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I know the feeling! It's so annoying when people don't know to stand to one side of escalator and they take up the whole thing. It's five times more annoying
by JonSkeptic 13y ago
I know the feeling! It's so annoying when people don't know to stand to one side of escalator and they take up the whole thing. It's five times more annoying when it's an airport escalator and you just got done waiting in line for an hour and then being molested by airport security.
Move to one side people! /rant
- lmm 13y agoSurely that ought to lessen the annoyance? If you've just been held up for an hour anyway, another 20 seconds doesn't make a lot of difference.
- johnchristopher 13y agoUnfortunately no, the irritation piles up until a threshold after which anything can make you snap.
- incision 13y agoThe DC Metro actually had "Stand to the right" signs many years ago, but they all disappeared one day. Local legend has it that someone with a medical condition who couldn't stand right got tired of being berated by other passengers who would point to the signs as justification. This person raised the issue and Metro responded by removing the signs. Given what I know of the system, it certainly seems plausible, but I think it a bit more likely that the signs were an unchecked code violation [0] from the start rather than their removal a knee-jerk reaction to an upset customer. Not to say that knee-jerk reactions would be out of character for them. Apparently, there has been discussion about bringing the signs back [0]. 0: http://www.welovedc.com/2010/07/20/dc-mythbusting-stand-to-the-right/ http://www.welovedc.com/2010/07/20/dc-mythbusting-stand-to-t...