Did you ever get the Urge to .........?

WIZE · 15-12-2010 2:23pm #1

When on an Escalator did you ever get the urge to push the Stranger infront of you down the steps ?

I do

Lumen · 15-12-2010 2:24pm

What would Facekicker do?

Korvanica · 15-12-2010 2:25pm

push someone down the up escalator and watch them fall down the stairs for ages!

alwaysadub · 15-12-2010 2:25pm

No. I'm usually too busy using the side brush on it to clean my runners.

WIZE · 15-12-2010 2:27pm

Lumen wrote: »

What would Facekicker do?

Probably kick you in the Back of the Head

stupidusername · 15-12-2010 2:27pm

I get weird urges like that all the time.

Think my last one was to smack a child across the head. just a random child near me when I was out. No reason.

Saila · 15-12-2010 2:27pm

eh no

yermandan · 15-12-2010 2:32pm

Seek help

Dravokivich · 15-12-2010 2:33pm

alwaysadub wrote: »

No. I'm usually too busy using the side brush on it to clean my runners.

I haven't done something like that since I was 8 ;P

Wazdakka · 15-12-2010 2:33pm

I'm always too busy being annoyed that the stairs and the handrail move at different speeds :mad:

What's with that??
Seriously... Every time..
Start out on an escalator with your hand on the rail right at your hip.. It'll either be dragged way out in front of you or behind you by the time your getting off.

Is it really that hard to make them go at the same speed??
:mad: :mad:

I'm not a total freak.. Sloppy design just annoys me is all

chin_grin · 15-12-2010 2:36pm

Korvanica wrote: »

push someone down the up escalator and watch them fall down the stairs for ages!

alwaysadub wrote: »

No. I'm usually too busy using the side brush on it to clean my runners.

stupidusername wrote: »

Think my last one was to smack a child across the head. just a random child near me when I was out. No reason.

See, these posts are funny as f*ck when you read them on a forum. It's one of the many reasons I left facebook. I'm pretty sure each one of these has its own group! :mad:

Wazdakka wrote: »

I'm always too busy being annoyed that the stairs and the handrail move at different speeds :mad:

What's with that??
Seriously... Every time..
Start out on an escalator with your hand on the rail right at your hip.. It'll either be dragged way out in front of you or behind you by the time your getting off.

Is it really that hard to make them go at the same speed??
:mad: :mad:

I'm not a total freak.. Sloppy design just annoys me is all

Billy Connolly called. He wants his observation back. oooooOOOOOOOOooooooh!

stupidusername · 15-12-2010 2:39pm

Wazdakka wrote: »

I'm always too busy being annoyed that the stairs and the handrail move at different speeds :mad:

What's with that??
Seriously... Every time..
Start out on an escalator with your hand on the rail right at your hip.. It'll either be dragged way out in front of you or behind you by the time your getting off.

Is it really that hard to make them go at the same speed??
:mad: :mad:

I'm not a total freak.. Sloppy design just annoys me is all

OMFG (and I don't use that lightly) I am always noticing that too! It's soooooo irritating!

jimthemental · 15-12-2010 2:39pm

alwaysadub wrote: »

No. I'm usually too busy using the side brush on it to clean my runners.

I was doing that one day and I got an electric shock that knocked me on my arse. I'd say people thought I thought it was a stairmaster.

GavRedKing · 15-12-2010 2:40pm

Yes i do get urges, deep, dark urges :cool:

Shenshen · 15-12-2010 2:40pm

WIZE wrote: »

When on an Escalator did you ever get the urge to push the Stranger infront of you down the steps ?

I do

Only if they belong to those people who will wait until just about the last possible fraction of a second before stepping off, forcing me to do a silly hop to avoid stumbling.

chin_grin · 15-12-2010 2:41pm

stupidusername wrote: »

OMFG (and I don't use that lightly) I am always noticing that too! It's soooooo irritating!

And what's up with airplane food? I mean, c'mon!

Saila · 15-12-2010 2:42pm

Wazdakka wrote: »

I'm always too busy being annoyed that the stairs and the handrail move at different speeds :mad:

What's with that??
Seriously... Every time..
Start out on an escalator with your hand on the rail right at your hip.. It'll either be dragged way out in front of you or behind you by the time your getting off.

Is it really that hard to make them go at the same speed??
:mad: :mad:

I'm not a total freak.. Sloppy design just annoys me is all

so move your hand to compensate maybe

but this requires extra thought, so you wont have spare time to think about pushing the person in front of you down the stairs

chin_grin · 15-12-2010 2:42pm

Saila wrote: »

so move your hand to compensate maybe

That's what SHE said.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

stupidusername · 15-12-2010 2:44pm

chin_grin wrote: »

And what's up with airplane food? I mean, c'mon!

huh? I've only ever eaten one thing on a plane, and it wasn't bad actually. even stranger - it was a ryanair flight

Saila wrote: »

so move your hand to compensate maybe

But the point of it moving along too is so you don't have to move your arm along to compensate

Wazdakka · 15-12-2010 2:45pm

chin_grin wrote: »

Billy Connolly called. He wants his observation back. oooooOOOOOOOOooooooh!

:eek: :eek:

Good heavens..
Somebody who makes a living from telling amusing stories and making humerus observations about life noticed something that I did?
Egads...

Didn't know it was one of his sketches actually..:p

stupidusername wrote: »

OMFG (and I don't use that lightly) I am always noticing that too! It's soooooo irritating!

Isn't it?? Especially when you're having a conversation with someone and just happen to be leaning on the rail..

Saila wrote: »

so move your hand to compensate maybe

But you shouldn't have to damnit..
Shoddy engineering :mad:

alwaysadub · 15-12-2010 2:46pm

Dravokivich wrote: »

I haven't done something like that since I was 8 ;P

Bet you will now next time you're on one!

Mind you, i don't fancy getting an electric shock from doing it!

Dravokivich · 15-12-2010 2:49pm

alwaysadub wrote: »

Bet you will now next time you're on one!

Mind you, i don't fancy getting an electric shock from doing it!

to be honest.. heading to blanch later and these boots can do with a bit of a cleaning...

wouldnt mind.the shock so much, could do with the thrill ;-)

bonerm · 15-12-2010 2:52pm

WIZE wrote: »

When on an Escalator did you ever get the urge to push the Stranger infront of you down the steps ?

I do

I never get the urge but I do often feel people are going to do it to me. I also get this at traffic lights and especially on train platforms. The feeling that someone is going to push me under an oncoming train or car.

I can stand an inch from a railway platform with a train coming right up at me fullspeed without fear, however if the platform is full of people I will stand well back out of distrust of my fellow man.

stupidusername · 15-12-2010 2:54pm

Wazdakka wrote: »

Isn't it?? Especially when you're having a conversation with someone and just happen to be leaning on the rail..

But you shouldn't have to damnit..
Shoddy engineering :mad:

very shoddy. it's not out of laziness it just doesn't make sense providing something for a good reason and making it so it doesn't work properly. stupid.

if you place your hand beside you when you get on, and keep it there all the way up, you will be at a 90 degree angle by the time you get to the top.

Dravokivich wrote: »

to be honest.. heading to blanch later and these boots can do with a bit of a cleaning...

wouldnt mind.the shock so much, could do with the thrill ;-)

sure for a good boot cleaning isn't it worth it. wha!

bonerm wrote: »

I never get the urge but I do often feel people are going to do it to me. I also get this at traffic lights and especially on train platforms. The feeling that someone is going to push me under an oncoming train or car.

I can stand an inch from a railway platform with a train coming right up at me fullspeed without fear, however if the platform is full of people I will stand well back out of distrust of my fellow man.

And now, thanks to us, you know to trust that feeling, cause amongst that crowd is likely to be a person that gets those urges

jimthemental · 15-12-2010 2:55pm

stupidusername wrote: »

huh? I've only ever eaten one thing on a plane, and it wasn't bad actually. even stranger - it was a ryanair flight

But the point of it moving along too is so you don't have to move your arm along to compensate

Ha, that's what she said too!

chin_grin · 15-12-2010 2:55pm

If it's to do with falling.

I can't leave a glass by the edge of a table. Be it beer/wine/fizzy drink. If I see one I HAVE to move it. Definitely, definitely <rocks back and forth>.

bonerm · 15-12-2010 3:00pm

stupidusername wrote: »

And now, thanks to us, you know to trust that feeling, cause amongst that crowd is likely to be a person that gets those urges

No thanks necessary. I had already fully anticipated this sort of response, which is why I take care. I guess it's not a fear at all. Just a rational evaluation of human nature.

stupidusername · 15-12-2010 3:03pm

jimthemental wrote: »

Ha, that's what she said too!

am, who said what?

jimthemental · 15-12-2010 3:10pm

stupidusername wrote: »

am, who said what?

Sorry quoted the context badly, it was funny in my head.:o

NothingMan · 15-12-2010 3:11pm

I sometimes get the urge to jump from very great heights. Like if I'm on a 7th floor balcony looking over I'd be thinking I should jump. Not to kill myself, just to jump. It's very scary and probably why I'm scared of heights.

Was getting on an escalator in Newbridge shopping centre when a Father & son were getting on the Dad got on just before his son but the son was having second thoughts so with some trepidation he put his first foot on carefully then panicked as half of him started down the stairs, his Dad didn't notice until he was almost at full splits, luckily I was there and was able to stop chuckling long enough to help him on properly, being the hero that I am. :cool:

sdanseo · 15-12-2010 3:54pm

stupidusername wrote: »

I get weird urges like that all the time.

Think my last one was to smack a child across the head. just a random child near me when I was out. No reason.

In fairness, most children in shopping centres or anywhere else there's escalators tend to get a bit excited and behave like headless chickens. A good slap would keep them in line. :pac:

Newaglish · 15-12-2010 3:55pm

If I'm walking past someone who is tying their shoelaces, it's all I can do to stop myself from kicking them over sideways using the flat of my foot. Very hard to resist!

sdanseo · 15-12-2010 3:57pm

NothingMan wrote: »

I sometimes get the urge to jump from very great heights. Like if I'm on a 7th floor balcony looking over I'd be thinking I should jump. Not to kill myself, just to jump. It's very scary and probably why I'm scared of heights.

Was getting on an escalator in Newbridge shopping centre when a Father & son were getting on the Dad got on just before his son but the son was having second thoughts so with some trepidation he put his first foot on carefully then panicked as half of him started down the stairs, his Dad didn't notice until he was almost at full splits, luckily I was there and was able to stop chuckling long enough to help him on properly, being the hero that I am. :cool:

I wouldn't get the urge to jump, but I'd often think with heights "oh god what if I fell" and imagining some poor mangled mess on the ground. I actually love heights, but I like there to be a decent size barrier between me and the drop, so there's no chance whatsoever of falling (even when I've hung off Dún Aengus cliffs at 300ft and still not fallen, but there's the human reasoning for ya :P

Dravokivich · 15-12-2010 4:10pm

stupidusername wrote: »

sure for a good boot cleaning isn't it worth it. wha!

Watch out for the metro headlines tomorrow:

"Man goes into shock while standing on an escalator Witnesses at the scene commented on how clean his boots were"

:pac:

Duggy747 · 15-12-2010 4:14pm

I'd love to kick the shìt out of a chimp.........dunno why, just would love to get in a good scrap with one.

Though the reality would be him tearing strips off me and chewing my face off.............with the final insult being him flinging his own poo at whatever pieces of me are left / uneaten.

jimthemental · 15-12-2010 4:18pm

Anyone else here always have to write on dirty cars?

scientific1982 · 15-12-2010 4:21pm

stupidusername wrote: »

I get weird urges like that all the time.

Think my last one was to smack a child across the head. just a random child near me when I was out. No reason.

I get that all the time. Like punching a random old woman in the face for no reason.

Rubberlegs · 15-12-2010 4:31pm

Yeah i get the urge to push people off escalators the whole time. Am petrified I'll end up in a pile up on an escalator, caused by some twat who stays on it till the last minute:(. Reckon this stems from childhood, when I asked this girl why her legs were mangled and she said she fell on an escalator:eek:

stupidusername · 15-12-2010 5:01pm

sdonn wrote: »

In fairness, most children in shopping centres or anywhere else there's escalators tend to get a bit excited and behave like headless chickens. A good slap would keep them in line. :pac:

While this is true, I didn't actually see this child in a shopping centre and/or near an escalator.

Duggy747 wrote: »

I'd love to kick the shìt out of a chimp.........dunno why, just would love to get in a good scrap with one.

Though the reality would be him tearing strips off me and chewing my face off.............with the final insult being him flinging his own poo at whatever pieces of me are left / uneaten.

There would be no pieces left. hopefully.

scientific1982 wrote: »

I get that all the time. Like punching a random old woman in the face for no reason.

Ya. Well generally old people are exempt from my random urges but my brain makes up for it with enough other blameless people.

Ruu_Old · 15-12-2010 5:03pm

Especially if its an old person. I sometimes do the stabbing in back motion if I can't get past them and they won't budge.

Snakeblood · 15-12-2010 5:04pm

scientific1982 wrote: »

I get that all the time. Like punching a random old woman in the face for no reason.

Let's face it, someone as old as an old woman must have done something to deserve a punch.

15-12-2010 5:08pm

When I got seriously bored in my old job, I would place a sticker on the one of the steps on the escalator. When the step came into view, I would try and stare at the sticker until it reached the top. I once spent 20 minutes doing this - it's oddly satisfying.

Has anyone ever had to clean the sides of the escalator? It's a lot of fun - you sit on the steps with a spray bottle and cloth and pretty much ride the escalator, which I also spent half an hour doing another day.

Gee, escalators are so much fun.

MultiUmm · 15-12-2010 5:09pm

Weird topic OP. If it's someone I know and I don't like them, it'll probably pop into my head though.

stupidusername · 15-12-2010 5:13pm

Deleted User wrote: »

When I got seriously bored in my old job, I would place a sticker on the one of the steps on the escalator. When the step came into view, I would try and stare at the sticker until it reached the top. I once spent 20 minutes doing this - it's oddly satisfying.

Has anyone ever had to clean the sides of the escalator? It's a lot of fun - you sit on the steps with a spray bottle and cloth and pretty much ride the escalator, which I also spent half an hour doing another day.

Gee, escalators are so much fun.

what was your job, an escalator maintenance person? sounds quite boring alright

15-12-2010 5:15pm

I worked in a cinema. It got exceedingly boring on warm sunny days.

Asphyxia · 15-12-2010 5:48pm

Totally but I haven't... just yet

sdanseo · 15-12-2010 6:44pm

I must admit I do often get the urge to ram taxi drivers off the road. They're always bullying me into letting them out of bus lanes etc and they're gonna cause me an accident some day!

Also soccer moms on mobile phones while driving their X5's, I very often want to get out, smash the windows, take the phone and stamp on it.

stupidusername · 15-12-2010 6:47pm

See that's all perfectly understandable, even if someone's just in your way or something, but the urges I get are for no reason at all. hmm my friend says he thinks these things too sometimes, like the same - for no reason at all.

WIZE · 15-12-2010 8:53pm

we should have a boards meeting in a shopping center.
mass carnage on the escalators:D

Latchy · 15-12-2010 9:18pm

Sometimes have the urge to push somebody who's walking very slowly in front of me to the floor , I swear they must have side view mirrors on their heads cos everytime I try overtake they move in front of me again :mad:

Ronin247 · 15-12-2010 11:55pm

WIZE wrote: »

When on an Escalator did you ever get the urge to push the Stranger infront of you down the steps ?

I do

stupidusername wrote: »

I get weird urges like that all the time.

Think my last one was to smack a child across the head. just a random child near me when I was out. No reason.

gavredking wrote: »

Yes i do get urges, deep, dark urges :cool:

NothingMan wrote: »

I sometimes get the urge to jump from very great heights

All of the above and I have always wanted to sit in a bell tower with a sniper rifle and watch peoples heads explode..........

I used to think these things were not normal but because of this thread I suddenly feel as sane as the next Boardsie. Must go clean the 303.

Did you ever get the Urge to .........?

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