1) lol

2) that kid is back on the escalator again!

Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience

Great headline. Reminds me of the joke going around a few years back about Rick 'man on dog' Santorum:

Oh my god! Did you hear what happened to Sen. Santorum? No? It was awful. He was on an escalator in the Senate office building when a power outage hit. He was stranded for hours.

I know people that refuse to use them, terrified of them. Not sure why but it sucks when you have to find an elevator. Dirty looks from the old heads, mind your own old business.

American Decency Association: escalator thread!

i'd love to try this experiment...

"what is the lowest speed you could run an escalator before inducing at least 50% of all 'passengers' to use their farking legs?"

DAmn !!! ifarking hate it when people take up the whole thing with a hand on either side !!! some of us are not so farking lazy that we need the stairs to move for us !!! and the moving sidewalks in airports, AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH !!!!!!

Mr. Gimbels is behind this!

Dirty old man inconsolable.

If you stand, stand on the right.

If you climb, climb on the left.

Assume its reversed for Nanny State escalators.

If your ass is too fat to make way for climbers, then take the farking elevator, or better still stay home and shop on the internets.

There's no reason any escalator should be impassable for climbers.

I have no idea what's going on, so here's a random gif.

This shirt says "dry clean only"...which means it's DIRTY.

/what?

They'll be having a fire sale just in time for the holidays!

Mimic_Octopus: American Decency Association: escalator thread!

i'd love to try this experiment...

"what is the lowest speed you could run an escalator before inducing at least 50% of all 'passengers' to use their farking legs?"

DAmn !!! ifarking hate it when people take up the whole thing with a hand on either side !!! some of us are not so farking lazy that we need the stairs to move for us !!! and the moving sidewalks in airports, AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH !!!!!!

I would be happy to walk up stairs. But the escalators give me vertigo. I'm clutching to both sides because I feel like I'm tumbling in a dryer. And yes, I will ignore your 'excuse me' as you try to get past. I am not letting go until I get to the end.

creativitylack: Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience

came for this and

paulseta: "Shop at Macy's, and love me tonight..."


"Oh Neek!"

this.

leaving very happy.

Thank you, Judith_Butler's_Hairflip.

Naturally, this fire happened on the newer, metal escalators. I'm sure the 'fix' will be to remove the last wooden ones there 'for safety reasons'.

FWIW, Macy's in Manhattan has a number of ancient escalators that are wooden. IIRC,they're pretty much the last in North America still in public operation.

When I was nine, I got my toenail ripped off at the top of an escalator b/c I wasn't paying attention. It hurt.

Macy's escalator catches on fire, survivors democrats stranded for hours

numbone: Macy's escalator catches on fire, survivors democrats stranded for hours

FUNNY

Maybe all of you impatient climbers should just stop for 20 seconds amd enjoy the ride.

PsychoPhil: Naturally, this fire happened on the newer, metal escalators. I'm sure the 'fix' will be to remove the last wooden ones there 'for safety reasons'.

FWIW, Macy's in Manhattan has a number of ancient escalators that are wooden. IIRC,they're pretty much the last in North America still in public operation.

The amusement park in the town I grew up in supposedly had one of the last wooden roller coasters in operation. I never went on it because I figured, y'know, there's probably a reason they went to metal.

creativitylack: Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience

Came for the Mitch Hedberg, leaving satisfied. Almost as satisfied as that time back in the 90's, when too-long pant cuffs were just becoming the style, and I saw an escalator eat some jackasses' cuffs at the bottom. Oh my, how we laughed.

the belt holds the pants up, the belt loops hold the belt up. who is the real hero here?

/came for Mitch Hedberg
//leaves very happy

Mimic_Octopus:
DAmn !!! ifarking hate it when people take up the whole thing with a hand on either side !!! some of us are not so farking lazy that we need the stairs to move for us !!! and the moving sidewalks in airports, AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH !!!!!!

If you're getting that worked up about having to ride an escalator, you might want to seek professional medical help. There's something wrong with your brain.

fredbox: If you stand, stand on the right.

If you climb, climb on the left.

Assume its reversed for Nanny State escalators.

If your ass is too fat to make way for climbers, then take the farking elevator, or better still stay home and shop on the internets.

There's no reason any escalator should be impassable for climbers.

Climbing a set of moving stairs is dangerous for you and everyone who's on them with you, and you really shouldn't do it.

A ride on an escalator is thirty seconds of standing there chatting with your friends. Are you really such a complete and utter prick that you're complaining about standing and doing nothing? An incidence of standing and doing nothing that you can choose to avoid, because if there's an escalator then there ARE stairs and/or elevators available? What the hell is wrong with you people?

/yeah, yeah, I know,

numbone: Macy's escalator catches on fire, survivors democrats stranded for hours

There you have it, folks: Republican humor.

HellblazerPrime: Climbing a set of moving stairs is dangerous for you and everyone who's on them with you, and you really shouldn't do it.

Oh, you daredevil you.

Probably overloaded by too many giant lardbutt ladies.

Thanks for the Mitch reference - always makes me smile.

At the MacWorld where the iPhone was announced, I was following the herd up the (packed) escalators of the Moscone center, when the escalator gave out.....and hundreds of MacHeads just stood there on the escalator, waiting for it to move. Finally someone yelled out, "THEY STAIRS STILL WORK!" At that point, people started to hoof it up the (convenient) stairs.

Stuck on an escalator
Pants leg is caught and they're going down

HellblazerPrime:
Climbing a set of moving stairs is dangerous for you and everyone who's on them with you, and you really shouldn't do it.

It's only dangerous if you have the coordination of a retarded tree-sloth, in which case, you should be in a wheelchair, riding an elevator, not trying to negotiate the weally weally dangewus esgwator.

For those who have never heard of or seen the wooden escalators... they are pretty interesting:

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/wood.escalator/wooden.html

numbone: Macy's escalator catches on fire, survivors democrats stranded for hours

Here, I have a present for you:



It soothes the butthurt.

DIGITALgimpus: For those who have never heard of or seen the wooden escalators... they are pretty interesting:

http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/wood.escalator/wooden.html

don't forget the circular escalators (new window)

American Decency Association: escalator thread!

i'd love to try this experiment...

"what is the lowest speed you could run an escalator before inducing at least 50% of all 'passengers' to use their farking legs?"

I always walk up a moving escalator. It saves time. Unless the path is blocked by lazy humans.

Gramma: But the escalators give me vertigo. I'm clutching to both sides because I feel like I'm tumbling in a dryer. And yes, I will ignore your 'excuse me' as you try to get past. I am not letting go until I get to the end.

You have inferior genetics and should do humanity a favor and kill yourself.

subby: survivors stranded for hours.

Where did they bury them?

Came for Mitch Hedberg reference. Leaving verreh satisfied.

jehovahs witness protection: This speaks for it's self.


I'm not normally a grammar nazi, but wtf!?!

this thread makes me want some chicken noodle "sssssp"....

"CH!!!" just stubbed my toe on the "c-ch!"

Came here for a confused Osaka pic, also left satisfied.

creativitylack: Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience

Came for the obligatory Mitch Hedberg reference, leaving satisfied. I love you farkers...