Poll
Question:
How do you use escalators?
Option 1: I stand still on them like a fucking mook.
votes: 17
Option 2: They may be moving, but they are still stairs. Keep walking.
votes: 31
Option 3: I'm pretentious, and prefer to use the real stairs next to them.
votes: 5
Option 4: I prefer to use the handicap-accessible elevator, like every black woman.
votes: 0
Option 5: Depends on my mood, because I'm garbon.
votes: 7
Well?
I take all 4 actions at various times.
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 06:09:17 PM
I take all 4 actions at various times.
Poll edited, just for you, Sunshine.
Generally people who run up escalators need to be stopped.
The entire point of them is you don't have to do any work.
But I do of course do different things at different times too. Running up ones going the opposite way to you is fun.
When going up, I'll stand still most of the time, when going down I'll generally walk. For the purposes of the poll, I voted that I stand still like a mook I never use the elevator, unless I'm hauling lots of luggage. I've only used the normal stairs with escalators available if those are severely crowded.
I take the stairs. they are empty.
Stand still unless I'm running to catch a train. But at least I'll do it on the right hand side.
Sit on the long ones going down.
None of the options fit me. I like to play on them. Sometimes I just use my hands on the rail to push myself up, and go up or down with my feet swinging in the air, other times I'll swing my feet out an rest them on the rails too, or find some other way to goof around. Basically, I view them as amusement part rides.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 30, 2009, 06:10:12 PM
Poll edited, just for you, Sunshine.
Thanks. FYI, when I went to go to the movies yesterday, I chose to walk up an escalator, stand on an escalator, take an elevator and take the stairs. :hug:
Depends on what other people are doing.
Quote from: Tyr on August 30, 2009, 06:13:24 PM
Generally people who run up escalators need to be stopped.
The entire point of them is you don't have to do any work.
You are my antithesis. :mad:
Stairs. I'm not feeble, and I can climb stairs (that are generally empty) faster than the elevator can move.
I block escalators so walkers get pissed off.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 30, 2009, 07:08:13 PM
I block escalators so walkers get pissed off.
Really, I thought it was the metal halo on your leg that did that.
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 30, 2009, 07:08:13 PM
I block escalators so walkers get pissed off.
It's alright, you live in Ohio and therefore aren't expected to have a sense of decorum. :hug:
We don't have escalators 'round these parts.
Quote from: Caliga on August 30, 2009, 07:46:37 PM
We don't have escalators 'round these parts.
Now that I think about it, I don't think there's a single escalator in the whole of the Yukon Territory. :huh:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 30, 2009, 06:10:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 06:09:17 PM
I take all 4 actions at various times.
Poll edited, just for you, Sunshine.
Is it really that easy to get shit from you?
If I am on an escalator and I hear "train to xxxx is about to arrive", I run like hell. Which is like 80% of the time, because the train comes every 2 minutes.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 30, 2009, 08:16:22 PM
Quote from: Siege on August 30, 2009, 08:14:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 30, 2009, 06:10:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 06:09:17 PM
I take all 4 actions at various times.
Poll edited, just for you, Sunshine.
Is it really that easy to get shit from you?
From real Americans, yes.
I ma a real American, mothefucker!
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 08:17:44 PM
If I am on an escalator and I hear "train to xxxx is about to arrive", I run like hell. Which is like 80% of the time, because the train comes every 2 minutes.
Why would you run then?
I tend to walk at a leisurely pace on escalators, either up or down. Just standing there feels weird, like you're handicapped in some way.
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 08:43:26 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 08:17:44 PM
If I am on an escalator and I hear "train to xxxx is about to arrive", I run like hell. Which is like 80% of the time, because the train comes every 2 minutes.
Why would you run then?
There is no such thing as a next train in my books. Or next bus, next lift, next anything. Do, or die.
Walk. and if you're not walking stand to the damn right.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 09:01:04 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 08:43:26 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 08:17:44 PM
If I am on an escalator and I hear "train to xxxx is about to arrive", I run like hell. Which is like 80% of the time, because the train comes every 2 minutes.
Why would you run then?
There is no such thing as a next train in my books. Or next bus, next lift, next anything. Do, or die.
You would make a great soldier.
Quote from: Siege on August 30, 2009, 08:22:06 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 30, 2009, 08:16:22 PM
Quote from: Siege on August 30, 2009, 08:14:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 30, 2009, 06:10:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 06:09:17 PM
I take all 4 actions at various times.
Poll edited, just for you, Sunshine.
Is it really that easy to get shit from you?
From real Americans, yes.
I ma a real American, mothefucker!
No, you're not.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 09:01:04 PM
There is no such thing as a next train in my books. Or next bus, next lift, next anything. Do, or die.
Really? Is that really the motto for your life?
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 09:16:47 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 09:01:04 PM
There is no such thing as a next train in my books. Or next bus, next lift, next anything. Do, or die.
Really? Is that really the motto for your life?
Do or die is the motto of the lazy Chinaman. Industrious ones just do, dying is not an option.
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 09:16:47 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 09:01:04 PM
There is no such thing as a next train in my books. Or next bus, next lift, next anything. Do, or die.
Really? Is that really the motto for your life?
I don't really have a motto of my life :lol:
But yes it is a habit of mine. I am one of those who crash through closing doors of trains, forcing them to re-open while disregarding the disdainful stares of everybody else. Even when I am doing a leisure walk on a Sunday afternoon.
Our train network uses a single female voice for all the pre-recorded public announcements. Once my wife played some Youtube video that contains the "train to Hong Kong is approaching" line on our home computer. I almost fell out of the bed and instinctively started moving my legs when I heard that one :D
Stand still usually. I feel self-conscious when I walk on them because nobody else ever does and I don't like jostling.
On my commutes I usually stand still so I can keep reading my book, laughing at people who run down, almost falling over themselves, just so that they can get onto a train now and not in 3 minutes when the next one pulls in.
When I'm in a hurry I do walk.
Quote from: saskganesh on August 30, 2009, 06:20:41 PM
I take the stairs. they are empty.
This. Also, people who delay trains because they can't wait two minutes always make me laugh, it's just so silly.
I'm 3-in-1! :w00t:
Depends if I am encumbered by luggage.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 08:17:44 PM
If I am on an escalator and I hear "train to xxxx is about to arrive", I run like hell. Which is like 80% of the time, because the train comes every 2 minutes.
What's the point of that? If another train for the same destination is arriving in a couple of minutes, why rushing?
I saw that a lot when I was living in Madrid. As soon as the incoming train could be heard, people on the escalators would begin to go mad and start running, even when they were totally calm and still beforehand. I mean, if you're on a hurry you'd be running before, not when the train was about to arrive.
Quote from: The Larch on August 31, 2009, 03:38:43 AM
I saw that a lot when I was living in Madrid. As soon as the incoming train could be heard, people on the escalators would begin to go mad and start running, even when they were totally calm and still beforehand. I mean, if you're on a hurry you'd be running before, not when the train was about to arrive.
Speaking from experience, when I sound the depart-tone that's when people start running, and even if it means that the doors close people still desperately push the open button. In that way they give me many giggles through the day.
Quote from: The Larch on August 31, 2009, 03:38:43 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 30, 2009, 08:17:44 PM
If I am on an escalator and I hear "train to xxxx is about to arrive", I run like hell. Which is like 80% of the time, because the train comes every 2 minutes.
What's the point of that? If another train for the same destination is arriving in a couple of minutes, why rushing?
I saw that a lot when I was living in Madrid. As soon as the incoming train could be heard, people on the escalators would begin to go mad and start running, even when they were totally calm and still beforehand. I mean, if you're on a hurry you'd be running before, not when the train was about to arrive.
Because arriving at my destination two minutes earlier is more desirable than arriving two minutes later? And because I don't mind running a short distance?
One of the most memorable scenes was during a typhoon. When a typhoon approaches Hong Kong during working hours, we evacuate. This happens a few times a year. As you can imagine, when everybody gets off work and goes home at exactly the same time, the train system struggles to cope.
When I arrived at the platform, I saw a fully loaded train that was waiting to depart. Since it was full, people started queueing up on the opposite platform, waiting for the next train.
Of course, as the notion of a "next train" did not and still does not exist in my books, I picked a spot where I saw a tiny opening, and squeezed myself in.
That was not the end of the story. As a public service and selfless act of sacrifice, I pushed so hard that I made enough room for 4 more people to get in.
Because of my noble efforts, 5 people, including myself, got home 2 minutes earlier.
It was also the first time I had difficulty breathing in a train.
I'm not a fucking douchebag so I don't run up or down an escalator. I also don't jump up and down on the elevator trying to make it go down faster.
I'd make an excellent soldier. I'm a warrior at heart.
Quote from: Razgovory on August 31, 2009, 04:43:26 AM
I'm not a fucking douchebag so I don't run up or down an escalator. I also don't jump up and down on the elevator trying to make it go down faster.
Running up or down an escalator is good from a crowd management standpoint. The capacity of an escalator to transport people depends on whether people are willing to walk and how fast they walk/run. If everybody decides to drive 20 km/hour on a road, then fewer cars can go through. Standing still on an escalator is, therefore, selfish :contract:
Quote from: Razgovory on August 31, 2009, 04:43:26 AM
I'm not a fucking douchebag so I don't run up or down an escalator. I also don't jump up and down on the elevator trying to make it go down faster.
Moron. Pushing the button 100 times makes the elevator go faster.
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 07:24:56 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 30, 2009, 07:08:13 PM
I block escalators so walkers get pissed off.
It's alright, you live in Ohio and therefore aren't expected to have a sense of decorum. :hug:
My decorum was removed in 1991.
Quote from: Monoriu on August 31, 2009, 04:39:23 AM
It was also the first time I had difficulty breathing in a train.
Try pushing less, and maybe some of the passengers wouldn't try to strangle you.
LOL'ed at option #4. I see that pretty much every day when I go to get lunch.
Also, when I took Tommy to a baseball game a few weeks ago I had to change him & went to what had to be the only family restroom in the upper deck. It was occupied so I had to wait 10 minutes, with Tommy getting more & more cranky. Finally, the door opened. Of course it was just one 18 or 19 year old girl. I asked her "Really? Really?!?!" & the only response I got was a 'kiss mah ass' look.
Why walk when you can ride?
Both standing and walking is OK. If you stand you do so on the right so people can walk past you on the left.
On horizontal shit you walk at an average speed to the right and high speed on the left. If you have heavy stuff or are 90+ y/o or similar you can be allowed to stand still, to the right.
Anyone who doesn't follow these simple rules is a complete faggot.
Quote from: garbon on August 30, 2009, 06:09:17 PM
I take all 4 actions at various times.
:yes: I just assumed everyone used escalators like this. Depends on your mood, how much of a hurry you are in, how long the escalator is, how annoying the people in front or behind you are.
There are a myriad of reasons that go into every escalator mobility choice. :contract:
Quote from: The Brain on August 31, 2009, 12:14:05 PM
Both standing and walking is OK. If you stand you do so on the right so people can walk past you on the left.
On horizontal shit you walk at an average speed to the right and high speed on the left. If you have heavy stuff or are 90+ y/o or similar you can be allowed to stand still, to the right.
Anyone who doesn't follow these simple rules is a complete faggot.
Unless of course you are in Japan, where you stand and walk on the opposite sides, and it's required if you are under 40 to be texting while you are walking on the escalator, over 40 you must be reading some kind of Rape porn manga on the escalator.
Is this what CdM has come to - threads about escalators?
Quote from: Monoriu on August 31, 2009, 04:39:23 AM
One of the most memorable scenes was during a typhoon. When a typhoon approaches Hong Kong during working hours, we evacuate. This happens a few times a year. As you can imagine, when everybody gets off work and goes home at exactly the same time, the train system struggles to cope.
When I arrived at the platform, I saw a fully loaded train that was waiting to depart. Since it was full, people started queueing up on the opposite platform, waiting for the next train.
Of course, as the notion of a "next train" did not and still does not exist in my books, I picked a spot where I saw a tiny opening, and squeezed myself in.
That was not the end of the story. As a public service and selfless act of sacrifice, I pushed so hard that I made enough room for 4 more people to get in.
Because of my noble efforts, 5 people, including myself, got home 2 minutes earlier.
It was also the first time I had difficulty breathing in a train.
I'll hit you back when you've toned down the East Asian troll. While infinitely more amusing, you are sounding as multidimensional as Marty.
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on August 31, 2009, 12:16:13 PM
:yes: I just assumed everyone used escalators like this. Depends on your mood, how much of a hurry you are in, how long the escalator is, how annoying the people in front or behind you are.
There are a myriad of reasons that go into every escalator mobility choice. :contract:
Indeed. One size does not fit all.
Quote from: Berkut on August 31, 2009, 12:20:37 PM
Is this what CdM has come to - threads about escalators?
Well, de-escalators are not his thing for sure.
I avoid escalators whenever possible. I have both balance issues and a vision problem that makes my depth perception unreliable at best. I don't have to worry about stairs changing position by the time I put my foot on them.
Oh yeah. And SEVERE acrophobia makes down escalators entertaining as well.
Quote from: garbon on August 31, 2009, 12:23:11 PM
Indeed. One size does not fit all.
Nonsense. :mad:
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a. Hamburgers
b. Pancakes
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If the escalator is empty I will usually walk up them, at least part of the way, depending on my mood.
Always walk. If the thing is blocked by standers, I will take the stairs so I can keep moving. It's a thing to help you move faster, dammit. It's not a ride.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 31, 2009, 02:08:43 PM
It's a thing to help you move faster, dammit. It's not a ride.
I thought it was to make going up less strenuous. :unsure:
Quote from: Berkut on August 31, 2009, 12:20:37 PM
Is this what CdM has come to - threads about escalators?
I think we've done it chaps.
Every topic under the sun- discussed.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on August 31, 2009, 02:08:43 PM
It's a thing to help you move faster, dammit. It's not a ride.
Blasphemy!