Reply To: Pacing during davening

pixelate, I wasn’t even talking about psukei dzimrah so much. I particularly had in mind the people who decide to lane all of kriyas Shma at the top of their lungs. It’s so distracting.

Also, why do you feel that bringing attention to the fact (complaining?) that a particular mindless and inconsiderate action is disruptive to many people “detracts from the tzibbur’s tfillah”?

ratinalfrummie – maybe it doesn’t bother you when you pace, but I guarantee it distracts some of those sitting around you. They just might be too nice or adel to say anything about it. It’s very inconsiderate to tell people to concentrate on their own davening when you are constantly walking in and out of their field of vision and daled amos. It’s not derech eretz.