Chinese Escalators Are Death Traps

[Eddie Teach]

People who walk on escalators are weird.

[garbon]

People who walk on escalators are weird.

Not really. They move pretty slowly.

[Monoriu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqTHA7jCoZI

A visual guide - how to use the escalators safely.

Safe for all ages.  I think. 

[Grey Fox]

The worst thing about escalators is when people don't know walk on left, stand on right. Fucking tourists.

No, no, no, no.

Wanna walk? Use the regular stairs, asshole.

[The Brain]

In Vienna you also stand on the right and walk on the left. Though I tend to be tolerant of people who don't know any different.

Who are these people though? Takes all of two seconds on you first escalator in a major city to learn/see what you should be doing.

People without Stanford degrees.

[garbon]

The worst thing about escalators is when people don't know walk on left, stand on right. Fucking tourists.

No, no, no, no.

Wanna walk? Use the regular stairs, asshole.

Many times there isn't an extra staircase. Besides, what good reason is there to block people from passing if they want.

[garbon]

In Vienna you also stand on the right and walk on the left. Though I tend to be tolerant of people who don't know any different.

Who are these people though? Takes all of two seconds on you first escalator in a major city to learn/see what you should be doing.

People without Stanford degrees.

Oh, I didn't realize.

[HVC]

The real annoying people are the ones that cut you off just to stand there.

[FunkMonk]

People who walk on escalators are weird.

LOL no

[garbon]

The real annoying people are the ones that cut you off just to stand there.

Truth.

[FunkMonk]

Usually people will get the idea once you tell them where they should be so they don't get in the way. However, if there's a giant group of them, buckle in cause it's going to be a long wait. 

[crazy canuck]

The worst thing about escalators is when people don't know walk on left, stand on right. Fucking tourists.

No, no, no, no.

Wanna walk? Use the regular stairs, asshole.

I think you might be thinking about short escalators that have stairs parallel to the escalator.   In those cases I do take the stairs because I can move faster than the people on the escalator.  But what about long escalators with no nearby stairs.  Why should someone who is in a hurry have to wait because someone is too self absorbed to give way and stand to the right? 

[crazy canuck]

Usually people will get the idea once you tell them where they should be so they don't get in the way. However, if there's a giant group of them, buckle in cause it's going to be a long wait. 

Meh, I find that saying "coming through" gets their attention.

[garbon]

The worst thing about escalators is when people don't know walk on left, stand on right. Fucking tourists.

No, no, no, no.

Wanna walk? Use the regular stairs, asshole.

I think you might be thinking about short escalators that have stairs parallel to the escalator.   In those cases I do take the stairs because I can move faster than the people on the escalator.  But what about long escalators with no nearby stairs.  Why should someone who is in a hurry have to wait because someone is too self absorbed to give way and stand to the right? 

Yeah exactly that. Short escalators, I've really no issue if someone blocks the way.

[alfred russel]

People who walk on escalators are weird.

Why don't people walk on escalators? You are trying to get from point a to point b, just because the ground starts moving at some trivial pace toward the destination, you should stop walking?

I get it if you are awkwardly carrying luggage or something, or out of shape/ill to the point walking is a serious effort, but otherwise, lets keep it moving.