8:15 Man

Not happen to me. Sad that some have to do that.

happily never hapen for me too. happily...

This has happened to me, and my response was to pick my foot up and push it into the back of his knee as he passed. I was in New York at the time, and the man fell into the people in front of him.

That is bizarre, this is the first time I have heard anything like this.

happened to me a few times. they were mostly young troublemakers who wanted to show their "strengh" towards other people. quite the annoying folks but i chose to ignore them. if you pay attention they only got confirmed in their behaviour :/

Hmm, no, haven't noticed such behavior.

Sometime I would do that when people exit the store using the automatic door that's supposed to be entry only. Like I don't mind if they use the entry as long as they move to the side since they're not supposed to exit that way. Kinda like someone going the wrong way in a one way street using 2 lanes...

Otherwise I wouldn't do that kind of thing on purpose. I'd move my shoulder to the side and walk sideways if I have to.

Because i have been training martial arts ~both Kendo and Karate~ dodging or try not to have a direct contact with other pedestrains is already in my subconscious.
so this kind of matter is very few to me~ even it happens~ the impact is very minor to even hurt me

It brings troubles~ and i know some !@#$%^ like to use this excuse to find a reason to start a matter
so have been train myself to avoid this kind of thing long ago...

Never happened to me, I think.
I usually turn sideways when someone looks like they're gonna bump into me.

Haven't had that happen in a while. Last time was with some Yakuza in the early 90s. They bumped me and started yelling. I started speaking English to them. I think the image of a big Japanese guy speaking fluent, unaccented English was a little startling to them. They stepped back, wide eyed, and walked off. ^^;

Hapened to me once, the guy charged towards me on purpose and hit me so I charged him back he went straight against a ilumination pole and broke his nose...
It was funny some people started cheering at me and laughing at him, apparently he was known to do that occasionally.
Oh well... there will always be weirdos roaming the streets, sooner or later they will be jailed or forced to cease and desist.

I make a point of grabbing them and making them give me an apology, in public. I got sick of turning the other cheek.

If that happens to me, I'll be darned! Makes me wanna beat the crap out of him if he attacks again!

I don't know if I'd even notice this. While I was in Tokyo it felt like every other person was "shoulder charging" me..

Usually I just apologize, that, or they do. I don't think I've ever encountered any I could tell that were on purpose, other than a some friends kidding around.

happened to me quite a few times, but usually jus people in a rush, they usually say 'SO..rry'

I'm pretty sure this has been the start of alot of fights around here.

If I was not on purpose and the guy apologized I wouldn't mind and I'll be carrying on with my business, but if it was intentional and I was carrying something of value and dropped i.e. 1/8 Haruhi figure, I'll give him hell. >_< Or report him to a police.

This is the first time I heard this. This event hasn't happened to me (yet).

I sometimes put my bag in front of me in case I get knocked into at crowded places ^^; I'm not very tall it's easy to get elbowed lol

Kick his feet from behind so he would fall on his face and quickly walk among the masses^^ (i have done this before with a guy who splashed his drink before me, asshole).

I cant remember this happening to me but I know it has, just cant remember, but yeah, Even when they did, I would simply take a quick "what the heck" glance, and keep walking.

Happened to me in Leeds the other week whilst walking with music in my ears, hit me with such force that I nearly fell to the pavement. Gave a quick glance of the Evils to the person but they didn't acknowledge the fact they'd shoulder barged me. So I just walked on, wasn't gonna go and pick a fight with anyone.

Weird..... I've never encountered it luckily enough.

Nice to see someone getting arrested for repeated offenses of this. Accidents happen but purposefully bashing into someone is rude and uncalled for. I've had a few cases of that happen to me though in bigger cities and basically just ignore it because the last thing I want to do is get into a fight with someone over something like that. Someone else will eventually teach them the lesson they deserve.

haven't happened to me be4....lucky me ^.

I've been "shouldered" before, but always by accident. And people always apologize right after.
Dunno what I'd do if it happened to me. Probably just ignore... same as Danny, I don't have time to waste with jackasses/problematic people like that.

But if I'm really in a bad mood, I get kinda unpredictable.

Few months ago I shouted at lots of people in a bus because though the bus had plenty of space, people kept gathering at the exits even when they weren't leaving at the next stop.

Something like: "F*cking idiots! If you're not getting off the bus, GET THE F*CK OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHERS" :P

not really, i like ur article pic tho >.<

i'm pretty agile and am usually aware of my surroundings (paranoid) when i'm out and about, so this situation has never happened to me before. if it did, i'd probably just ignore it and move on. i think people who live in crowded cities are usually used to this sort of thing happening and they just brush it off.

Yeah, i got bonked once or twice.. felt like retaliating, but luckily a friend stopped me. It really isn't worth it.

Of course, if someone *really* tried to hurt me i'd fight back.

Yeah its happened a few times in my life, dunno if it was intentional or not though as it sometimes accidentally happens. I know I once accidentally bumped some guy (i apologized of course). No big deal though its not like they pushed me over or it hurt or anything.

Somebody tried to do this to me when I was in Akiba station...I saw him do it to somebody else about 10 meters up and when he came to me I steadied myself a bit, it was funny as heck because he bounced off my shoulder and fell down, when he looked up he had this scared look on his face and quickly got up and scurried off.

Happens all the time here (well, me...)
Chavs taller than me just purposely "shoulder bash" me trying to knock me over.
Sad it may sound, its true. I don't have time to waste on some group of Chavs acting like 5 year olds. (They can go back dreaming "bricklaying" and bling their "automobiles/ride".

I remember someone once tried to bump into me like that, but probably ended up him hurting himself (I'm a rather big guy), so he tried to elbow me and missed, which I thought was rather funny.

In general, these sort of things happen all the time for me; good thing I am always listening to music while walking around, since I am more aggressive when I'm not, hence will likely to start a fight.

if somebody did that over here, theyll get shot.....and im not even joking.
400+ homicide a year. thats a little more then 1 death a day. So far its at 392...3 more months to go....

Ususally when I walk, if I walk towards people I slither my way through :). So if a guy did shoulder bump me, he'll probably bump himself into the ground.

oh ya! we have the same type of people down here. all thou this is the most funniest part is that they expect for you to not react in a hostile manner if their are in a group. these types of people where one of the main reasons why i started to train Krav Maga and work out more.

I don't think the other person would like charging into a brick wall very much

I guess the guy just doesn't know how to deal with stress. I deal with it by getting together with my friends occasionally and we beat the crap out of each other, armored of course.

happened to me before but i dont waste trying to put some sense on to them since its not that
big of a deal.

if i am a girl, i would clasp my "eyes" and shout MOLEST!!!
btw, how do you shout "Molest!!" in japanese?

Some hooligans over here do that just to piss people off. Of course they choose their targets wisely, like me whose rather small built. ;_;
Good thing is, I have a friend who plays rugby and he can ram them harder :D

I've never had anything like that happen to me. If it did, I'd probably just give em a dirty look, and then carry on with my business. It's not worth wasting your time on people like that.

shoulder charging goes on here everyday - though its more of accidental kind when people loose their patience and want to walk faster than the crowd. Maybe cause of this i have really strong shoulders after being charged into almost everyday. Some guys charge and turn after impacting me, sometimes i get turned almost sideways due to the impact. Seems like fun now when others get turned sideways and i just walk on :mwuhaha: :D

I've run into shoulders because the other person thinks they don't need to move over 4 inches to the side when walking.

I did some minor shoulder charge at people who barge into the train/bus/monorail without giving way for others to alight first ^^;

Being in a wheelchair, I am well below the elbow range. :)

I've been shoulder charged. The guy who did it got a kick in the butt from me, and went into the mud. But there were enough people that he couldn't tell what happened. He wound up getting all pissed off at a cracked sidewalk chunk.

In ATL, you would probably get shot, hehe

i remembered 1 incident while i was still schooling. i was walking back to class after lunch break, i was talking to my fren so i didnt notice a guy was walking towards me in the opposite direction. i accidently bump into his shoulder...but since his walking so fast i din bothered to apologise, i guess it was my fault so..oh well.. But the funny thing is the same guy walk in a circle so his infront of me now...this time he purposely charged me -_- i didnt wanna pick a fight and i guess it was my fault too. but again he could hav move side ways in the first place.

Are you serious? In my country, people go on shooting sprees or set bombs when they loose it. I don't think I'd call the police because someone shoulder-slammed me . . .

I'd look at the guy with a "WTF?" kinda stare, if he followed up and after sizing up the guy I might send one square on his nose or gut.
At least the guy wasn't randomly beating people with a baseball bat or stabbing them.

The last thing to have shoulder charged me was an ogre. From nagrand. :P

I'd straighten out the guy, I don't other people to be a victim of his stupid stress problem.

probably wack the guy off ! XD

I'll sock 'em in the face. I dislike people who acts in such a way. Without a doubt if I was having a bad day myself.

lol, that's such a stupid way to get yourself arrested..

If it was me I'd deck him plain and simple...if it were anyone else he bumped into here he might as well have been stabbed or shot...

Thankfully, it's never happened to me but, it could be 'cos I'm short >.<

Oh I do have a question... Those people who shoulder charged... Are they all guys? Is there a 8:15 woman? Just curious to find out.....

The trick when you see someone preparing to shoulder charge you is to harden your shoulder and reverse the hit to him. And if he tells you something , just smile. :)

Some people are just so stressed out...have a cup of thea man -_-. Thankfully nothing of the sort here...would really annoy me

Here in Sydney, we got dudes on campus doing full body tackles during lunch hour.

When i last got shoulder charged, i just tackled the crap outa them anyway. It's kinda a 'thing' in my campus. Everyone's wild about footy. It's crazy.
I'm also 183cm (6' for all you imperialists) and <60kgs, i can still bring down a pretty large lebo guy.

"Always aim for the legs"

havent seen any like those around here... not that i went outside that much though...

Nobody seems to want to pick a fight with my in my whole life, and I train martial arts too so dodging is sorta built-in. And martial arts teach you not to use it for offense, so I'm just waiting for "self-defense" mode to activate. It might be an interesting experience to get in a real random fight once, you know, learn through the flesh kinda thing... ^_^;; But I just have a face and smile that allows me to befriend the gangster types if/when I want to... So tough luck for me.

yup. happens here everyday on the trains. boarding passengers always like to rush into the train carriages before letting alighting passengers get off first. :-/

Well, there was this one time I was chatting with a good female friend of mine, and her boyfriend was somewhere around playing soccer or something...

When I walked away the dude passes by me and charges his shoulder against mine...

I didn't notice it was on purpose right at the time (I'm a big guy, so no matter what strenght he used, I didn't feel much ^_^), and I even said "oh, sorry" 'cause I thought we bumped into each other!

Then I looked at his face and he looked PISSED OFF! So, pretty much he was jealous or something... If he wasn't my friends boyfriend, I probably would've said something, but I just let it slip... Dude's an A**HOLE!

This has happened to me a lot of times. Often it happens because people are in a rush. I too happen to bump on a good number of people whenever I'm in a hurry, but I do apologize. You'll know if they're doing it intentionally or not x_x

I've never been charged before, since I usually turn sideways to avoid people in crowds. I also just walk off if I get hit. It's not worth precious time to mess around, and I'm not trained in any martial arts; one-on-one is fine, but trolls like these usually travel in groups.

If I were really pissed I'd boot him one in the back and then some, though. Like if he causes me to drop any fragile items...

Can't do anything unless you want to have a fight.

I encountered this annoying old guy trying to charge his shoulder onto mine at a local bus stop. I was so annoyed I wanted to push him when the bus passes by. But not worth getting into that trouble.

You better ignore those things, unless you are in for a fight.

I'm a ninja so I don't get shoulder knocked at all but there was one time I got knocked down by a bicycle... Some ninja I am... LOL

I try to ignore it. But it is so frustrating knowing that if you do anything back, you are at his level too. People these days...they need some better way to vent whatever is eating at them rather than taking out on others.

Someone tried to shoulder charge me and ended up whacking his nose on my shoulder.

While on vacation in Japan during July, a friend of mine came upon someone who was doing something similar to what the "8:15 man" did. In his situation, though, this person was shouldering everyone and when he got to my friend, Don (my friend) shouldered him first. The guy fell down and then proceeded to apologize over and over. Odd. Very odd behavior...

I've been shoulder charged before, maybe not purposely but it still bugs me everytime someone does it and I'm a patient person most of the time. If someone does it intentionally I just let it go. No use getting all worked up over.

That was before but nowadays I am able to easily avoid these 'charges'.

This happened to me A LOT back in junior high school. Punks would purposely put their shoulder into you to show that they're tough. Nothing really comes out of it (i.e., no fights happen), but everyone starts bracing themselves whenever they walk because they know some punk would try to knock you back.

not really shoulder
but
balls, touch in a light waY
he touched mine and then after that, he will touch the one in the back then at the back again of others
really really weird -_-

i knew it because when i looked at the back, 2 of the people he touches are looking at him and then i caught him touching another 1 again

report to police?
nah, i think we don't report little things, i think he's just hyper thaT day and he didn't hurt anyone anyway
and in my country police are not that active like in japan, our police are more like thinking of how to earn money than how to catch criminal

Never has happened to me.. not unless you include mosh pitting? O_o

Rage against the Machines Mosh was a killer. A girl Climbed over me and clawed my forehead - it bled.

Marines from starcraft : u want a piece of me boy ?

What would happen if that salary man was a black belt in karate?
prepare to get your ass kicked.

It doesn't happen to me very much, because when I want to pass through a crowd I glide through it like water (or use "excuse me" a lot and push all the same).

Never happened to me but i might say " what the hell?" and give him an evil look. HA

Thankfully no.

Although if ever I did I would be slightly pissed

it happens to me all the time=/
i just ignore it and keep walking

Happened to me quite a few times, and i must say that i do that too sometime if i am in a really bad mood and am depressed. Last time someone bumped into me there was a fight -_-;; and lots of angry swearing from both sides..

This guy must've been possessed by a Zaku spirit ^^
(Zaku Shoulder Charge!!!)

it's good that he doesn't wear any shoulder armor or shoulder spikes like Zaku ^^

haah I always tense my shoulder so when ppl hit it, it hurts more for them than me XD works in high School hallways XD hahah

Well, if they DO really want to take rough business with me, then I'll do the same with them~ ^^;

Never happened to me before. Sometimes that happens to people in the school but it's usually on accident I think. Hallways are so crowded ^^;

he has wayy too much free time.

sometimes i get that, but sometimes its good for me since it shakes me out of my sleepy state haha

My shoulder kan get ripped off

Lol, the 8:15 Man... That's hilarious.