<snerk> “Oh, sorry, I was going up.”
In this incident, the kid didn’t seem to be pushing his shoes against the side of the escalator. It seemed to me as if he’d maybe caught one of the ridges on the shoe in the “comb” part at the top, or he might have been turning right then to look back at his mother, causing the shoe to deform a little bit? It’s hard to say.
I work in a teaching hospital and am surrounded, daily, by people wearing Crocs. I haven’t ever heard them squeak.
This isn’t some great social problem, I think escalators are benevolent, and want to protect humanity from ugly shoes. The news should be welcoming our new overlords.
I heard about this the other day. What I found amusing was the woman that was talking about how when her own kids are wearing crocs, she insists that they not ride the escalator…but rather take the elevator…like that was the only other choice. Hmmm…what about…I don’t know…taking the friggin’ stairs? sigh
The stairs aren’t always an option. In this building, at any rate, they are behind a door that says “Alarm Will Sound”.
Waitaminute. Heelys? Is that what those awful rolly-shoes that kids are wearing are called? Because I HATE THEM.
Why haven’t these things been banned? We’re not allowed to have seesaws and merry-go-rounds any more but kids are allowed to wear sneakers that have wheels on them everywhere? Doesn’t make a bit of sense. At the grocery store a few weeks ago, a kid hit the floor HARD. Right next to me. If he would have hit me, I would have found his parents.
And all dangerousness aside, you haven’t lived until you’ve had to swerve your shopping cart into an old lady to avoid the kid who just wheeled out at you from behind a store display at Target. I’ve seen whole families of kids speeding around, getting a running start, and then wheeling right into crowds in an airport terminal, the parents just standing there watching. If you wouldn’t let your kids wear roller skates somewhere, then wheeling around should be off-limits there too.
Honestly, though, who thought this was a good idea?! Oh, and while I’m still filled with rage, GET OFF MY LAWN!
Crocs are really easy to slip on and off. If they got caught in the escalator, couldn’t you just slip your foot out of them and walk away (minus a shoe, but still)?