I think all the escalators should have an audible alarm on the emergency stop[ button. You want help if somebody needs to stop it for an emergency, and it would deter many people like this guy from hitting the button. Pass an ordinance where people caught stopping the escalator without an emergency can be fined. You don’t want the 4 year old that presses the button because it’s big and red to be treated the same as the guy that did it in this case.
Ditto.
I live in a beautiful self-created world where I don’t have to interact with anyone under the age of 18. It’s a happy, peaceful place and I appreciate it very much.
And then I hear about (or actually witness) stupid fucking teenagers doing stupid fucking things like this and I get the interacting-with-kids blood boil anyway.
No, but the adult the child’s traveling with should be.
Yea, the metro was a lot nicer when the kids were out of school for the summer. Now that it’s back in session I get to hear lots of shrieks and shitty rap music being played out of tiny phone speakers during the morning and evening commute. I can’t wait till I can move out of this miserable city.
There is. It makes a loud, buzzing sound. But it didn’t bring any swift response from anyone, that’s for sure.
I’ve been there. Well, not LA and not that deep, but I’ve tried getting large luggage up and down stairs and escalators in various Chicago stations and especially in the Amtrak station in Philly. I swear, I went through Philly on Amtrak at least 8 times in four years and every time the escalator was busted. None of those places have elevators either. Well, I’m sure they have to, but I couldn’t tell you where they are.
I don’t know if you’re working in downtown, but I’ve had the pleasure of finding the escalator coming up from the subway to Union Station stopped three times this week. And was on it once when it stopped.
What I don’t get is why it takes so long to get them turned back on. Doesn’t seem like this should be a big deal. Yes, I understand that someone probably has to be sure that nothing is actually broken, but c’mon now!
Most properly functioning escalators do sound an alarm when the emergency stop is pressed. It’s for EMERGENCIES and so requires an alarm to sound.
Second - the guy watching on the cameras can’t turn them back on. They can be turned on with a key, AT the escalator, by someone who presumably is making sure no one’s on the steps at the time.
There is; it makes a loud honking noise. It doesn’t help. All it does is signal, to everyone except the station ticket taker and any security agents present, that the escalator has just been turned off.
Yes, but was she nappy headed?
Last year during one of the busies shopping days (right before a long holiday), a couple of young boys thought it would be quite hilarious to hit the emergency stop button when the “moving walks” at my neighborhood HomePlus were crowded. The moving walks go from floor-to-floor and are metal. The passengers are pushing specially-designed shopping carts which have magnetized anchors that activate on the walk. You can see why people might not appreciate the boys’ little stunt.
Two of the boys made the mistake of hitting the button right as I was by them. I marched both of them (luckily, they weren’t so out of sorts that they refused to obey an adult) to the closest floor manager. The next thing I heard on the store’s PA was a request for the boys’ parents to come see the manager.
To restart the moving walks, an access panel must be unlocked and the button inside pressed.
Was this in Korea or the USA?
They have HomePlus in Korea? 
I don’t know what that is. 
SmartAleq’s being funny. Home Plus is actually Henrickson’s Home Plus. That’s the chain of stores the main character for HBO’s Big Love runs. Home plus is a joint venture of Tesco and Samsung. I usually spell the latter’s title as one word because that’s how its done in Korean script, although the stores only have it in English (except for Samsung’s name). Usually when discussing Korean stuff here in Korea, I’m typing in Korean.
In my experience, the station staff at Metro provide two things: 310K blackbody radiation and greenhouse gases. They certainly weren’t any use at dealing with the service meltdown (i.e. the type of situation that provides a justification for paying them to be there all the type) a few weeks back.
I stopped an escalator at the mall once, but that was because a little kid had her hair caught in it. She bent down to pick up something she’d dropped, and her hair got sucked right into the space between the treads and the landing. Eek! I was working at the kiosk right next to it, so I darted over and hit the button (actually had to lift the cover on it first).
It did make that loud buzzing sound, and security did come lumbering over, but IIRC, he didn’t have to go to any secret control panel to turn it back on. Or perhaps he radioed his pal to turn it back on. Anyway, there are situations that actually call for an escalator to be stopped.