Leisher wrote: Because I just walked for miles around Vegas and I want to rest for one fucking second.
Yeah, this.
Stand to the right, walk to the left. If you're standing two abreast you are wrong, just as you are wrong if you're incapable of driving the posted speed, on the road.
Other people exist. You have no right to impede/imprison them with your infirmity.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Standing to one side doesn't work. Escalators aren't that wide. Especially if either of you are carrying something. No one ever pays attention to people behind them and will block the escalator because they assume everyone just stands there, like they do. If your endurance is such that you need that 15 seconds of rest, then you are too old to be on one and should use the elevator. Any time I have passed on an escalator, I get looked at like I'm inconveniencing them or I'm rude for 'being in such a hurry'.
Again. You have options if you need 15 seconds of rest. The elevator. Stop blocking the escalators with your laziness or lack of endurance. Just because you don't think you are blocking because you stand on one side, you are. Ever walk through a doorway two abreast? No. Because it's too narrow. You always yield or are yielded to. Escalators are the same width. I challenge you to walk out a door at the same time someone else is walking in. They will look at you like you're an asshole, or they will stop and step back out of the way. Personal space becomes and issue at 36".
I'm in Boston right now, and I walk ~2.2 miles to/from work each day... I will say that people up here generally do a really good job of walking/moving.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
GORDON wrote: I don't think I've ever seen an escalator where one side wasn't for standing, and the left for walking.
And I've seen an escalator or two in my day.
Are you referring to the stairs that are sometimes next to escalators? Escalators aren't wide enough to two 'lanes'.
You are defending your right to stand on an escalator with the fervor of a senior citizen claiming that he's not driving as slow as you think he is or in other people's way. "Pass me"
GORDON wrote: I don't think I've ever seen an escalator where one side wasn't for standing, and the left for walking.
And I've seen an escalator or two in my day.
Are you referring to the stairs that are sometimes next to escalators? Escalators aren't wide enough to two 'lanes'.
You are defending your right to stand on an escalator with the fervor of a senior citizen claiming that he's not driving as slow as you think he is or in other people's way. "Pass me"
I have literally never seen a 1-lane escalator. Not even sure why someone would build one.
But I guess you're correct... In your world.of single.lane pedestrian conveyances, a single lane road would be quite frustrating for some.
Except there isn't a posted speed.limit for.pedestrians. but whatever. Keep flailing and trying to be correct.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Wait... Holy crap.... I think the escalator argument just changed the whole world, now nobody is ever going to get pissed at elderly drivers unable to drive fast,.ever again! So many comedians are.going to be out of.work!
Let the healing begin.
And also let's get the engineers working on widening all those escalators.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Again, most of the people here are white, so not racist.
That was actually a funny reply to Cake, not you. However, lots of posts flowed in after I hit submit, and for some reason didn't get the "other posts have been made" warning.
But while we're here, your statement is racist.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Never said it justifies. I'm calling hypocrisy. Both old people, and people standing on an escalator are blocking people. Both don't care/realize/think they are. You are one of them complaining about the other.
Define double lane. What's the width? The max width per some googling is 40 inches wide. That's not two lanes. That's a doorway. Is a single doorway designed for two lane traffic? Two people exiting at the same time get stuck. Something comedians have done for years as well. Two people meet at a doorway at the same time, one will yield letting the other through first. They don't go at the same time. 36-40" is too narrow for two lane traffic.
Someone standing on an escalator with a package (most escalators are someplace where people are carrying things. Mall, airport, etc. Yes, there are exceptions (can't think of any)) will block enough of the escalator that someone can't pass, or it's inconvenient to pass them. You have to excuse yourself. They have to gather their things to make room, etc. The passer becomes the asshole instead of the person who should have taken the elevator.
But I guess, no, because Gordon does it, it's acceptable and, I guess, as the passer, I'm the asshole. Comma.
Again, most of the people here are white, so not racist.
That was actually a funny reply to Cake, not you. However, lots of posts flowed in after I hit submit, and for some reason didn't get the "other posts have been made" warning.
You posted it over a day after I did. . . You typed "Racist" as a response and sat on it for a day before hitting submit?! At least you don't jump to judgement! You REALLY wanted to make sure you meant it before posting.