I've seen this happen in the SEA-TAC airport in Seattle. People who've never been on an escalator before get kind of freaked out, especially if they are older folk. Was nice to see one helpful person push the emergency stop button to help out in the vid.

Funny the things we take for granted.

DeadNotSleeping: I've seen this happen in the SEA-TAC airport in Seattle. People who've never been on an escalator before get kind of freaked out, especially if they are older folk. Was nice to see one helpful person push the emergency stop button to help out in the vid.

Funny the things we take for granted.

How in the hell is someone in an airport in the US not knowing what an escalator is? (unless they just arrived from some Butt-f*ckistan like in the video...)

I love how multiple folks at that mall know where the off switch is to help out the ignant hillbillies.

Bonzo_1116:

How in the hell is someone in an airport in the US not knowing what an escalator is? (unless they just arrived from some Butt-f*ckistan like in the video...)

I love how multiple folks at that mall know where the off switch is to help out the ignant hillbillies.

Often times they are just arriving from outside the US and with no experience with escalators. Because they are often in a large crowd, they get moved up to the escalator and panic. With the post 9-11 security they often do not have family waiting for them as they disembark to help them with issues like this.

You'd think that the Uzbeks would be more familiar with steppes.

If you watch the woman on the left coming down in the first clip, you can see her freaking out as the ground rapidly approaches.

Escalators were invented in the late 1800's and have been in common use around the world since the early 1900's. Its not exactly modern technology.

OBBN: Oh come on. Some of you are actually making excuses for these dumbasses? Even if you have never in your life seen an escalator you are telling me you can't figure it out? It isn't exactly rocket surgery. They look just like stairs except they are moving and you can see other riding it. Look at them, do just what they do. God, my head just wants to explode sometimes.

It's not making excuses for them but rather explaining the situation. As I said often it's older people who have an issue. They may be nervous, not speak the local language and for some of them it may be the first time they've flown before. Add in any infirmities or the lack of youthful reflexes and you can see how people panic with the unfamiliar. While many of us find this hard to believe, it does happen.

TommyymmoT: It looked like the handrail wasn't traveling at the same speed as the stairs.

It sucks when that happens. Been to about three places as an adult where that was the case, however it wasn't severe enough to really be an issue. My arm did get a bit stretched out which left me with a 'wtf' moment. I should carry around a little sticker to put on the rail, just to make sure it wasn't my brean screwing with me. The most recent time, however, two other people at least said the same thing.

angstycoder: I should carry around a little sticker to put on the rail, just to make sure it wasn't my brean screwing with me.

You might want to get that checked out.

Is this a trick? Is this forced perspective? Is this a trick escalator that's set up at some sort of wierd highly elevated angle to deliberately make people fall backwards? I refuse to believe that people can't figure out how to ride an escalator.

CSB time.

I went over to an escalator in a large department store once and in front of me was this well dressed guy in his mid fifties approaching the same escalator with, what I assume was his wife. Wife gets on the escalator normally, guy stands in front of it and, i shiat you not, jumps onto the first step. He did one of those sort of bunny hop jumps (you know, bend at the knees and then hop into the air) and got a good 1ft clearance off the ground. It made quite a bang when he came down on the step.

So there I am, riding up the escalator behind mr hoppity and I have to say that I kept staring at him trying to figure out if he was maybe mentally impaired. But no, he didn't seem to have any sort of mental impairment, disability or anything. I thought maybe I imagined it but then at the top he did exactly the same thing again. Bang! Another bunny hop, off the step and straight down onto the metal plate at the end. I swear it was everything I could do to not burst out laughing. And then the guy just carried on walking along with his wife like nothing had happened.

I thought maybe it was some sort of prank but no-one ran out with a hidden camera or anything so who knows. Maybe the guy was afraid of getting caught in the teeth of the escalator at the top and the bottom but most normal people just step over them. I have never in my life seen someone jump over them like that.

Bathia_Mapes: I've seen this video before, submitter. They weren't being dumb, but inexperienced as it was their first time using as escalator.

I had a bad experience with stairs my first time too.

/worst 39th birthday ever

That's as bad as the bozos who get off at the bottom and stop and stand there while trying to decide which way to go next. Farking move it ya ijut, you got people coming down behind you.

Riding an escalator consists of.. standing. Yeah, that's about it. You just stand there until you get to the top or bottom.. not sure how you could fark that procedure up.

OBBN: Oh come on. Some of you are actually making excuses for these dumbasses? Even if you have never in your life seen an escalator you are telling me you can't figure it out? It isn't exactly rocket surgery. They look just like stairs except they are moving and you can see other riding it. Look at them, do just what they do. God, my head just wants to explode sometimes.

I bet you figured out the seashells on the first try.

/in before some hipster doofus thinks they're on the leading edge of comedic talent by posting a years old quote from Mitch.

relaxitsjustme: That's as bad as the bozos who get off at the bottom and stop and stand there while trying to decide which way to go next. Farking move it ya ijut, you got people coming down behind you.

I seem to get behind these tards all the time... especially when they cross through any doorway.

Stop.

KEEP MOVING, YOU FRICKING TARDS.

/ok, I feel better now.

The people running over and hitting the stop button are assholes... ruined what could have been some really good entertainment.

Smagma: Riding an escalator consists of.. standing. Yeah, that's about it. You just stand there until you get to the top or bottom.. not sure how you could fark that procedure up.

This actually makes the whole thing make more sense to me. Imagine you had never ridden a moving convenience. You wouldn't know or think that you needed to exert any counter force to the floor. In these people's cases they are in fact just standing normally and their feet are carried out from under their bodies as the escalator moves.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: /in before some hipster doofus thinks they're on the leading edge of comedic talent by posting a years old quote from Mitch.

I like kit-kats unless I'm with 4 or more people

AverageAmericanGuy: If you watch the woman on the left coming down in the first clip, you can see her freaking out as the ground rapidly approaches.

Thank you so much for pointing that out. It was worth the review.

Also:

Socrates, watch your robe. You don't want to get sucked under.

Sorry for the convenience.

Love the comments

"people are so STUPIDE we desirve to be ereased.fingers crossd for 2012"

You first, genius.

Doctor Jan Itor: Sorry for the convenience.
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thank you...

The handrail wasn't moving. Add that to inexperienced people and hilarity ensued.
Just as well people had the presence of mind to hit the stop button.

AverageAmericanGuy: If you watch the woman on the left coming down in the first clip, you can see her freaking out as the ground rapidly approaches.

"oh god...OH GOD...oh, it's ok"

TommyymmoT: It looked like the handrail wasn't traveling at the same speed as the stairs.

THIS

It was stopped the people hands never moved.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: /in before some hipster doofus thinks they're on the leading edge of comedic talent by posting a years old quote from Mitch.

When John McNamara stood at the top of the hotel escalator Sunday night and told Boyd,
"I'm going with Bruce Hurst" -- the Can would not start the last game of the World Series -- Boyd did only what comes naturally. He began to cry.

attention span of a retarded fruit fly: TommyymmoT: It looked like the handrail wasn't traveling at the same speed as the stairs.

THIS

It was stopped the people hands never moved.

It's moving, but it does look like it stops periodically. Like some one along the ride is putting too much pressure on it making it stop. I'm not sure how common this is, but I've seen it before.

Listen, not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator.

Once at an airport I had to push that button on a moving walkway this old guy in one of those hoverrounds got all caught up and the thing was like flipped over at the end of the line. The family he had with him were all in panic mode and didn't know what to do.

You should see these people try and use the three sea shells. (NSFW)

It is a jew hating escalator.

The guy who turns it off in the last incident looks like he is cracking up.

Headso: Once at an airport I had to push that button on a moving walkway this old guy in one of those hoverrounds got all caught up and the thing was like flipped over at the end of the line. The family he had with him were all in panic mode and didn't know what to do.

Not to get too terribly off topic but while I don't spend much time in airports I do enjoy the moving walkways but I hate the jerks who seem to get annoyed because i'm just standing there enjoying myself. If I actually wanted to walk I wouldn't have stepped onto a moving walkway. It does the work for me.

/traveling makes me tired, sue me.

Foxxinnia: You'd think that the Uzbeks would be more familiar with steppes.

+1

Actually, there are lots of people in the US who don't get to use escalators regularly. In rural communities, flyover states, etc, there really isn't much need for escalators in daily life. The nearest malls are sometimes hours away, and any multi-story buildings in the area usually have elevators not escalators.

I grew up in a 'burb of a large city and went to malls and big buildings regularly, but we've since moved to a small college town in the middle of a state that only has two major cities and nothing but farm land in between. The only escalators that I know of are at the college football stadium, and the nearest other ones are over two hours away. Most people around here have visited a big city and tried escalators, but we know a at least few folks who have never stepped foot on one.

Meh, I used to work in a regional hospital, and the country farks could not get their tiny brains around the concept of "elevators."

As soon as the doors opened they would all rush in, trapping the people and as often as not a stretcher in the elevator, and then looking around with their dim brains clearly in a panic.

I'll just leave this here...not an escalator but still related

/funniest part is how he walks away like "haters gonna hate" at the end

TommyymmoT: It looked like the handrail wasn't traveling at the same speed as the stairs.
Tillmaster: The handrail wasn't moving.
attention span of a retarded fruit fly: It was stopped the people hands never moved.
MoronLessOff: It's moving, but it does look like it stops periodically. Like some one along the ride is putting too much pressure on it making it stop. I'm not sure how common this is, but I've seen it before.

Well, yes, or we could make fun of foreigners. Because America, fark yeah.

I'll leave this here: Link (new window)

schpanky: I'll leave this here: Link (new window)

I like the related video, "How to have fun with an escalator." Bonus: Cute blonde.

It has nothing to do with inexperience. The handrail was broken and not moving. The exact same thing would happen to anyone who wasn't paying attention.

When my daughter was about 18 months and started to really, really, really, really, really enjoy escalators, I will admit there is a learning curve that comes with synchronizing your step with your toddler and everyone being happy. But it's not rocket surgery.

/Also, if I were a 400lb, 80 year old lady, I'd have to say to my grandkid, "You know what, granny's not sure that she can hold your hand on the escamalator and not kill you."