Escalators and autowalks

syklops · 09-02-2010 05:47PM

Says whom? Every escalator i've been on, I choose to stand left walk right. Not my fault if everyone else has a different rule book.

So it is literally a case of everyone else is out of step except my jonnie?

brianthebard · 09-02-2010 05:47PM

mikom wrote: »

Love Escalators, especially cos that they can never break, they just become stairs.

Plagarism!

lisbon_lions · 09-02-2010 05:49PM

syklops wrote: »

So it is literally a case of everyone else is out of step except my jonnie?

+1

Whippersnapper · 09-02-2010 05:50PM

witchgirl26 wrote: »

Or in the case of some people I know, they have problems with their legs & walking around a lot so take a bit of a break while on an escalator or an autowalk. That said they do keep to the right like you should.

I understand that, that's not a problem. But 99% of people on the escalators do not have these issues!

syklops · 09-02-2010 05:53PM

Ciaran187 wrote: »

I've never seen stand right walk left in Ireland. Every one I've seen is stand lift walk right. It's based of traffic. Traffic passes on the right.

Also why you should walk on the left side of a hallway etc.

Its because the escalators in other countries can be quite large/high, and some move alot faster than Irish ones do. If the power gets cut, or someone presses the emergency shutdown button, people are literally catapulted up or down depending where they are going. To combat this, most people grip the hand rail with their strongest hand which for most people is their right.

The fate of people who are walking or running up the escalator at the time of the power cut is obviously out of their hands.

stupidusername · 09-02-2010 05:58PM

syklops wrote: »

Its because the escalators in other countries can be quite large/high, and some move alot faster than Irish ones do. If the power gets cut, or someone presses the emergency shutdown button, people are literally catapulted up or down depending where they are going. To combat this, most people grip the hand rail with their strongest hand which for most people is their right.

The fate of people who are walking or running up the escalator at the time of the power cut is obviously out of their hands.

Sorry not trying to be rude..... but what bullsh*t!

corglass · 09-02-2010 05:58PM

WindSock wrote: »

Bring the Brits back, I say.

-2

syklops · 09-02-2010 05:58PM

stupidusername wrote: »

Sorry not trying to be rude..... but what bullsh*t!

Care to elaborate?

09-02-2010 06:01PM

An Autowalk? WTF is an Autowalk?

A travelator like?

stupidusername · 09-02-2010 06:03PM

syklops wrote: »

Care to elaborate?

Its because the escalators in other countries can be quite large/high, and some move alot faster than Irish ones do. If the power gets cut, or someone presses the emergency shutdown button, people are literally catapulted up or down depending where they are going. To combat this, most people grip the hand rail with their strongest hand which for most people is their right.

The fate of people who are walking or running up the escalator at the time of the power cut is obviously out of their hands.

What's there to elaborate on? what you're saying is completely ridiculous as a reason for this.

syklops · 09-02-2010 06:04PM

stupidusername wrote: »

Its because the escalators in other countries can be quite large/high, and some move alot faster than Irish ones do. If the power gets cut, or someone presses the emergency shutdown button, people are literally catapulted up or down depending where they are going. To combat this, most people grip the hand rail with their strongest hand which for most people is their right.

The fate of people who are walking or running up the escalator at the time of the power cut is obviously out of their hands.

What's there to elaborate on? what you're saying is completely ridiculous as a reason for this.

WHY is it ridiculous? Thats what elaborate means.

MagicMarker · 09-02-2010 06:05PM

Deleted User wrote: »

An Autowalk? WTF is an Autowalk?

A travelator like?

Gladiators, are you ready!?

redout · 09-02-2010 06:14PM

Dublin airport is the worst.

Gob****es just stand side by side chatting oblivious to everyone else who is trying to get by.

Doesnt occur to them some people could be rushing to a gate.

FlutterinBantam · 09-02-2010 06:29PM

No way buddy, worst are those fcukers who wear those 'Skipper' caps like Charley Haughey and spend their fcuking day walking around shopping centres holding people up.

Was in the Jervo last week in a big hurry to an important meeting when this fcuking 'Skipper' hoves across my bows ,onto the escalator with two big bags, which the fcuker planks on either side.

No way through, and the cnunt had to audacity to unload a fcuking super sour 'Gert Stonker' about four steps from the top at my eye level.

Fcukin trousers rippled with the force and the bang of 'blown' bacon and cabbage nearly stunned me.Cnunt even flapped the hand across his nethers to dispel the fetid stink.

As I passed him after alighting I muttered 'I'd change that restaurant pal, cnunts are feeding you with pegged horsemeat'

Cunt is still looking.

syklops · 09-02-2010 06:36PM

syklops wrote: »

WHY is it ridiculous? Thats what elaborate means.

Its been 30 minutes. It looks like I'm not going to get a further clarification.

BluesBerry · 09-02-2010 06:57PM

If it annoys you that much press the red stop button at the end* so everyone has to walk up problem solved

*Its probably illegal so do so at own risk

syklops · 09-02-2010 06:59PM

BluesBerry wrote: »

If it annoys you that much press the red stop button at the end* so everyone has to walk up problem solved

*Its probably illegal so do so at own risk

And let me know before you do so I can hold the hand rail tighter.

Rowley Birkin QC · 09-02-2010 07:02PM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

All the slow lazy people are on the escalators, so you should use the almost always empty stairs and run up/down them as fast as you wish.

Yup, simple.

Bog · 09-02-2010 07:04PM

The high spees ones are utterly useless. The one in Montparnasse station in Paris is forever broken down.

They are pretty handy to clean though.

Rented Mule · 09-02-2010 07:26PM

Question: What is an escaltor ?

Answer: A moving staircase

Question: What do you do on a staircase ??

Answer: You freaking move your lazy ass up and down the stairs.

There should be someone with a giant mallet at the top/bottom of escaltors bopping these people on the heads that want to stand in the way of everyone.

brianthebard · 09-02-2010 07:44PM

syklops wrote: »

Its been 30 minutes. It looks like I'm not going to get a further clarification.

That's not what elaborate means though, so maybe you just confused the other person. Or they had better things to do...

Solitaire · 09-02-2010 07:46PM

Rented Mule wrote: »

There should be someone with a giant mallet at the top/bottom of escaltors bopping these people on the heads that want to stand in the way of everyone.

There should also be a portable smiting machine that smites down all the many ****holes who are either pig-ignorant, closet fascists, or simply get kicks from running full-tilt into clearly disabled people in a pathetic attempt to knock them over (and possibly injure them quite badly). Especially on escalators.

Oh wait! There is one. My fist.

Jesus Wept · 09-02-2010 08:12PM

Deleted User wrote: »

An Autowalk? WTF is an Autowalk?

A travelator like?

!

This!

It's clearly a travelator!

stupidusername · 10-02-2010 12:38AM

syklops wrote: »

Its been 30 minutes. It looks like I'm not going to get a further clarification.

I was trying to think of an explanation for why this is a crazy theory, but I actually couldn't come up with an explanation. I don't know what to say. I ran this by someone else, and as he read your explanation he laughed also. I asked how could I explain why this theory is mental (but funny) and he said give up. so i do. Just don't know how someone could come up with an explanation like that.

brianthebard wrote: »

That's not what elaborate means though, so maybe you just confused the other person. Or they had better things to do...

I was confused, as like I said I don't know how to explain why that doesn't make sense. But also I had other things to do. Thanks for backing me up brianthebard, good to know at least two other people get it

m@cc@ · 10-02-2010 12:43AM

You wouldn't believe the amount of rows I've seen escalate on those things.

Rabies · 10-02-2010 12:50AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBchZLkQR0

ArmaniJeanss · 10-02-2010 01:54AM

Escalator Etiquette 'Walk Left Stand Right' explained.

http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=934915&sid=d27c689ac832dfb049b3b4c5271dbf3c

Unlike modern “comb” escalators, where the end of the moving stairway is at right angles to the direction of travel, older “shunt” escalators ended with a diagonal so that the stairway finished sooner for the right foot than for the left.

The idea was to allow passengers to keep their left foot on a moving stairway as they stepped off with their right.

Passengers who chose not to walk down the escalators were asked to stand on the right so that anyone wishing to overtake them at the end would be able to take advantage of the extra section of moving stairway.

m@cc@ · 10-02-2010 01:57AM

There should be a poll added to this to see which side people stand on.

Marvinthefish · 10-02-2010 02:23AM

redout wrote: »

Dublin airport is the worst.

Gob****es just stand side by side chatting oblivious to everyone else who is trying to get by.

Doesnt occur to them some people could be rushing to a gate.

According to a recent paper in Chaos (Here's an article about it in NewScientist) it's actually slower going on a travelator in an airport, because people slow down in order to save energy. Even when there's nobody on the travelator and no baggage, the time saved is marginal on average.

m@cc@ · 10-02-2010 02:27AM

Marvinthefish wrote: »

According to a recent paper in Chaos (Here's an article about it in NewScientist) it's actually slower going on a travelator in an airport, because people slow down in order to save energy. Even when there's nobody on the travelator and no baggage, the time saved is marginal on average.

Feck, you don't need to do much research to find out if a travelator is moving at a quicker pace than someone walking. Personally, I walk on the travelator, as do most people, I think.

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