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tom_fordo 17-12-2005, 00:03 ..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
Come to think of it, where are Sheffields escalators? Jones (was Coles) T J Hughes (was House of Fraser) have them. Does M&S have them? Debenhams? Next? (Anyone else (I leaving out Meadowhall)?
mega_monty 17-12-2005, 00:18 Originally posted by tom_fordo
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Ever thought it could be regarded as bad manners to push pass people, anyway whats the hurry that you cant wait another 30 secs or so ?
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Out of all the places I've ever been, only seen it done in London... And that's cos it's all me, me, me down there.
so it hasn't occurred to you that sheffield's escalators are in general only designed to carry one person and a collection of cerrier bags in single file then?
Lets face it - all the escalators are for shoppers and not commuters in this city (and don't get me started on the meadowhall ones that don't have room for a person with 2 carrier bags :rant: )
The only place I've ever come across the 'rule' you're expounding is in London - particularly on the underground
Captain_Scarlet 17-12-2005, 01:16 Originally posted by tom_fordo
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk. Proly coz that's what you do on an escalator ...
Tom! don't ever come to Australia. People here stand side by side talking, so they will probably drive you mad. :D
mrplodge 17-12-2005, 08:30 The escalator is there to remove the need for walking. The inpatient people that have such busy lives they need to run (london underground etc) are the problem. If you need to rush you should have got out of bed earlier. I stand on the right but if I have my son with me I will only move with an excuse me please. This part is difficult for these people they will just go home thinking what an idiot blocking my path whilst I am rushing talking to my girlfriend on my mobile phone. I do not see a problem people will always move if you say excuse me or are you too busy to do that.
Originally posted by tom_fordo
[BWhereas in every other city on the planet [/B]
In many countries it is normal to stand still. In Spain you will never see anyone Spanish trying to walk up a moving staircase.
I think Sheffield is great precisely because you can stand on an escalator without some stress monkey breathing down the back of your neck with the veins on their temples popping out. I think it's the mark of a nice place to live. As opposed to London, for example.
Just chill, relax and enjoy the ride!
BECAUSE IT IS SAFER!!!
Granma
At least nobody's silly enough to try and walk up a downward bound escalator, or vice versa.. :lol:
Or are they? :suspect:
this made me laugh!!!
the funniest escalator to watch people on is the moving floor ones at morrisons in hillsborough. the number of times i have been on them with my 4 year old twins on either side of me, and people have either pushed past or tutted cos we are blocking the way down! - i usually mutter something about if they are in a hurry why not use the steps right next to the travelator ( or whatever its called)
:D
Has the OP ever thought that some of those people standng on the escalator might have a disability? Or may be old? Or simply just be damn tired, and glad of a rest? ;)
I always give way when someone says "excuse me". If they just try and barge or tut then I will deliberately hold my ground or go more slowly. Stubborn? Yes. But it gives me some warped satisfaction. :thumbsup:
pk014b7161 17-12-2005, 10:04 Originally posted by samsmum
this made me laugh!!!
the funniest escalator to watch people on is the moving floor ones at morrisons in hillsborough. the number of times i have been on them with my 4 year old twins on either side of me, and people have either pushed past or tutted cos we are blocking the way down! - i usually mutter something about if they are in a hurry why not use the steps right next to the travelator ( or whatever its called)
:D
i agree :thumbsup:
melthebell 17-12-2005, 10:08 cos its fun, standing there instead of walking
thats what theyre for after all :)
bigtom1981 17-12-2005, 11:46 Originally posted by tom_fordo
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk
ill just hang off the side next time i use one:D
muddycoffee 17-12-2005, 12:03 Tom_fordo,
Life is far to short to worry about things like that. The difference beween waiting for the escalator to reach the end and running to the end of it is probably about 30 seconds!
Is your day so packed with activity that 1440th of it can't be wasted ? I think you must be a candidate for anger management training.
By the way this year I have used escalators in Germany, Czech Republic, Poland and Spain and people don't scamper up and down them like headless chickens!
Read the safety notice's "STAND AWAY FROM THE SIDES AND HOLD ON". oh sorry you don't have time to stop and read them do you
Originally posted by tom_fordo
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
Never mistake people in a hurry for busy people.
We're a laid back city on the whole and less 'me' centered than some places. Just enjoy the ride, take the 30 seconds time out to think about things you might not otherwise think about.
And yes, we primitive yokels are so fascinated by the new fangled moving staircases that we just love to ride up and down them all day.
:)
babychickens 17-12-2005, 15:35 stand on the left on london escalators, if i remember correctly, not the right.
why is everyone so against anyone getting anywhere at a speed that suits them? not that i'm suggesting rudeness is acceptable, but no-one would expect you to drive at 60 on the motorway rather than overtake and drive at 70 (should you want to) just because you're going up a hill. why shouldn't you keep walking past people on escalators if there's room? some of us like to get in and out of shops, particularly in meadowhall, as quickly as possible.
Batspice 17-12-2005, 15:57 LOL !! I'm from Newcastle originally and have always stood still on an escalator. So its not just Sheffield!
melthebell 17-12-2005, 15:59 Originally posted by babychickens
stand on the left on london escalators, if i remember correctly, not the right.
why is everyone so against anyone getting anywhere at a speed that suits them? not that i'm suggesting rudeness is acceptable, but no-one would expect you to drive at 60 on the motorway rather than overtake and drive at 70 (should you want to) just because you're going up a hill. why shouldn't you keep walking past people on escalators if there's room? some of us like to get in and out of shops, particularly in meadowhall, as quickly as possible.
whats the point of an escalator?
its to move you up with walking......otherwise it wouldnt move
if you walk faster than it can take you then why bother having one there, it may as well be another flight of stairs
Originally posted by babychickens
stand on the left on london escalators, if i remember correctly, not the right.
Nope, it's definately standing on the right, leaving the left for those in a hurry or in need of the exercise. It works well in the busy London commuter environment (been there, done that) but has no place in Sheffield's shops and malls.
StarSparkle 17-12-2005, 18:00 Originally posted by tom_fordo
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
I'm sure if you're that desperate to walk upstairs, you'll find a staircase you can use somewhere in the building. That way you get what you want, and don't annoy/inconvenience other people while doing it :rant:
Personally, I think it's very selfish and potentially dangerous to push past people on escalators - especially if they're old or infirm, you could easily cause them to lose their balance.
StarSparkle
Originally posted by Rich
At least nobody's silly enough to try and walk up a downward bound escalator, or vice versa.. :lol:
Or are they? :suspect:
I did once in Tk Maxx. Some students laughed at me and suggested I must be very stoned. I wasn't.:(
becasue they are for standing still on! Otherwise we would use the stairs.
Greybeard 17-12-2005, 19:41 The only place in town I get pushed aside on an escalator is the John Lewis store, - and it's invariably a member of staff doing the pushing :?
hockeybear 17-12-2005, 20:43 I haven't seen people run up an escalator anywhere but London, I wonder why??!! Oh yeah I Know
It's inconsiderate. You should always stand to the side in case some sad, obnoxious and socially inept person wants to barge past. It's just manners.
:clap:
I usually stand in the middle because if some old lady falls backwards I will be in place to break her fall and receive a reward.
Rusted Root 18-12-2005, 20:44 Hmm, a rather petty topic for a thread? While on the subject of being petty shouldn't your topic title be 'Why do Sheffielders stand still on escalators?', or is that being too petty??
Tyto Alba 19-12-2005, 13:30 Get over to the right you bunch of slack jawed, provincial yokels!
This is the 21st century. Yes it's a moving stairway.
Get out of the way! And learn some modern city manners.
Originally posted by Rusted Root
Hmm, a rather petty topic for a thread? While on the subject of being petty shouldn't your topic title be 'Why do Sheffielders stand still on escalators?', or is that being too petty??
Added people to the title, purely in the cause of pedantry, you understand.
Isn't the point of escalators to stand still while they move you, otherwise why not just have stairs ?
valentine 19-12-2005, 13:44 I watched a programme about Miami Airport a few weeks ago, they were expecting a Plane load of Cubans to land, so they turned off all the escalators because in Cuba they don't have them and they all panic when they see them.
babychickens 19-12-2005, 13:59 Originally posted by nick2
Isn't the point of escalators to stand still while they move you, otherwise why not just have stairs ?
one could argue that the point of escalators is simply to get lazy people into departments of shops that they wouldn't otherwise frequent.
if you're in a hurry, for whatever reason that may be - rushing around london, wanting to pick a child up from school and running late, or simply just don't like being in crowds - walking up the escalator is faster than walking up the stairs.
why is sheffield so determined to enforce slow movement? is there actually something wrong with getting around at one's own pace?
SallyLaLaLa 19-12-2005, 15:27 Originally posted by SWFC00
Out of all the places I've ever been, only seen it done in London... And that's cos it's all me, me, me down there.
Or perhaps they'd like to get out of the tube station quicker as they're more likely to get blown up down there?? Fortunately something we don't have to worry about up here.
babychickens 19-12-2005, 15:38 Originally posted by SallyLaLaLa
Or perhaps they'd like to get out of the tube station quicker as they're more likely to get blown up down there?? Fortunately something we don't have to worry about up here.
no so sure about that, i seem to recall a rumour about 7 years ago that 3 dozen body bags had been sent to meadowhall 2 weeks before christmas, apparently by the ira.
that said, it was probably only a rumour.
AlquarUK 19-12-2005, 15:50 because were better than everybody else!! :D
we don't have a subway culture here :)
tom_fordo 01-01-2006, 18:40 Well, thanks to all. Obviously I am indeed bad mannered, impatient, a 'stress monkey with veins on temples poopping out,' sad, obnoxious and socially inept and of course I never welcome a 30 second pause for thought even when its inevitable.
At least frodo had irony. Special thanks to babychickens and tylo alba who seem to be living on my planet.
(Actually, perhaps I'm in a hurry because I haven't that much time left?)
Marmite Man 01-01-2006, 20:42 I find if you stand to the side you can use the brushes near the stairs to give your shoes a little shine as you go up.
Of course to do the other side of the shoe I have to go back down the esculator.
Then there's the other shoe...
Where does the day go?
Originally posted by tom_fordo
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
If you want to walk then USE THE STAIRS.
jester6881 01-01-2006, 20:51 Just plain Lazyness.....its like people who walk perfectly well, yet have crutches....u see them running down the street on their own, then when they walk past someone, start to use the crutches!!!!
ToryCynic 01-01-2006, 21:27 Originally posted by Rich
At least nobody's silly enough to try and walk up a downward bound escalator, or vice versa.. :lol:
Or are they? :suspect:
Hehe - I've done that in Bromley - it was only a few weeks back. It was late in the evening, and I was in a rush to get a 269 bus that was about to leave outside that shop - fortunately I caught the bus, but lost my bus pass so had to get off, later find my pass and catch the next bus, and because it was evening time, it was a 20 minute wait!
I'm used to standing on the right - or in moments of hurrying, I run up the left - this is probably because I'm used to living in 'Selfish Land'
:)
Draggletail 01-01-2006, 21:59 Saves on shoe leather.
Sheffield folk like to get value for money ;)
QUOTE
Nope, it's definately standing on the right, leaving the left for those in a hurry or in need of the exercise
yes that's as true in London as it is here in Bangkok, even in the shopping malls. Thais are a lot more laidback than any English people, even Sheffielders, and they're notoriously reluctant to walk anywhere unless they can possibly help it, but a lot of them don't see any contradiction in walking a few paces up their escalators.
Of course, they drive on the left as well. That might be something to do with it.
Terrorist 02-01-2006, 11:46 When I worked in Germany, I noticed how rude the pedestrians can be.
They seems to have tunnel vision and don't like veering off thier chosen course.
Fit Office girls seem to be the worst offenders and twice I deliberatly braced myself for impact when I decided to stand my ground.
This girl wasn't going to let anyone get in her way and she was steaming straight into my path, so I thought F##K it, I'm not changin direction.
She bounced staight off me and landed on her back side.
She hurled some abuse at me which I couldn't understand and I just laughed back and continued walking.
Another cultural lesson for pedestrians travelling in Germany.
If you are on a train you will encounter someone that appears to want a staring competition.
Now being British, the rules of convention for a man when walking past another man on the street is to look him in the eye then look straight on. If you don't look him in the eye then you could be portrayed as being weak. If you stare too long it could cause a confrontation. Its a fine line, but it's a subliminal thing you just know how long to hold the stare.
So with this cultural male behaviour breed into me, I was freeked out by the Staring Germans.
On a frequent basis (Virtually daily) whilst commuting I ended steaming at the ears because some Krout would just stare at me... and stare.... and stare.... and stare I'd look away... look back ... staring.... look away ... for longer ... look back... staring.... WTF Im gonna kill you... look away.... 5 minutes passes.... look back.... staring. RIGHT IM GONNA KILL YOU LOL..
At the time it wasn't funny..
It ended by me having to take reading material on the train otherwise I was gonna end up punching some nutters lights out.
I've never read so many paper backnovels in that 6 month stretch in Frankfurt than the rest of my life put together, no joke!
He He
Plain Talker 02-01-2006, 12:07 Originally posted by babychickens
no so sure about that, i seem to recall a rumour about 7 years ago that 3 dozen body bags had been sent to meadowhall 2 weeks before christmas, apparently by the ira.
that said, it was probably only a rumour.
The hoax about a bomb threat to mad-as-hell is put to rest, in a subject-specific thread on here, thanks.
Threads about it, date from as early as 2002, on here, and has been scotched a number of times. I t was resurrected again, in November 2005
The link?
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69723
In fact, perm any eight-from-ten Shopping Malls across the UK, Europe and the USA, and you will find rumours about that particular Shopping Mall being under threat from the IRA/ Islamic terrorists/ The Brigato Rossi/ The Basque Seperatists or the Baader-Meinhofs...
PT
StarSparkle 02-01-2006, 12:16 I'm spending too much time on this Forum - I had a dream last night that I'm sure was kicked off by this thread!
I dreamt I was travelling up an escalator, then Jennifer Aniston(!) turned up behind me and told me just to use my trainers to get to the top! I looked down, and there was a sort of jet pack thingy(?) built into my trainers, which when activated, allowed me to zoom to the top of the escalator!
I did eat my dinner a bit late last night..... :suspect:
StarSparkle
Mod note: Sparsparkle you have been kicked off this thread! :D
Originally posted by tom_fordo
..Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
If you want to walk, what is the point of taking an escalator, you might as well take the stairs.
Don_Kiddick 02-01-2006, 21:38 Originally posted by Marmite Man
I find if you stand to the side you can use the brushes near the stairs to give your shoes a little shine as you go up.
Of course to do the other side of the shoe I have to go back down the esculator.
Then there's the other shoe...
Where does the day go? DON NOTE: Easily the funniest post of 2006 so far! :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :thumbsup:
Hey up - what's worserer still is the 2 daft old pensioners who get to the top then stop stock still bewildered as to which way to meander next!
While a mountain of unstoppable shoppers piles up behind them! :clap:
sufc_tom 02-01-2006, 21:43 Whoever created this post (cant be bothered to look) Should be grateful not to be taking the London Tube.
Every morning its like a race they budge your shoulder, clip your heels and lot just to get a seat on the tube its a right annoyance.
dynamicdebz 02-01-2006, 22:20 I go shopping with my 7 year old daughter, so apart from having a small rest, I would be very angry at anyone pushing past us on an escalator. It is dangerous. If my daughter tries to walk up them I tell her to wait, stay still.
Did anyone get told as a child that you can get trapped by the moving stairs & sucked under if you stand between steps at the start?
I DID.
The escalator....
Were they not invented to avoid the stairs?if you want to walk use the stairs, Lazy people like me use the escalator so we can save our legs..thats the whole point of them
Plain Talker 03-01-2006, 00:49 Originally posted by dynamicdebz
I go shopping with my 7 year old daughter, so apart from having a small rest, I would be very angry at anyone pushing past us on an escalator. It is dangerous. If my daughter tries to walk up them I tell her to wait, stay still.
Did anyone get told as a child that you can get trapped by the moving stairs & sucked under if you stand between steps at the start?
I DID.
I have already related the tale, on here, about my friend, who, at eight and a half months pregnant, was on the escalators that were outside house of Fraser,(yes this was some years ago)
She passed out, and fell from top to bottom, fracturing her jaw in three places, and managed to bring her labour on a couple of weeks early.
She had to give birth to her little girl a day or so later, with a wired-up jaw. Just how unimaginably dreadful is that?
thank god, the baby was unharmed.
PT
Where possible, 9 out of 10 times I walk up escalators. Its faster than walking up the stairs and if it is wide enough to accommodate a couple of people, its easily possible to walk past people without barging them out the way.
When i don't walk up though, I keep to the right, or left, wherever most people are standing, to let others pass if they want to.
I think its selfish of people to block the entire width of an escalator if its wide enough for two people - these people are no less 'me, me, me' than the londoners they denounce.
And there aren't always stairs to use as an alternative.
Originally posted by Terrorist
When I worked in Germany, I noticed how rude the pedestrians can be.
They seems to have tunnel vision and don't like veering off thier chosen course.
Fit Office girls seem to be the worst offenders and twice I deliberatly braced myself for impact when I decided to stand my ground.
This girl wasn't going to let anyone get in her way and she was steaming straight into my path, so I thought F##K it, I'm not changin direction.
She bounced staight off me and landed on her back side.
Is Germany in Doncaster then? :hihi:
This is the exact description of a shopping trip in the Frenchgate centre - boy am I glad we don't live there anymore :rolleyes:
Don_Kiddick 03-01-2006, 01:35 By the same principal, do these no-time-for-anything people jog on the spot in a lift (elevator) ????
If not WHY NOT?
SallyLaLaLa 03-01-2006, 11:55 Originally posted by kentboy119
Hehe - I've done that in Bromley
:)
Ugh, you were in Bromley. Are you still traumatised?
SallyLaLaLa 03-01-2006, 11:59 Originally posted by dynamicdebz
Did anyone get told as a child that you can get trapped by the moving stairs & sucked under if you stand between steps at the start?
I DID.
Yeah, but most of us have twigged by now that our parents were LYING!!
this is such an odd thread.
I find it strange that people think that because escalators move people on them shouldn't.
I don't mind waiting, but if the escalator isn't busy I generally walk up it. The point of it surely being that I get to the top quicker, not the point of it being that I get there without walking.
It seems to work perfectly well in London the standing on the right, walking on the left, and the escalators are no wider, would it be so difficult for people in sheffield to stand to the side.
And if escalators could suck in small children i'm sure that they wouldn't pass health and safety laws.
Originally posted by Cyclone
And if escalators could suck in small children i'm sure that they wouldn't pass health and safety laws.
remember that advert where the kids wellington boot got dragged into an ascalator ? that advert gave me nightmares when I was a kid, I was scared to death of being eaten alive by an ascalator.
banesmabes 03-01-2006, 12:17 Originally posted by Plain Talker
I have already related the tale, on here, about my friend, who, at eight and a half months pregnant, was on the escalators that were outside house of Fraser,(yes this was some years ago)
She passed out, and fell from top to bottom, fracturing her jaw in three places, and managed to bring her labour on a couple of weeks early.
She had to give birth to her little girl a day or so later, with a wired-up jaw. Just how unimaginably dreadful is that?
thank god, the baby was unharmed.
PT
It is for just this reason that I actually have a slight phobia of escalators - they just look like they could do so much damage if you fall, so I always cling on to the handrail for dear life (I often feel a little vertigo and particularly hate the really long, steep escalators you find on the underground - thank god we don't have them here!). If I need to go between more than one floor then I take the lift.
correct me if i'm wrong, but falling down a non moving flight of stairs would do exactly as much damage as falling down an escalator?
banesmabes 03-01-2006, 12:37 Originally posted by Cyclone
correct me if i'm wrong, but falling down a non moving flight of stairs would do exactly as much damage as falling down an escalator?
I know it probably would, but phobias do tend to be irrational. However I do think the jagged metal edges would probably help to inflict greater injury to some extent.
Originally posted by banesmabes
I know it probably would, but phobias do tend to be irrational. However I do think the jagged metal edges would probably help to inflict greater injury to some extent.
you could be right with that. So as well as broken bits, escalators will give you cuts and scrapes.
Depending on which way it's going it may increase or decrease the high of your fall as well, although i'm not really sure about that.
The most pointless escalator ever is surely that one that climbs a maximum vertical distance of 3 feet in TJ Hughes. Only in Shef.
What was the deal with outdoor escalators as well? There were some in Leeds near the Art College when I was there, all derelict and covered in moss. But I'm sure I've seen some old footage of outdoor escalators in Shef back in the day, near Castle Square end of Arundel Gate. Did these exist or did I just imagine it?
banesmabes 03-01-2006, 13:32 Did they come out of the hole in the road? Or am I imagining that?
There were some on Pond Street, to the bridge over the road and through the carparks.
They have outdoor ones in San Diego zoo, but it is very hilly and there did seem to be a lot of fat people about, and in Las Vegas, there is one that takes you over the bridge into the Venetian hotel, very authentic.
Originally posted by banesmabes
Did they come out of the hole in the road? Or am I imagining that?
Yes...I think you're right..let me do some research on this...
travellators in airports are actually worse (to go slightly OT).
The number of people who walk 1 foot onto it and then stop. Are they so lazy that they can't even keep ambling forwards? And do they not understand that the people who are behind them will end up queueing onto the travellator (unless it moves faster than walking pace).
Originally posted by banesmabes
Did they come out of the hole in the road? Or am I imagining that?
From an earlier post I remember seeing, thanks to Trever...
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61423
ohdonnyboy 03-01-2006, 14:10 i thought that was the reason we have escalators so we didnt have to walk up the stairs.if you wanna walk up the stairs crack on leave the escalators to people who dont....there's some whingeing gadgeys on here.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Originally posted by ohdonnyboy
i thought that was the reason we have escalators so we didnt have to walk up the stairs.if you wanna walk up the stairs crack on leave the escalators to people who dont....there's some whingeing gadgeys on here.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
that's pretty lazy, I thought that they were to get you to the top quicker. If you climb them like normal stairs it's like only climbing half the flight (or climbing twice as fast).
banesmabes 03-01-2006, 14:37 I'm not sure they're really designed for walking up though - the steps are very high and often difficult for someone to walk up - they're certainly much higher then steps on stairwells in any public building.
everyone manages in london. maybe londoners have longer legs :D
I always thought the whole point of them is so you don't have to climb stairs, if time is your problem then running up the stairs is faster than walking up an escalator.
nightrider 03-01-2006, 16:12 Originally posted by nick2
I always thought the whole point of them is so you don't have to climb stairs, if time is your problem then running up the stairs is faster than walking up an escalator.
and running up escalators is faster than running up stairs :D
Originally posted by nightrider
and running up escalators is faster than running up stairs :D
being shot out of a cannon is faster than running up an escalator, but also quite dangerous.
Little_Alex 03-01-2006, 16:53 Originally posted by tom_fordo
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
Come to think of it, where are Sheffields escalators? Jones (was Coles) T J Hughes (was House of Fraser) have them. Does M&S have them? Debenhams? Next? (Anyone else (I leaving out Meadowhall)? Maybe us Sheffield folk don't feel the need to rush about esp' when you can get a free ride. Can't see your problem pal anything else to moan about?
its because it advises you on the notice at the bottom to stand still while using it and hold the hand rail
andywatton 03-01-2006, 18:41 Escalators are there to be stood on, not walked up.
Originally posted by depoix
its because it advises you on the notice at the bottom to stand still while using it and hold the hand rail
Never seen any signs like that - have seen the ones that tell you to stand to the right, and pass on the left though.
Very strange thread this - but I dont see why anyone would have a problem with people walking up or down the escalator. As someone said before - just because it moves doesnt mean you cant.
I can see why it would be a problem having some doughnut blocking your way, just as they may do in the street. Whats wrong with getting the hell outta the way, lazy beggars!:hihi:
No - I stand corrected! It seems that since Dec 98 we are meant to stand on an escalator - not walk. These signs (http://labelsourceonline.co.uk/shop/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1770) are meant to be shown around escalators.
Soon there will be signs telling us not to run in public as its too dangerous! At the risk of sounding like my grandad - What's the world coming to?:rolleyes:
blademan 03-01-2006, 21:16 Originally posted by depoix
its because it advises you on the notice at the bottom to stand still while using it and hold the hand rail
See, we in Sheffield have such a sedate view of escalators we even have the time to read the safety announcements at the bottom of each one.
I just think you need your head seeing to if you think it necessary to make a big deal of how fast(or slow) people are moving up the escalator in front of you!
Don_Kiddick 03-01-2006, 22:53 Originally posted by Cyclone
correct me if i'm wrong, but falling down a non moving flight of stairs would do exactly as much damage as falling down an escalator?
Actually No, I once witnessed a woman fall on one of those huge escalators on the London Underground.
She was in a perpetual fall as the escalator was going up.
She continued to fall for 3 hours untill someone had the presence of mind to turn off the electric.
It wasn't me I hasten to add - I was too busy watching :wow:
there's a fantastic escalator in atkinsons at the bottom of the moor. only room for one person, so no rushing past to get to the top quicker. heaven!:thumbsup:
redrobbo 03-01-2006, 23:10 Originally posted by nick2
I always thought the whole point of them is so you don't have to climb stairs, if time is your problem then running up the stairs is faster than walking up an escalator.
And at Sainsburys, it's quicker to walk up the stairs than use the moving escalator/travelator I walk up the stairs every time for the exercise.
Originally posted by tom_fordo
Come to think of it, where are Sheffields escalators? Jones (was Coles) T J Hughes (was House of Fraser) have them. Does M&S have them? Debenhams? Next? (Anyone else (I leaving out Meadowhall)?
Escalator fetish?
lilemma22 04-01-2006, 15:10 Right can i just say when i visit London it does my head in having to stand to the side on escalators everyone is in such a hurry jst enjoy the ride i say hehe.
Vrsaljko 04-01-2006, 16:52 Originally posted by babychickens
stand on the left on london escalators, if i remember correctly, not the right.
Definately the right. I only remember because coming out of Holborn tube station I was daydreaming and accidently stood on the left, and this stupid man with two kids had a go at me, bloody southerners! :D
Gripper Stebson 02-12-2009, 14:36 This is particularly irritating at lunch time, when you have a limited time to get around the shops. Why can't people walk as they ride?
I must say women tend to be the biggest culprits!
This is particularly irritating at lunch time, when you have a limited time to get around the shops. Why can't people walk as they ride?
I must say women tend to be the biggest culprits!
I either push past everyone shouting "excuse me, move to the side please" or else say in a loud voice "I didn't know there were so many disabled people about".
Ten years ago most people would have walked up a moving staircase. These days all I see are fat people (and those that will soon be fat and disabled) standing on moving staircases, before crawling round the tat shops. If they all got a bit more exercise then we wouldn't have masses of the population pretending to be disabled, when all that is really wrong with them is they eat too many pies and smoke.
Sheff2006 02-12-2009, 16:43 Try the totally flat escalators...they go slow that you can stroll past them easily.
What is the actual point of the mini escalator in T.J.Hughes? This is the one near the fragrance section - High Street entrance.
endevour 02-12-2009, 16:58 Escalators are used by those who do not wish to walk. Whenever I have seen or used an elevator there has always been the options to take the stairs instead.
They are also used by those who do wish to walk, but wish to travel quicker. Now stand to the right or move your legs.
lubylou12 02-12-2009, 17:12 ..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
Come to think of it, where are Sheffields escalators? Jones (was Coles) T J Hughes (was House of Fraser) have them. Does M&S have them? Debenhams? Next? (Anyone else (I leaving out Meadowhall)?
i stand on them as im heavily pregnant and it hurts now to use stairs, so if on something moving why should i strain myself and walk on them? or i sometimes have small children with me who i tell not to walk on them as its not safe if they trip:)
it takes about 30 seconds to get to the top of most so why rush, unless your late for a bus etc then why bother. i find it very ignorant when people push past me on them, and just think if its that bad use the stairs:mad:
mrplodge 02-12-2009, 19:05 if you want to walk use the stairs. If you dont you can wait unless you politely say excuse me
Grandad.Malky 02-12-2009, 19:11 Take a walk down Oxford street where you have to walk on one side of the pavement, right for shoppers, left for the “express” lane.
stillonhere 02-12-2009, 19:14 I have to visit London quite a bit through work and saw something quite funny last week... The middle one of three escalators was out of order but wasn't taped off or anything. People were still queuing to get onto the other two escalators but no-one tried walking up or down the empty middle one. I did think about it briefly but then thought what a plank I'd look if I walked right to the top and then it started going downwards.
So, instead I got on the left hand one heading up and looked up to see two young arty looking students approach the middle escalator. They each jumped on a handrail and had a 'sliding race' down to the bottom. They received a few 'tuts' and frown, but I was well impressed!
Sheff2006 02-12-2009, 19:25 I love it when Im in London and you see people who dont know about the 'rules' of escalators on the Underground.
Take a walk down Oxford street where you have to walk on one side of the pavement, right for shoppers, left for the “express” lane.
You should try that.
Oxford street is a mass of people going every which way and then stopping randomly in order to take photos.
It's very annoying if you actually need to be some place and I normally just cut one street up to the back of the shops.
Rooney30 03-12-2009, 07:08 if you want to walk use the stais simples
Stoatwobbler 03-12-2009, 07:17 Where possible, 9 out of 10 times I walk up escalators. Its faster than walking up the stairs and if it is wide enough to accommodate a couple of people, its easily possible to walk past people without barging them out the way.
When i don't walk up though, I keep to the right, or left, wherever most people are standing, to let others pass if they want to.
I think its selfish of people to block the entire width of an escalator if its wide enough for two people - these people are no less 'me, me, me' than the londoners they denounce.
And there aren't always stairs to use as an alternative.
Nice to come across somebody on this thread who knows what to do on escalators. It's far ruder to stand in the middle so nobody can get past then it is to overtake somebody who's just admiring the view.
Vague_Boy 03-12-2009, 07:41 Out of all the places I've ever been, only seen it done in London... And that's cos it's all me, me, me down there.
It's definitely entrenched in London that you have a slow and a "fast lane", although I think a big part of the reason for that is that people in the rush hour seem desperate to just get out of the place and back to wherever they live (or what passes for life in London).
Also, the escalators in the Underground can go on for ages, whereas those in Sheffield are pretty short. There's not much point in having an "overtaking lane" when the journey is so short.
so am i right to asume there are "rules" for escalators?
no women, fat people or standing side by side? keep to the left, or right depending where everybody else is...and people in london have longer legs? (we all know they do)
just lets hang on there one second :) next there will be a thread about people who dont walk up stairs fast enough......
so perhaps all women/kids/people with walking stick, should use the lift, not fat people tho' oh god what do we do with fat people? they block the escalators, the lift is too risky, no way the stairs....
**scratches head** we need another mode of upward travel, did somebody mention jet packs?
ive got it....we could have a congestion charge during rush hour for all escalators, peak travel would be able bodied rushaholics...hang on ....thay could use the stairs :)
ok no more coffee for me this morning.
Sheff2006 03-12-2009, 11:40 The escalator 'rules' are only rough guidelines which benefit everybody.
Im still to travel the longest/steepest escalator (Angel?) on the Underground though to see if the rules are obeyed there lol.
Stoatwobbler 03-12-2009, 11:46 The escalator 'rules' are only rough guidelines which benefit everybody.
Im still to travel the longest/steepest escalator (Angel?) on the Underground though to see if the rules are obeyed there lol.
I have been on that one, and it's not that much different from any of the others. It's the really busy tube stations where you have to watch out. The one place I really don't look forward to on the Underground is Tottenham Court Road. Always a crush in that tube station.
alchresearch 03-12-2009, 11:53 so am i right to asume there are "rules" for escalators?
In Manchester Picadilly there are some really long ones which take you to the platforms which run through the station. At the start of them it informs you to stand to the right.
NERVY-OWL 03-12-2009, 11:59 i didn't even know there was rules for them down in london, my ex had to tell me before i annoyed someone. makes sense though, especially in london
who makes these "rules"....are the rules just in london? do we have rules here? if so are they diffrerent for every individual escelator?
really, i want to know :)
I there is no one in front of me then I usually walk up escalators but if there is someone blocking the way then I'm quite happy to stand and wait behind them.
NERVY-OWL 03-12-2009, 12:13 who makes these "rules"....are the rules just in london? do we have rules here? if so are they diffrerent for every individual escelator?
really, i want to know :)
don't know if rules is the right word but your supposed to stand to the left on the escalator so people can get past you easily, this in london though where everyone is rushing around and the escalators are longer in some stations. don't think they really apply in sheffield so much
I have to visit London quite a bit through work and saw something quite funny last week... The middle one of three escalators was out of order but wasn't taped off or anything. People were still queuing to get onto the other two escalators but no-one tried walking up or down the empty middle one. I did think about it briefly but then thought what a plank I'd look if I walked right to the top and then it started going downwards.
So, instead I got on the left hand one heading up and looked up to see two young arty looking students approach the middle escalator. They each jumped on a handrail and had a 'sliding race' down to the bottom. They received a few 'tuts' and frown, but I was well impressed!
The same happened to me on Sunday, except I did use the middle (out of order) escalator to walk up. There were other people using it, and as I was keen to make a pretty swift exit out of the station (having been followed by some creep all the way from Finsbury Park) I figured it would be quicker than using the left hand escalator and dodging all the people who were ignoring the (very clear!) 'Stand on the right' signs.
I didn't manage to lose my stalker though, who caught up with me through the ticket barriers and proceeded to ask me, in no uncertain terms, if I'd have sex with him.:gag:
Always such a pleasure to ride the underground.:rolleyes:
Sheff2006 03-12-2009, 13:26 In Manchester Picadilly there are some really long ones which take you to the platforms which run through the station. At the start of them it informs you to stand to the right.
These are the ones where its much quicker just to walk on the platform areas on either side of the escalator.
Worst thing I find with Sheffield escalators is how people stand talking at the top of them instead of walking onwards. Happens frequently at Crystal Peaks.
Stoatwobbler 03-12-2009, 13:38 These are the ones where its much quicker just to walk on the platform areas on either side of the escalator.
Worst thing I find with Sheffield escalators is how people stand talking at the top of them instead of walking onwards. Happens frequently at Crystal Peaks.
Regarding the Underground escalators, can anyone tell me if Covent Garden station has an escalator as I cant remember! If not, then has anyone else apart from me climbed all those hundreds of steps on the spiral staircase there to exit the station?
No. Covent Garden has hot, sweaty, overcrowded lifts which folk on here would complain about far more then overtaking on escalators.
No. Covent Garden has hot, sweaty, overcrowded lifts which folk on here would complain about far more then overtaking on escalators.
Both Camden Town and Mornington Crescent have stairs, don't they? Or is it only one of them?
(apologies for going off topic!)
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
Come to think of it, where are Sheffields escalators? Jones (was Coles) T J Hughes (was House of Fraser) have them. Does M&S have them? Debenhams? Next? (Anyone else (I leaving out Meadowhall)?
You start off as being an expert in Sheffield escalators, then go on to ask where they are, naming only two shops. I thought from the start of your post you had seen them all and come to a great mind shattering conclusion.
Perhaps safety has something to do with standing still. Not all people are 100% steady on them. By standing still they are at less risk. I see your point if the escalators were six feet wide, but they aren't in the shops, only in places like the London tube.
auto98uk 03-12-2009, 14:27 The official advice for escalators is to stay away from the sides (and some shops have signs to that effect) - so either they need to be wider or the advice needs to change.
Sheff2006 03-12-2009, 15:23 Both Camden Town and Mornington Crescent have stairs, don't they? Or is it only one of them?
(apologies for going off topic!)
Covent Garden has the spiral staircase. There is/was a warning notice at the bottom of them about taking care when using them due to the very high number of spiral steps. I think if I remember rightly the staircase is officially a fire exit but when I was last there, you were allowed to use it in normal circumstances.
I deleted the Covent Garden bit from my original post due to it being off-topic lol.
heeleyrachel 03-12-2009, 15:40 Proly coz that's what you do on an escalator ...
lol .... thats what you do on the stairs isnt it? oh , hold on im getting confused...I mean on the stairs your supposed to run oops i mean walk and on the escalator your supposed to run up them too? is that what escalators are for ? running or walking up? Ahh i get it.. Escalators are meant to carry you up them eithout the need to run or walk or stand still. Now i see.
don't know if rules is the right word but your supposed to stand to the left on the escalator so people can get past you easily, this in london though where everyone is rushing around and the escalators are longer in some stations. don't think they really apply in sheffield so much
NO.
The right. Stand on the RIGHT.
Perhaps safety has something to do with standing still. Not all people are 100% steady on them. By standing still they are at less risk.
Maybe they should stay at home, there's less risk that way as well.
Grandad.Malky 03-12-2009, 16:35 NO.
The right. Stand on the RIGHT.
That sounds right to me :thumbsup:
KATIEB_23 03-12-2009, 17:00 People who feel like they have the right to decide on other people's behalf whether they are allowed to be in a hurry or not are arrogant and selfish!
Why not just keep to the right, as is polite and the acceptable norm for travelling on escalators?
Why do some people have to be so awkward to refuse to let people overtake if they want to?
And to those that describe it as 'pushing past' - well, if you keep to the side, there is no need for and pushing to occur anyway! (unless your a ginormous fattie I suppose :hihi:)
for safety if you have ever read the notices and what on earth on you in such a hurry about allow more time for your journey
..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
Come to think of it, where are Sheffields escalators? Jones (was Coles) T J Hughes (was House of Fraser) have them. Does M&S have them? Debenhams? Next? (Anyone else (I leaving out Meadowhall)?
what a pointless thread.....
crookesey 03-12-2009, 19:26 Well, being a Sheffielder, and not being as bright as some of our guests, might I hazzard a guess?
When these walking staircases came into fashion us thick Sheffielders thought, moving staircase, no need to walk, so we didn't. We also worked out, difficult as it is to imagine, that when lifts were invented, that it could save us from walking up staircases, moving or not.
I also recall when charter flights became affordable, they saved me from swimming across the channel and hitching it to my intended destination in the back of a truck full of livestock.
When colour TV arrived I spent ages attempting to tune it down to the acceptable black and white mode, I couldn't manage it, but have managed to live with this new fangled idea.
However, I can't get my head around these mobile phone gizsmos, where is the wiggely cable, and what do you plug it into, if the daft sods who sell them remembers to supply you with one? The wife has instructed me to get a splash back for the bathroom, I've only ever enjoyed sex in bed or on the rug infront of the fire, and I'm not changing the habits of a lifetime now.
Gets coat and buggers off into the horizon. :confused:
Sheff2006 03-12-2009, 19:34 what a pointless thread.....
Nah escalators are great!
Who remembers the ones to the Hole-in-the-road and the one from the bridge over Flat Street/Pond Street into the old bus station?
Are there any more escalators that have gone?
Well, being a Sheffielder, and not being as bright as some of our guests, might I hazzard a guess?
When these walking staircases came into fashion us thick Sheffielders thought, moving staircase, no need to walk, so we didn't. We also worked out, difficult as it is to imagine, that when lifts were invented, that it could save us walking up staircases, moving or not.
Some of us Sheffielders aren't quite so lazy though, so we thought (think) that a moving staircase, combined with walking normally gets you to the top faster.
I also recall when charter flights became affordable, they saved me from swimming across the channel and hitching it to my intended destination in the back of a truck full of livestock.
When colour TV arrived I spent ages attempting to tune it down to the acceptable black and white mode, I couldn't manage it, but have managed to live with this new fangled idea.
However, I can't get my head around these mobile phone gizsmos, where is the wiggely cable, and what do you plug it into, if the daft sods who sell them remembers to supply you with one? The wife has instructed me to get a splash back for the bathroom, I've only ever enjoyed sex in bed or on the rug infront of the fire, and I'm not changing the habits of a lifetime now.
Gets coat and buggers off into the horizon. :confused:
I'm not sure you've really understood the point behind escalators, although it seems like you've mastered the plane and are just about there with colour TV.
The escalator can be either time saving or labour saving. If you are too lazy to walk, stand to one side.
Mr Sheffield 03-12-2009, 19:52 I really can`t believe the sad people on here who are discussing why people in Sheffield stand on escalators!lol, have u sad people got nothing better to do with ur life!:hihi:
Just waiting to go out, need to kill a few minutes.
Mr Sheffield 03-12-2009, 19:55 Maybe u could buy your own escalator and stand on it for a few minutes!:hihi:
So the poor escalator user has to use up their mental and nervous energy for a good ten minutes while attempting to negotiate the first rising treads. Once on the escalator, insult is added to injury as they are forced to muster physical energy to stand to one side. Surely there is an easier way to travel between floors.
Sheff2006 03-12-2009, 20:11 I really can`t believe the sad people on here who are discussing why people in Sheffield stand on escalators!lol, have u sad people got nothing better to do with ur life!:hihi:
Eeh by 'eck its great innit!
Now amongst all you other escalator types, can anyone shed any light on the spiral escalator used (I think) in London years or centuries ago? Im sure Ive read about it online a long time ago but my eyes ache far too much now to look for it lol.
I really can`t believe the sad people on here who are discussing why people in Sheffield stand on escalators!lol, have u sad people got nothing better to do with ur life!:hihi:
What? you mean nothing better to do than post to a thread about why people in Sheffield stand on escalators? :hihi::hihi:
crookesey 03-12-2009, 20:22 Some of us Sheffielders aren't quite so lazy though, so we thought (think) that a moving staircase, combined with walking normally gets you to the top faster.
I'm not sure you've really understood the point behind escalators, although it seems like you've mastered the plane and are just about there with colour TV.
The escalator can be either time saving or labour saving. If you are too lazy to walk, stand to one side.
Oh dear, you really are serious, no offence meant, life is mostly daft, well mine is anyway and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I couldn't care a donkey's fart about escalators, as long as they don't put them in the Peak National Park, I quite fancy being lazy, and I might just give it a try on escalators. I'm in the twighlight of my life, and intend to spend the rest of it being silly and lazy, there is far too much seriousness going around these days.
You will eventually realise that life is crap and then you die, try putting something into it, that doesn't actually have to conform with the usual standards.
God bless. ;)
Joe-Public 03-12-2009, 20:40 ..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
Come to think of it, where are Sheffields escalators? Jones (was Coles) T J Hughes (was House of Fraser) have them. Does M&S have them? Debenhams? Next? (Anyone else (I leaving out Meadowhall)?
We Sheffielder's are a little like the Spanish Tom Fordo, "Whats the rush, there's always tomorrow"
Take care
Please don't include in me in your characterisation of Sheffielders, we're not all idle and feckless.
Stoatwobbler 04-12-2009, 06:52 Both Camden Town and Mornington Crescent have stairs, don't they? Or is it only one of them?
(apologies for going off topic!)
I'm sure Camden Town tube has escalators. I've used that tube station enough times as I do like Camden Market.
I've never got off at Mornington Crescent mind.
auto98uk 04-12-2009, 08:01 Well, being a Sheffielder, and not being as bright as some of our guests, might I hazzard a guess?
When these walking staircases came into fashion us thick Sheffielders thought, moving staircase, no need to walk, so we didn't. We also worked out, difficult as it is to imagine, that when lifts were invented, that it could save us from walking up staircases, moving or not.
I also recall when charter flights became affordable, they saved me from swimming across the channel and hitching it to my intended destination in the back of a truck full of livestock.
When colour TV arrived I spent ages attempting to tune it down to the acceptable black and white mode, I couldn't manage it, but have managed to live with this new fangled idea.
However, I can't get my head around these mobile phone gizsmos, where is the wiggely cable, and what do you plug it into, if the daft sods who sell them remembers to supply you with one? The wife has instructed me to get a splash back for the bathroom, I've only ever enjoyed sex in bed or on the rug infront of the fire, and I'm not changing the habits of a lifetime now.
Gets coat and buggers off into the horizon. :confused:
Ah no - apparently in London you also get people climbing the lift cables to be able to get there a few seconds earlier
Well, being a Sheffielder, and not being as bright as some of our guests, might I hazzard a guess?
When these walking staircases came into fashion us thick Sheffielders thought, moving staircase, no need to walk, so we didn't. We also worked out, difficult as it is to imagine, that when lifts were invented, that it could save us from walking up staircases, moving or not.
I also recall when charter flights became affordable, they saved me from swimming across the channel and hitching it to my intended destination in the back of a truck full of livestock.
When colour TV arrived I spent ages attempting to tune it down to the acceptable black and white mode, I couldn't manage it, but have managed to live with this new fangled idea.
However, I can't get my head around these mobile phone gizsmos, where is the wiggely cable, and what do you plug it into, if the daft sods who sell them remembers to supply you with one? The wife has instructed me to get a splash back for the bathroom, I've only ever enjoyed sex in bed or on the rug infront of the fire, and I'm not changing the habits of a lifetime now.
Gets coat and buggers off into the horizon. :confused:
That's made me laugh, cheers! :D
If I can get on an escalator, which is rare because I'm phobic, I stand, and what's more, I stand on the left because my right arm doesn't have good grip! Heh. Honestly, if people get het up about it taking them about 20 seconds longer to get to the underpants in M&S then they should get some beta-blockers ;)
fishandchips 04-12-2009, 11:13 OP, you are talking rubbish.
For one, think about it, think, its an escalator! Thats right, a moving staircase! The key word here being moving. Would you get out and run alongside a car? The whole idea of the thing is that you don't have to physically walk up the stairs!
I've yet to see any type of escalator/travelator without an alternate non-moving means of getting from a-b. If you don't want to stand there, use the stairs!
The escalator is there to remove the need for walking. The inpatient people that have such busy lives they need to run (london underground etc) are the problem. If you need to rush you should have got out of bed earlier. .......
Some people do get out of bed quite early thank you, do a days work and when rushing to try and fight their way on the occasional trains that might turn up, are hampered by groups of tourists standing or very slowly walking abreast or holding conferences at station entrances, across station walkways and on escalators.
If a few more people walked up escalators, there might be fewer fat arses around........ mine included.
SimpyTimpy 04-12-2009, 15:14 ..and stand solidly in the middle, blocking everyone who wants to walk.
Whereas in every other city on the planet, slow movers stand on the right, leaving busy people to pass on the left..
Is it because there are so few escalators, people actually enjoy the slow ride? (no offence meant there, moderators)
Come to think of it, where are Sheffields escalators? Jones (was Coles) T J Hughes (was House of Fraser) have them. Does M&S have them? Debenhams? Next? (Anyone else (I leaving out Meadowhall)?
Most escalators I've been on aren't really wide enough for 2 people to be in paralell.
I have to visit London quite a bit through work and saw something quite funny last week... The middle one of three escalators was out of order but wasn't taped off or anything. People were still queuing to get onto the other two escalators but no-one tried walking up or down the empty middle one. I did think about it briefly but then thought what a plank I'd look if I walked right to the top and then it started going downwards.
So, instead I got on the left hand one heading up and looked up to see two young arty looking students approach the middle escalator. They each jumped on a handrail and had a 'sliding race' down to the bottom. They received a few 'tuts' and frown, but I was well impressed!
A couple of years ago, a guy previously laid back in his seat engrossed in the contents of his I-pod leapt up as a Northern line underground train was about to leave a station and jumped off as the doors were just about to close, omitting to pick up his trainers (which he'd taken off) that were left on the floor.
That underground train proceeded through central London in the morning rush hour, yet nobody came and sat in the now vacant seat above the discarded training shoes, all prefering to stand.
I loudly and sarcasticly remarked to a fellow traveller, what a good idea it was getting a seat next to the invisible man, because it afforded so much more space for me to unfold my paper, but still nobody took up that seat.
A couple of years ago, a guy previously laid back in his seat engrossed in the contents of his I-pod leapt up as a Northern line underground train was about to leave a station and jumped off as the doors were just about to close, omitting to pick up his trainers (which he'd taken off) that were left on the floor.
That underground train proceeded through central London in the morning rush hour, yet nobody came and sat in the now vacant seat above the discarded training shoes, all prefering to stand.
I loudly and sarcasticly remarked to a fellow traveller, what a good idea it was getting a seat next to the invisible man, because it afforded so much more space for me to unfold my paper, but still nobody took up that seat.
Excellent story!
I was once trying to get on an escalator coming off a tubetrain and because I'm phobic, I was walking up to it, having the sweats, running away and having to go back and try again. I got on it eventually after around fifteen minutes and then I tried to get out of the station and I was such a wreck I couldn't get out of the barrier and this Korean student had to show me how to use the ticket thingie...I wouldn't mind but I'd carefully planned a route around the tube that didn't involve any escalators but the lift was shut at this station!!!
I think I will stay living in the North somehow. :help:
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