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The downside of commuting via public transportation is those people don't have sufficient opportunity to drive slowly in the left lane. So they make up for it on the escalators.
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I like an escalator because it can never break.
It can only become stairs.
There would never be an escalator out of order sign.
Only escalator temporarily stairs.
-Hedberg
Touché!Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
A lot of people would consider passing on an escalator to be rude, especially in an airport where people have luggage. This does not apply to the moving walkway, where the sign tells you to stand right walk left. This also does not apply to the NYC subway, where rudeness is a feature, not a bug.
This is the first I've heard that. I could see it on a skinny escalator, but if there's room to get by, I would consider it the same as a staircase.
Agreed - unless you have LOADS of luggage, there's little reason I can see to hog up the entire escalator.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
Jeebus; it sounds like even if the escalator had an FTL drive you'd expect people to move over so you can arrive before you left.
Does the plane take off on an escalator?
Stressing over the extra 30 seconds you gain by walking up an escalator is hazardous to your health. Yeah, on staircases you have to pass people going the other way but I can't remember the last time I encountered another person on a public staircase.
On public transport-- JP has some of the best. But I've recently discovered that I prefer driving to/around Tokyo when I visit instead of using the trains. My wife thought I was crazy until I explained how incredibly smart Google Maps has become. Then I discovered how fun it is to drive around that madness. "If I'm on a train, the view is my phone's screen. If I'm driving, the view if fucking Tokyo." The only problem is parking, which can get stupidly expensive if you're not strategic.
The DC Metro has some of the longest escalators in the world and a whole bunch of them. Theres definitely a strong "stand right walk left" culture there and if you block the left youll get called out on it,
That’s an amazing shift from the days of getting crap over the phone directions which started with leaving from a specific exit or you were fucked already.Quote:
Originally Posted by gaijin
I used to walk about 5-10 minutes from the train station to one of the companies I worked at until 1 day the boss took me out to lunch and we walked around the corner to the same station in about 30 seconds. I had know idea. Tokyo streets are pretty insane and a perfect use for Google or other map apps.
otzi similar in Toronto but getting called out there is more of a 'sorry eh just moving through'
Apostrophes are back !!
I’m gonna use some
Now get numbers usable on the phone app and im rolling
For me, it was always less about the time saved and more about moving my legs a little bit in a day that likely involved a fair amount of sitting on my ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
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If you have a regular-size piece of luggage (not carry on) you pretty much take up 3/4 of the width of the average airport escalator. Old goat is right, trying to squeeze by is rude. Chill out and enjoy the ride.
Wrong. Fact.
I was in SFO yesterday on the escalator and as it happened I had a bag to check. I actually considered what would happen if some dipshit tried to pass. There was like 12 inches of space. Not nearly enough room for you worthless fat asses. :)
Airports and luggage are different. I’m talking commuting escalators. Yes, part of it is just moving your legs a bit before you sit in a cube farm all day. But like others have said, NYC Transit also has several long escalators or the need to take several escalators before reaching street level.
What triggered my rant was my experience the other day where there was an escalator full of people standing on the right with nobody on the left… except for one oblivious idiot that couldn’t tell she was the outlier.
She stands in the same position on the moving walkways at the airport.
Seen recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
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Completely spaced my dental appointment this morning. The thought never entered my mind despite the fact that I knew about it, had it in my calendar, and filled out some forms online yesterday. Fuck I've always been an airhead but being an old airhead is really annoying.