The problem with PATH is, ironically, pedestrians. My biggest gripe are people walking slowly, 3 or 4 abreast. The list goes on: stopping and turning 180 suddenly, bumping into each other cutting corners etc.
It bothers me enough that I started to fantasize about adopting road-like rules for walking in busy places: no more than 2 persons side to side, no sudden stops, green and red lights in the row of doors to regulate the direction of the flow, cutting corners is only allowed for right turns...
Given that runners can't think about others in such a specific situation, you can forget consideration on walkways, which are subject to different concurrent uses.
Oh, oh, here is something! Sometimes I do interval training on an outdoor, rubberized running track. For some reason, though the town has many parks, people go to this track to walk around. And they walk around in the inner lane, lane 1! Some of them don't get out of the way and use a different lane when people do running workouts even after being passed several times. The last time I was there, a woman came with a baby stroller, and parked it in the curve, some 15 meters down from the starting line, in Lane 1! Of all the places in the city where you can go with a baby stroller and park it, she picked that spot. The mental process behind that must be astonishing ...
Some of the most entitled, selfish people there are.
Sometimes I like going for a walk with friends, we'll walk slowly and next to another so we can talk and enjoy the beautiful weather. And you expect us to walk behind another along the right side of the sidewalk?
Please consider my priorities before calling me inconsiderate!
* considerate: walking in the middle, but fast
* considerate: walking on the side
* considerate: walking slowly or multiple people abreast, when there's enough room
* considerate: walking slowly or multiple people abreast, when there's no room, but paying attention behind you
Really, you (in the general sense here) have all these easy options to be nice, but you'll refuse even the most minor inconvenience?
Also, I'm not being inconsiderate for wanting to get somewhere - that's what most roads are /made for/. Roads made for leisurely strolling are made wide anyway. And it's not like I'm ramming through - I also do my best to avoid bothering the people I'm passing by. I'm taking the effort, so why shouldn't you? Inconsiderate would be me pushing through or telling you to make way when there's already room.
Sometimes a simple "scuse me", without even a frustrated tone, elicits the grumpiest responses so mostly I just walk slowly behind and don't even bother asking.
Anyway, this is longer than I even thought I would consider this issue!
* considerate: walk slowly so you don't startle others
* considerate: keep a respectful distance to people walking in front of you
* considerate: adjust your walking speed to the average to reduce the number of collisions
* considerate: take a less congested route
* considerate: leave work 5 minutes earlier so you're not in such a hurry
* considerate: smile at people to make their day brighter
* considerate: let other people walk whereever they want
* considerate: don't expect other people to be considerate