work-out, anxious to get in my car and get home. I walked down the steps, and as I was hitting the last flight of steps, a group of three women were coming up the basement steps. I was on the second floor, so we essentially met at the first floor door. They got there a little before I did, and the door isn't a huge double door, it's single. So I'm behind them, and I go to maneuver past them because I could see that they were going to be walking at a slower pace than I wanted to, and I could not because they had spread out across the width of the hallway. I got the sense that one of them could definitely tell I was trying to pass, but decided to remain oblivious, hence turning her into rude. Moreover, I was toward the left of the hallway, and they decided to go left to a sitting area in their slow pace, completely disregarding the fact that I was there. News flash: you're in public, other people are around you, and you knew I was behind you cause you saw me coming down the steps AND you (sorta) held the door for me. Thanks a bunch.

Highly annoying to me.

Second example: At UIUC, you pretty much walked everywhere, as with most college campuses. I cannot tell you how many oblivious and more so rude people walked those sidewalks. If you're walking side by side with your friend, classmate, significant other, etc., FINE. But when you see someone else (i.e. me) walking towards you, one of you needs to fall back behind the other person you're with so I can continue walking ON THE SIDEWALK and not having to step off the sidewalk and into the grass/mud/snow. What makes it especially worse and irked me to no end was when those people were guys! Wikipedia says: "the terms chivalry and chivalrous are often used to describe courteous behavior, especially that of men towards women." I guess chivalry IS dead, at least at UIUC. I'd be ok if guys don't do that for other guys, but for women, they most definitely should.

Highly annoying.

Realize you're out in public, around other people, and act accordingly.