…when did people stop walking on down esculators?
People used to stand going up and walk going down? Right?
What happened?
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March 26, 2008 at 10:57 am
ILuvNUFC
I think it’s always been what the person in front of you is doing really. If they stand still I don’t like to push past them so I just stand and wait. :)
March 26, 2008 at 11:07 am
ourmanwhere
Me too - on the whole - but I prefer to walk down if I can. And while there were a few healthy souls who’d walk up the up esculator - I am sure that virtually EVERYONE (save the occasional granny) used to walk down the down esculator.
I wander what caused the change. I suspect it’s part of the whole unhealthy/obesity thing. I also wonder if airport horizontal moving walkways had something to do with it. Maybe people just got used to treating it as a ride as opposed to it helping you to walk quicker.
I always reckon that I am one of the less fit members of society and I walk down eculators.
There’s also that thing about being in town during the week - for the most part the people are the unemployed, the unemployable or the retired. They’ve no need to hurry.
I recently saw a Facebook group called: “I secretly want to punch people that walk slowly in the back of the head”.
It made me giggle. I have absolutely no patience - but the same does apply to down-esculator standers.
March 26, 2008 at 11:11 am
Diehard Geordie
Depends how wide the escalators are.
If wide enough - you stand on the right and leave the left side for people walking to go past either up or down.
But maybe as we have got wider (fatter) the escalators have shrunk!!
March 26, 2008 at 11:32 am
ILuvNUFC
Walking up them tends be a teenage trait. I think that you grow out of that quite quickly.
Tis funny though as I’ve never really done either/or I just tend to go with the flow, I am quite a laid back guy though. Living with the complications of my illness means my walking speed can change rapidly day to day. So next time you see a guy wandering through the town at one mile per hour don’t get them Facebook thoughts, say hello. :)
Saying all that I tend to avoid places like Eldon Square when it’s busy, I just hate the whole town thing. One of the most annoying things is when people who are walking in front of you stop dead to look in shop windows and you end up almost crashing into them.
March 26, 2008 at 11:34 am
ourmanwhere
Oops will banish Facebook thoughts from my mind. The worst for walking up is the St james’ metro station but there is always a mad few who do.
Ms Diehard - you may be right. I know I got bigger :o(
March 26, 2008 at 2:18 pm
minxlj
I once ran up (I think it was St James’ - the stupidly high one?) Metro station escalator steps when it was broken and I was in a rush. My legs almost gave up and DIED when I got to the top - never again!
March 26, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Abby
I think it depends on how crowded it is. If there’s nobody in front of me I always walk down, and up, but if it’s packed I can’t be bothered to walk on the wrong side. Unless it’s Angel tube, which is too long to do anything other than just stand there thinking “blimey, this is one long escalator”. And at least we haven’t had to do what they do in Russia - there are ‘no sitting’ signs all over the escalators on the metro in St Petersburg and Moscow, we haven’t got that lazy yet, have we?!
March 26, 2008 at 5:01 pm
ourmanwhere
ha..Abby - that’ll be the next step. Then we’ll get funky ’scalator seats to unfold and sit on.
Minxlj - I think I have made the mistake of running up that one too. Obviously - never again.
March 26, 2008 at 7:01 pm
emma
I’m impatitent so I hate standing on esculators, If they were ment for standing on then they would of put a lift in its place. I always run up haymarkets one, even fasten now since they’ve started re-doing the whole place and it just freaks me out. The worst thing is when people decided there going to walk it, get half way and tired and STOP! they stop on the walking side! So thats usually the point when i turn to whoever im with and annouce quite loudly “Are they taking the piss” which always get a few sniggers or dirty looks.