why do people just stand on the escalators

mukki

christ them things only do about 2 mph!!!


okay, i dont mind people standing on normal escalators, but whats the story with people just standing on those slightly sloping stepless escellators?


can they just not keep walking, or at lest get out of the bloody way, or are they to lazy to take a step to the side


you have people hiring out the little red buggies for kids... bet you could make a fortune if ya went out to a parking car and offered to push the lazy shoppers around in a trolley for the day and then back to the car, so that they wont need to move their legs

Ibjiba

Never understood that either. I always walk in all escalators. I don't mind if other people stand as long as they do it to the side so other people can get by. In some cities people are very good at this in other cities not so.

Ponster

Walk on the left, stand on the right.

It's the "rule" in most countries but not everyone is aware of it.

Anto McC

Sheer laziness, why should they move when something else will get them there without them making an effort.

Lord Nikon

Just enjoy it while it lasts, for fecks sake. If you don't like standing on it, don't. Use the staircase instead, since you have legs.

Reku

mukki wrote:

can they just not keep walking, or at lest get out of the bloody way, or are they to lazy to take a step to the side


you have people hiring out the little red buggies for kids... bet you could make a fortune if ya went out to a parking car and offered to push the lazy shoppers around in a trolley for the day and then back to the car, so that they wont need to move their legs

Usually one of 2 reasons:
(a) that fat b***h in front won't move
(b) that pair of girls won't quit gossiping long enough for one of them to step aside.

In other words people in my way, otherwise I'm up there like a monkey fleeing a lion, regardless of whether there are steps or not. Does mean that in places where stairs are an option I'll often use them (e.g. travel between the 1st and ground floor of Jervis St. Shopping centre).

Ph3n0m

Ponster wrote:

Walk on the left, stand on the right.

It's the "rule" in most countries but not everyone is aware of it.

Ah so its only a "rule" then, not legally enforced, etc. If people are that bothered - take the stairs

subway

ever been to london?
youll be murdered for stadning on the left of the escaltor, or at the very least forcefully pushed to the side...

Ph3n0m

But in London, there are signs clearly marked (at least in the underground) from the start to the end, as to where to stand on the escalator

If there wasnt, and you fell and were injured as a result of that "forceful push" - that is then assault

stakey

This irritates the **** out of me. Escalators were designed to move people along faster, not so you could stand around and move slower without any effort.

Stand on the right and give way to walkers on the escalator, it's an unwritten rule but the vast majority of cities i've been to adhere to it apart from Dublin where as per usual we do things arseways

BuffyBot

Escalators were designed to be stood on.

Tar.Aldarion

I am already travelling on a travellator and feel no need to travel faster.

subway

Ph3n0m wrote:

But in London, there are signs clearly marked (at least in the underground) from the start to the end, as to where to stand on the escalator

If there wasnt, and you fell and were injured as a result of that "forceful push" - that is then assault

its probably assault either way
i doubt the stand on the right rule is legally enforeceable

beans

Just politely say 'excuse me' and pass on the left. If more people did this instead of just bitching about it on d'inturwub then perhaps attitudes would change...

Spud83

Whats the rush people. Is that extra few seconds you spend standing instead of walking on the thing gonna kill you. Gonna ruin your whole day, week, or even life. Jesus people need to relax and stop spend there lives rushing around.

The Bollox

in most of Europe you walk on the left and stand on the right. great system, pity the Irish are too ignorant to follow such a straight forward rule tho

2 stroke

The pace of life here has always been slower and I hope it stays that way.
I've been to london and I don't want to live like that. Slow down and smell the heather.

2 stroke

pity the Irish are too ignorant to follow such a straight forward rule tho

I don't think I've ever met anyone with a more appropriate username.

petes

I stand. Fook you if you are behind me. Its an escalator. Its what they were designed for. Use the stairs if you are in a hurry.

Papergirl 1

Oh my God this drives me CRAZY aaaaaagggghhhh!! What happens to people when they get onto them!!!!?? Do they just say wow I'm moving and I'm not even moving my legs!!!? Reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons when Homer goes to the old folks home and gets into the wheelchair and says, hey this is great, and there was me using my legs like a fool!!!!! Pure stupidity.

Terry

2 stroke wrote:

I don't think I've ever met anyone with a more appropriate username.

Careful now.

eve

I was in London last year and had heard of the 'Stand on the right, walk on the left rule'. I will generally walk on a escalator as long as the way is clear but when I saw the speed that some people were moving at on the left hand side, I was quite happy to stand on the right.

NeMiSiS

Say "excuse me please".. pass by.. keep going til you are 3/4 of the way down.. then fart.. and let the escalator take you the rest of the way.. they will all travel through your unplesant waft..
ala Maddox..
TK

Maccattack

My pet hate.

Burning Eclipse

It's funny to see how the 'stand on the left, walk on the right' idea permeates peoples actions away from the underground in London. Any regular escalator, people stand on the right, walk on the left. (Topshop on Oxford Circus stands out for some reason)

Even going up regular stairs, people always seem to walk up on the left hand side... The right side is for standing, which will get you nowhere on a regular stairs! It seems alien to them to walk up the right side of a staircase!

2 stroke

Terry, the Bollox made a racist remark why not warn him.

big b

As sad as it is that some people don't think they have that few seconds to let the travellator take the strain, simple courtesy will generally allow those who wish to rush to go up one side and those who don't to stand on the other.

The London Underground is pretty much self-policing in that respect,as is the Glasgow one, but they're in the minority. Ireland isn't the only place that people will be entirely self-obsessed and take up the middle ground.
A little consideration would go a long way.

2 stroke

I guess that I don't actualy mind people that walk on escalators sometimes do it myself. But i wouldn't like to live in a system like london where they run.

stakey

In fairness it works brilliantly for London, in a city of several million people with a huge percentage using the underground a system like this NEEDS to be in place. Imagine the amount of time it would take you getting from A to B in London if all the travellers on the underground just stood around reading the ads?

Beans claimed saying 'excuse me' will eventually lead to a transformation of peoples attitudes. I'd love to think it would, but i've been doing that for ages over here and I just get shrugged shoulders and rude stares. Where there are stairs, i'll take them, purely because Irish people just don't have _very_ basic 'elevator manners'.

Dave!

Take the stairs if you don´t like standing. Thanks.

stakey

take a lift if you don't like walking. Thanks

layke

Sometimes, in fact a lot of the time there are no stairs. The Square in Tallaght is full of that, fatty aul wans with a face like a butchers elbow standing there.

Look it's like this, I want to be somewhere in a hurry because I hate shopping centres and find the places stressful. I endorse an an in and out policy. You kind sirs are in my way and screwing up my policy. Now kindly move or call me an asshole as I push past you.

Terry

2 stroke wrote:

Terry, the Bollox made a racist remark why not warn him.

Where?

cooperguy

petes wrote:

I stand. Fook you if you are behind me. Its an escalator. Its what they were designed for. Use the stairs if you are in a hurry.

No its not what they are designed for. They were designed to move crowds around faster not slow down the whole process.

Spud83

The Bollox wrote:

in most of Europe you walk on the left and stand on the right. great system, pity the Irish are too ignorant to follow such a straight forward rule tho

There terry.

petes

cooperguy wrote:

No its not what they are designed for. They were designed to move crowds around faster not slow down the whole process.

Fair enough. I'm still going to stand on them.

Beelzebub

Slightly off topic.
For fun, I used to run up the down escalating stairs and down the up one.

Jesus that was so dangerous!!! But a hell of a thrill!

But I hasten to add not when there were other people on them!

And I definitely don't condone it.

Back on topic.
I stand on escalating stairs, but I walk on the travelators.

Terry

alanmurphy83 wrote:

There terry.

You know how black people can use the "N" word?
Well that rule applies to Irish people denigrating themselves on an Irish based forum.
Should it be proven to me that The Bollox is not Irish, I will gladly ban him.
Until then, nothing happens.

Use the report post function if you are insulted by something.

OctavarIan

Whenever I'm on one I'll either stand or walk really really fast up it. Depends on my mood. Doesn't really bother me if people stand on it or not. Some people might like the chance to rest their legs but still get around, some might just enjoy the break from weaving through the crowd on Henry Street. Others like to move fast everywhere they go so they can get to the ATM queue a few seconds quicker. Each to their own :P

Huggles

When I was a kid I seen a friend of mine smash her head open on the escalators in St Stephens Green Shopping Centre, wasn't pretty.

I think there are some health and safety issues on the walkways , never saw any signs about them in Neathrow though

The Bollox

fyi, 2 stroke, I am Irish

tbh I took your initial comment as a compliment, hergo it is now part of my sig

big b

Terry wrote:

You know how black people can use the "N" word?
Well that rule applies to Irish people denigrating themselves on an Irish based forum.
Should it be proven to me that The Bollox is not Irish, I will gladly ban him.
Until then, nothing happens.

Use the report post function if you are insulted by something.

So incomers can't offer negative opinions ?

Terry

The Bollox wrote:

fyi, 2 stroke, I am Irish

tbh I took your initial comment as a compliment, hergo it is now part of my sig

Cue the Sig police.

big b wrote:

So incomers can't offer negative opinions ?

Of course they can. Just as long as it's not racist.
You wouldn't go to England and start telling your new english neighbours that all english people are ****, would you?

Orlee

subway wrote:

ever been to london?
youll be murdered for stadning on the left of the escaltor, or at the very least forcefully pushed to the side...

I was going to say the same - Only those with a death wish would stand on the left. And as a result everything runs pretty smoothly!

Borderfox

I spent a year living in London and if you blocked an escalator you would be told to get out of the way...

Dacelonid

The underground in Stockholm is way worse than London, especially Escalators down to the blue (deepest) line. Its either stand to the side or there will be an accident.
Personally I stand on Escalators (the ones with steps anyway) but if there are no steps I'll walk as well. The ones in the Square Waterford being the best example I can think of. However I will always stand to one side. Maybe being traumatised by the Swedes has a bearing on that.
/Dace

Jesus Wept

I believe you are referring to travelators OP.

big b

Terry wrote:

You wouldn't go to England and start telling your new english neighbours that all english people are ****, would you?

Depends what part of England it is!;)

Seriously though, I don't think banning people for having a negative perception of the general standard of social skills is fair.
Agree the wording was a bit inflammatory on this occasion, though.

Anyway, the Bollox does appear to be Irish, so a non-event, really.:)

rubadub

Escalators are mostly designed for standing, the step height is higher than a normal stairs, so older or less mobile people would have problems with the higher steps. Also the fact it is moving means it is more dangerous, even if the step height was the same. The handrail often is moving at a different speed to the steps. If some kid/scumbag presses the stop button it can come to an abrupt stop and if you were midway up a step you could fall.

I walk on them myself, what annoys me more is people standing at the top, waiting ages to get on, foot hovering over it like it is some mad new invention they have never been on before.

People standing still on airport slow moving walkways is reasonable to moan about, if they have no luggage. Also people not using free walkways is a bit odd.

beans

For my money, if people are standing two-abreast and blocking the progress of those behind them, then they should expect the odd request to move over.

No need to get hot under the collar on this one, it used to really annoy me until i realised that it was in my power to do something about it - say excuse me and continue on my way.

Terry

beans wrote:

For my money, if people are standing two-abreast and blocking the progress of those behind them, then they should expect the odd request to move over.

No need to get hot under the collar on this one, it used to really annoy me until i realised that it was in my power to do something about it - say excuse me and continue on my way.

Exactly.

It's like when you're in the supermarket and the two gossiping women are blocking your way, you don't just stand there waiting for them to finish.