I walk on escalators because I am in a god damned hurry. Riding up the escalator is about as slow as just walking up the stairs. Walking up the escalator, however, gets you there faster. Who doesn’t want to get there faster? I’m not on the damn thing for the scenery.
I am so glad nobody cares about what the Labor Department has to say, and for the most part, people at train stations (especially at rush hour) actually walk, with the standers to the right. Seriously, we’d see another Chicago fire if everyone stood still on the escalators downtown. Shit would get real.
My last class I had a guy in there who was 90. 90! When I turn 90 I can damned well assure you I will not be spending any of the time I have left on this earth learning about them damned newfangled holoscreens.
I first read this as “getting it on with their wheelchairs.”
Then I read later you tried it with your girlfriend.
I really don’t have enough to do at work sometimes.
And I support the OP.
You being in a hurry isn’t my problem. Neither is my standing on the right of the escalator your problem.
Thanks for clearing this up. Now, like Jay-Z, I only have 99 problems.
On the other hand, us oldies frequently get to have a good wheeze over watching some young’un try to use obsolete technology, like the IBM Selectric we have to keep at the office since some organizations still insist on using forms that can only be completed manually (universities and other higher-learning institutions, I’m talking about you). They go completely tharn.
Are British people supposed to stand on the left side of the escalator?
Anyone here ever got into a fight with an old timer? All I can say is, do your best the first time. He’s liable to have you murdered the next time around.
Young men fight. Old men shoot.
I’m an old people and I thought everyone liked me. Good to know the truth, I suppose.
Evidently you’ve been getting away with your horse shit for too long. Some of us still like you though 
You’re fine for now, but the moment you start paying for your groceries with a bag of nickels, you’re cut off.
Neo-Nazi ?
re escalators, I use both handrails. If you try to push past me, you would be committing physical assault.
Relax, wait out the ride, don’t commit assault. You’ll lose a lot more than ten seconds when I call airport security on your ass.
No jury in the world would convict me.
Seriously?
Yes. (What an absurd question!)
That’s funny. Washington State says one thing. Washington DC, says another. Trippy! Like the whole Kennedy/Lincoln list!
Trinopus, I’m also surprised that you hold on to both hand rails. Maybe the escalators around here are just bigger! I would be very uncomfortable holding on to both rails.
As far as I can remember, we stand on the right on the underground.
Us olds can’t carry that many nickels at one time. A roll of nickels is $2.00. Those little suckers are heavy in quantity.