Comments on: Escalating

By: dailypiglet

dailypiglet — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:22:21 +0000

i couldn’t agree with you more, even you had a gun to my head.

i’m fairly certain a new law should be erected stating that we are allowed to either pinch, smack or bite those people.

By: XUP

XUP — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:36:54 +0000

GBU@ – You hear voices? And they tell you where do walk and stand? Cool. But seriously, I’ve never heard an actual announcement telling people to do this. But what a good thing. (PS – what the hell is that in your avatar photo?)

By: goodbadandugly2

goodbadandugly2 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:28:12 +0000

Ha this is so true…esp the people in the airports…nevermind the voice telling you to stand to the right, walk to the left……

By: XUP

XUP — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:55:15 +0000

Alison – To kids who don’t see them much, they are kind of a fun “ride”. It would be nice if people grew out of that as they became adults, though. Andf you’re walking down the street or sidewalk, you should be on the right anyway, so anyone coming up behind you who wants to pass will be passing you on your left. They shout to make sure you realize they’re there and don’t do anything crazy like suddenly leaping over to the right side of the walk.

CP – Like I said to Alison, there shouldn’t be any confusion because anyone coming up behind you wanting to pass will pass you on your left. The shout out is just so you know they’re coming. You shouldn’t have to do anything at all when you hear it

Kitty – It’s nice to know that no matter how “assertive” I might seem in some of my posts, you’ll always make me seem tame by comparison. Really, there have to be some rules of conduct out in public – don’t be smacking into people, don’t block people’s way, don’t run over people with your vehicles, don’t spit on people — nice, common sense stuff like that.

Bandobras – I seem to recall many stories from you about boneheads at work, on the road, etc., etc., back in the days when you were working. You retirees have it easy. Go do your little bits of shopping right at 4:30 when everyone is getting off work and desperately trying to grab something for dinner and get home while you count out your pennies at the cash
register

Heidilou – Yikes!! Wait… I don’t have a beard…phew!

UA – Like I said, I don’t know why this is confusing. People walk on the right, anyone passing from behind will pass on the left. Why would they want you to jump to the left? Really, you’re not expecting the pedestrian to DO anything, just beware that someone moving a lot faster is coming up behind them, right?

Lebanowski – I can’t keep up with all your aliens. Now you’re Lebanowski — what happened to Elmer and Lebowski? And, it’s called an escalator because it’s supposed to escalate your speed at getting to the next floor.

Anonymous – I don’t drive at all really, but if I did I certainly would get upset at someone just cruising along at 20 in the middle of the highway. And I would love to live in a world without deadlines and schedules to meet, but often it’s just those few extra seconds that make the difference between missing your connections or making them. And maybe I like to walk up escalators for the exercise, not necessarily because I’m in a big rush. Why shouldn’t I be allowed to do that? Or maybe I want to walk briskly down the sidewalk for exercise. Why shouldn’t I be allowed to do THAT? Just because you happen to believe the world should move at a snail’s pace? I certainly don’t object to you enjoying the ride of an escalator or moving sidewalk and I don’t object to you strolling down the sidewalk, but why should you have the right to dictate how I move down the sidewalk or up the escalator by blocking my way while you daydream?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:13:11 +0000

I had never before contemplated escalator or – somehow more alarming – sidewalk rage!!

As to airport walkways, the ones I have used have been very wide and became sort of an obstacle course to the racing travellers. There is usually space to get around folks, and if you miss a plane it is not because of those standing on the walkways! Your connecting flight may have been late, or you were simply late yourself; but someone using the walkways to collect their thoughts is in no way responsible.

I sort of hope you don’t drive much…

By: Lebanowski

Lebanowski — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:28:10 +0000

Escalating should be done one escalators.
Running up the stairs should be done on the stairs.

By: Urban Animal

Urban Animal — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:14:22 +0000

TCP and Alison, I guess this comes from my background, you see I’m originally from Montreal, French Canadian so I will say “to your left” because to me, it means I’m positioned to run by your left side so check that side. Having said all this, maybe I do say “on your left” as well. I don’t know. All I know is that it works, people move out of the way exactly how I want them to I will admit not thinking about grammar too much when I run, better things to think about but understands that it would be a confusing to anyone walking on the sidewalk. I do say thank you though… maybe that’s why I haven’t had anyone yell something back at me? or maybe it’s because I’m way gone by the time they come to their senses? lol

But thanks for pointing out the crucial difference in the two.

By: heidilou

heidilou — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:01:12 +0000

Hey, you have to be very careful on escalators. Your beard could get caught, and they might have to cut off your face.

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=207667&title=escalator-squad

By: Bandobras.

Bandobras. — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:59:22 +0000

So many workers in the hive. So many busy, busy, time constrained drones.
So many rules for all to learn.
It’s a wonder there aren’t more aneurysms and strokes in the busy, busy, world.
And where will they keep all that time they are saving.
Surely if it’s put in a bank the bank mangers will just lose it all on some ever expanding time bubble that finally bursts.

By: Misster-Kitty

Misster-Kitty — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:54:47 +0000

AAAAAAAAAAAARGH! Grocery Stores and grocery carts…

And it’s not even so much the ones that leave their carts in the middle of aisles it’s the ones that constantly bump into mine or more to the point … Me. I am well aware of myself and my cart and my spatial surroundings… I’m like a fricken Irish wolfhound about this… I try to be ever aware of what’s around me, ensuring I can get from A to B and others can as well without my impeding them, so when someone what’s to be where I am currently they can just flipping wait. I can still recall one such instance, CLEARLY and this was a good 10+ years ago now. The mistake I made, and I admit it freely was that I was in a grocery store in Westmount, where it’s all about entitlement … this one woman seems to be trailing me and was constantly pushing into me to be where I was. I kept on pushing back, at first gently but as time went by a little more aggressively… she didn’t get it and really had no clue that when a gasket of mine blows, and kitty’s claws come out, there’s no putting them back in. While in the dairy aisle, picking up an 8-pac of yoghurt, the ‘lovely’ woman pushed her cart into mine and thus into me. I turned immediately knowing who it was, picked up my cart a good foot off the floor and slammed it down right beside her, next I picked up her cart and dropped it where mine had been, and screamed in her face.. “ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? YOU’RE EXCATLY WHERE I WAS? THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT ISN”T IT? YES? I’LL BE OVER NEXT TO THE BREAD NEXT. SEE YOU THERE!” Oddly enough I didn’t see my new BFF again that day…

See! I told you, you touched a nerve.

I know It might seem like I’ve got some major anger management issues, but I assure you, I will withhold a lot, but when I blow, I blow and rest assure each and every idiot that becomes the target of my venom deserves it, soon won’t forget it and if I’ve done my job, might reconsider their actions in the future…

(Did you catch my litter bug post a couple weeks back?)