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Guess I must be a weirdo. Given a set of stairs next to an escalator, I always the stairs.
by patrick5415 7y ago
Guess I must be a weirdo. Given a set of stairs next to an escalator, I always the stairs.
- cheerlessbog 7y agoI always do this, it typically happens at airports, and I take pleasure in arriving at the other end faster as well. I'm going to sit on a plane for hours why would I want to pass up the opportunity to get some meager exercise beforehand?
- icebraining 7y agoIf I'm going to sit in a cramped, poorly ventilated space, I'm doing everything in my power to avoid sweating beforehand, including taking the escalator.
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- SenorSourdough 7y agoI also lean towards the stairs (or at least not just standing on the escalator), but in my experience it's like 80/20 or "worse" between people who go for the escalator vs the stairs. Of the escalator crowd though, there are a good chunk who prefer to walk rather than stand. Stairs are faster and better exercise than (standing on) escalators. I guess you can make the argument that walking up escalators is faster, but stairs are almost always wider and less congested, whereas getting stuck standing on an escalator happens all the time anywhere busy.