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People who walk on the escalator actually slow everyone down (because people are lazy)
- Thread starter ItIsOkBro
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Escalators are shaped like stairs for a reason.
I like walking, but I understand that people like standing/need to stand. The trick is that both parties think about people other than themselves. Standers, stay to the right, don't stand directly beside your friend, and don't project your bag or arms or whatever out over to the left. Walkers, glower at all the people doing the above. Oh, also, there's a terrible place in hell for walkers that look at their phone the entire time.
I like walking, but I understand that people like standing/need to stand. The trick is that both parties think about people other than themselves. Standers, stay to the right, don't stand directly beside your friend, and don't project your bag or arms or whatever out over to the left. Walkers, glower at all the people doing the above. Oh, also, there's a terrible place in hell for walkers that look at their phone the entire time.
Mitch has never been to my workplace. We have a couple of escalators just to serve an office of about a couple hundred people. They break ALL THE TIME and then maintenance blocks the escalators!
If people are concerned about their personal space they shouldn't be projecting themselves or their possessions into an area someone else's space needs to occupy to get by.
Like, if it's a single-lane elevator, or the person has crutches or some other medical issue or physically can't help but take up the entire space it's kinda dickish to tap them, yeah. But if they're just standing in the middle or holding their bag out to the side and just not paying attention? Sure, go ahead.
It's impossible to properly judge this, but I imagine there are far more lazy people on escalators than impaired ones. Plenty of time in airports is my main frame of reference.
The real bane of my existence is the folks who lean sideways in a way that takes up the entire space so no one can pass. Or keeping your suitcase beside you instead of in front.
The real bane of my existence is the folks who lean sideways in a way that takes up the entire space so no one can pass. Or keeping your suitcase beside you instead of in front.
There are a lot of things in society that slightly slow us down because it is for the better good of safely moving traffic forward, ie. stoplights, revolving doors, bike lanes, escalators, etc.
If someone cannot wait 20 seconds for an escalator to move a section of people up or down, then they should plan their time better.
escalators are for people who don't want to walk. if you want to walk, use the fucking stairs.
This. I use escalators BECAUSE I don't want to walk up a flight of stairs.
If you want to get to the top faster, just use the stairs and let the rest of us who want to travel to the top in comfort do so in peace.
Yup. Some people just don't seem cognizant about their surroundings. Be it talking on their phones or having your entire group block a sidewalk/hallway in high traffic area.
The escalator would have to sustain an average walking pace several times that of the moving staircase to justify the extra spacing required by walkers. Standers on the escalator can not only pack like sardines, they don't have to make any extra effort to not block those behind (though admittedly there is still a risk of pileups at the end) and standing is safer as long as the moving handrail is used correctly.
- Standing on the stairs: No movement.
- Standing on the escalator: Slow.
- Walking up the stairs: Slightly faster.
- Walking up the escalator: Fastest.
Yes, this is a case where maximizing one variable has undesirable side effects. The people running the station know they could reduce congestion at peak times by having everybody stand on the escalators, but realistically they know it would be a very unpopular policy even if it could be enforced. People like the ability to run and catch a last minute connection.
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In other words, you nearly missed your flight because you were late as fuck getting to the airport.
escalators are for people who don't want to walk. if you want to walk, use the fucking stairs.
LMAO!!! but seriously this!
You need to factor in what happens after you get off the escalator, too. If people who want to move quickly walk up the left and people unconcerned with speed hang out on the right, this naturally moves those that will most likely walk quicker once off the escalator ahead of people who may dawdle, while also naturally placing each party in a lane where they can continue with the same pace.
If everybody all just stands there, suddenly you have cases where both people in front of you may want to walk slowly, while you would like to walk faster, and you will need to somehow navigate around them. Or you may want to dawdle, and it turns out the person beside you does, too, but others behind you want to go fast, so you'll need to move out of the way. And all of this is happening in a congested area where people are forcibly being added behind you.
Spoken like someone who's never had a connecting flight.
If everybody all just stands there, suddenly you have cases where both people in front of you may want to walk slowly, while you would like to walk faster, and you will need to somehow navigate around them. Or you may want to dawdle, and it turns out the person beside you does, too, but others behind you want to go fast, so you'll need to move out of the way. And all of this is happening in a congested area where people are forcibly being added behind you.
Spoken like someone who's never had a connecting flight.
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wait are you telling be that not everyone in my home airport started their trip here like me?!
On my way home from work I change at Bank Station on the London Underground, and chances are there's a couple of others on here who have the same routine. There's two escalators, one going up and one going down, plus a staircase in the middle. Problem is, Bank is an incredibly busy station and it gets clogged up so damn easy with people wanting to stand on the escalator, making a 30 second walk become 5 minutes of queuing. And if I take the stairs there's no guarantee that someone else is going to come down them at the same time, and there's only space for one person.
Obviously it's not anyone's direct fault, but I do wish people would pick up the pace a bit and not be so afraid of walking up a bit more when they are physically capable of doing so.
Obviously it's not anyone's direct fault, but I do wish people would pick up the pace a bit and not be so afraid of walking up a bit more when they are physically capable of doing so.
escalators are for people who don't want to walk. if you want to walk, use the fucking stairs.
what about the places that don't have stairs. its not that uncommon
Fuck THAT. The majority of people standing on the escalator are people who don't care how long they're on the escalator (otherwise they'd be walking). I don't see the point to increasing their "efficiency" at a severe cost to the people who actually care about getting off the escalator faster.
If I see a crowded escalator without a walking space (which happens more in places like airports/train stations/etc. where luggage might be taking up the left side), yeah I will take the stairs if I can. But there are a surprising number of places where there are only escalators for some reason (I pass three sets of these every day on my way to work). Luckily most people understand standing to the right but one of my biggest pet peeves are single lane escalators that aren't near any stairs because literally only one person can delay the whole line.
I also get annoyed when (obviously capable) people take the elevator for one floor.
I get antsy about taking escalators nowadays all thanks to seeing a couple of those accident videos.
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So realistically you'd want to spend the least time on it as possible by walking, or hell running.
No need for fiction:
Please tell me that guy is ok
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No need for fiction:
And that's why I always take the stairs when I can.
God damn I hope that guy is ok.
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Neither of you clowns ever had your plane come in late for a connection or a last-minute gate change? That's not the kind of thing you can control, but I suppose neither of you give enough of a fuck to move just a little to the right to help a person out.
Had no idea about this. Whenever possible i prefer using the stairs over the escalator though
Anyways this is barely an issue
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The only thing that bothers me is when people rush to an escalator and then stand there. Why were you in a rush to get to it if you were going to be a lazy person afterwards, at least be considerate and move to the side.
"A highly efficient escalator is one that has the most output—that is, carries the most people to the destination ... To improve the overall system, the system-level efficiency is what should be considered. "
I disagree with the premise of this article that the overall capacity of the escalator is the only real concern here when it comes to efficiency.
A fast-lane allows people who are in a hurry to save time. For a person who is running late the extra minute or so saved on a long escalator could mean the difference between missing a connecting bus or train.
By removing the fast lane as an option then the study proves that you would see some improvements in the overall capacity of the escalator, but counter-intuitively it's also very possible that this could increase the number of people who are actually late.
I disagree with the premise of this article that the overall capacity of the escalator is the only real concern here when it comes to efficiency.
A fast-lane allows people who are in a hurry to save time. For a person who is running late the extra minute or so saved on a long escalator could mean the difference between missing a connecting bus or train.
By removing the fast lane as an option then the study proves that you would see some improvements in the overall capacity of the escalator, but counter-intuitively it's also very possible that this could increase the number of people who are actually late.
people on escalators who don't want to go fast should hog the right half and let the fast people walk pass to the left
I don't know about that I'm pretty sure I can run up a flight of stairs way faster so long as no one is in the way, it's also safer to run up
The point is you can also run up the escalator and it should be faster than running up the stairs as long as no one is in the way.
If there's stairs too I'll just take those because it's honestly faster with everyone crowding the escalators
Article feels like it's missing a asterisk
*when it's busy/at-capacity
Otherwise make room for the guy that's trying to make it to work/catch the connecting train
*when it's busy/at-capacity
Otherwise make room for the guy that's trying to make it to work/catch the connecting train