Escalators : do you stand or walk

[Espionage101]

When you, yes you, are on an escalator; do you walk or stand on a step.

If you stand, do you feel it is rude if someone walks by you on the left or right?

why or why not

 

[notfromcali]

If I'm in a rush I walk, if I'm not in a rush or there are people blocking me I just stand. I stay all the way to one side so that other people can go by if they are in a hurry. I don't think it's rude when they walk by.

 

[wazzuFreddo]

walk up.

and stand on the right, don't stand across and blab to your friend next to you, some of us have a train to catch

 

[usndocjaysin]

I walk until someone impeads my way then I stop.
If for some reason I feel like being a fat ass and not walk and if someone wants to pass it's all good Just be polite and say "excuse me"

 

[916ZX]

mostly stand to one side, but I tend to block the whole thing. =(

 

[tchaftantouri]

Sometimes I use the hand rails to lift myself up and stay suspended until the ride is over.
In that case I am doing neither of the choices
And noone gets past....

 

[Valgar]

Walk, you fat fucks.

I hate it when people just stand there like lumps of shit on the escalator.

It drives me NUTS when I have to stand there because the people I'm with suddenly become slack jawed stairtards as soon as they set foot on the escalator.

I was so happy that most people in europe USE THEIR FUCKING LEGS when they get on the magical moving stair machine.

It isn't a fatass hauler people. Your legs were designed to move you and approximately 20-30 lbs of teat-sucking offspring long distances on a daily basis. We haven't evolved into floating brains yet, so get those flabby ass cheeks in motion, and use what you currently have. Because, lord knows, if you hasten the "fat blobs of brain" evolution right about now, we are pretty much fucked. Unless you think floating retard SUV occupants are the pinnacle of human achievement.

 

[KIDRR]

In stores I just stand there if I'm with the GF, she kinda latches on to me. We block the whole thing and guys like Valgar blow a gasket.


It only annoys me in the airport when people just stand there and block the whole thing. At the airport I have somewhere to be.

 

[Entropy_Slave]

I bust out a Captain Morgan-ish pose and ride up (it doesn't work as well going down) to the next floor like the p1mp that I am. It usually embarrasses anyone I happen to be with but that's because most people are used to meekly trying to blend in with their surroundings rather than establishing their presence with some style. Fortunately I am usually just by myself (because I am a single loser) so I don't have to deal with any distractions from my keeping it real.

 

[Traq]

I stand.

My foot is fucked up, so anything to move by not moving is win.

I will punch any mother fucker in the head that tries to push past me if they touch me while doing so.

 

[Valgar]

I stand.

My foot is fucked up, so anything to move by not moving is win.

I will punch any mother fucker in the head that tries to push past me if they touch me while doing so.

Stand to the right, I move on by, people with fucked up gear get a pass

We block the whole thing and guys like Valgar blow a gasket.

Try to block, I move people like you out of the way easily.

 

[Traq]

Stand to the right, I move on by, people with fucked up gear get a pass

The caveat is that the only escalator I am ever on is not wide enough for someone to pass. So grain of salt!

 

[TylerW]

Given the opportunity, I'll be walking. If the prevailing attitude is toward standing, and if its a short run, I don't mind the opportunity to take a rest - usually this happens in the airport, when I'm carrying a shitload of gear.

If we're talking about the moving sidewalks i the airport, I don't care what you are doing - I will knock you ass flat. I be walking!

 

[propaganda]

If someone/something is going to do something for me, I'll take it

 

[Dynarydr]

Gives me reason to be lazy!

 

[MtnRacer]

Going up, I take the stairs. Going down, I walk, and if I miss the train that's waiting there one more time because some 90 year old lady decides she's going to make it with her walker and combat purse, taking approximately 3 steps every 20 seconds, I'm going to go Valgar on her ass.

Steve

 

[Valgar]

The caveat is that the only escalator I am ever on is not wide enough for someone to pass. So grain of salt!

Dag nabbit!

Well, if they are that narrow, then you really just have to stand there and wait.

Most of them tend to be pretty wide.

When I was a kid, I used to be afraid that my foot would get caught at the top or bottom and the escalator would shred me.

 

[aminalmutha]

When taking t3h BART, I usually end up taking the stairs cuz it's often faster cuz lazy bastards block the damn escamalator.

 

[Mike T]

If I'm in a rush I walk, if I'm not in a rush or there are people blocking me I just stand. I stay all the way to one side so that other people can go by if they are in a hurry. I don't think it's rude when they walk by.

+1

yupp....

 

[zzrboi]

If I'm in a rush I walk, if I'm not in a rush or there are people blocking me I just stand. I stay all the way to one side so that other people can go by if they are in a hurry. I don't think it's rude when they walk by.

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