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Defying Escalators |
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Posts: 2992 (04/26/09 10:21 PM) MESS member |
Me and my friends have been happily pissing people off recently by going up the "down" escalators and vice versa at the local SM City (Filipeepsie
equivalent of WalMart).
It's great exercise, I guess. |
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Stud Muffin |
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Posts: 443 (04/26/09 10:25 PM) |
Stud Muffin City? where?
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MidwayHaven |
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Posts: 2993 (04/26/09 10:26 PM) MESS member |
Filipeepsieland. They're huge and they're everywhere.
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Posts: 3126 (04/27/09 2:12 AM) |
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Onno |
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Posts: 3127 (04/27/09 2:37 AM) |
he looks like he's from chicago
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Posts: 1149 (04/27/09 6:38 AM) I'm with STUPID! |
MidwayHaven wrote: What are you? 12? |
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Posts: 779 (04/27/09 6:48 AM) |
MidwayHaven wrote: You really no life other than here, do you? |
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Posts: 467 (04/27/09 6:48 AM) |
ItsAlanisbitch wrote:This. Plus: Is going up the opposite escalator supposed to be funny or something? Like, I understand the idea of pissing off people you don't know, but that's really uncreative. I think people are more pissed off at how dumb you are than the fact that you are getting in their way. "HEYYYY I'M WALKING UP WHEN I SHOULD CLEARLY BE GOING DOWN LOL HOW MAD ARE YOU?!?!?1?". The fact that you came here to post it, with expectations of people congratulating you on this "hilarious" feat, is additionally embarrassing. |
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Posts: 1152 (04/27/09 6:57 AM) I'm with STUPID! |
^ post of the week?
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Posts: 1153 (04/27/09 6:58 AM) I'm with STUPID! |
Ugh and I've seen like little groups of 12 year olds and shit do it at malls and they're inanely giggling the whole time. It's humiliating for
everyone involved.
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Posts: 161 (04/27/09 7:14 AM) Registered user |
I am happy to report that my fear is escalators is all gone.
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Posts: 1158 (04/27/09 7:19 AM) I'm with STUPID! |
I'm jealous. How did you do it? I seldom get on an esculator without losing my balance slightly. And there's a really really steep steep long long one
in Angel tube station (my local tube station) and I'm constantly petrified of falling all the way down it.
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Posts: 163 (04/27/09 7:23 AM) Registered user |
I kinda fell down one in Penn station whilst carrying a rollerboard, a shoulder bag, and a laptop bag. That is what caused it. So after months of pretending to
be handicapped, I just started making myself do it. On must face ones fears headon.
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gervasemyman |
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Posts: 1160 (04/27/09 7:27 AM) I'm with STUPID! |
Oh no! So it does happen! That terrifies me even more.
/shudders |
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Posts: 468 (04/27/09 7:56 AM) |
I had an internship in NYC last summer, and had to go through Penn Station everyday via the 4/5/6 to get to Park Ave. Escalator GALORE every morning and
afternoon. The one thing I'll never adjust to is that New Yorkers have no sense of walking traffic. All my life people followed the natural law of staying
to the right on sidewalks and public places, but not in NYC, and especially not Penn Station where it's one jumbofuck speedfest. I can only imagine how
many people you pissed off by falling down the escalator because there is no patience or sympathy from people on their commute. I do love NYC's natural
escalator law of lazy people staying to the right and people sprinting stay to the left, though.
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gervasemyman |
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Posts: 1165 (04/27/09 8:03 AM) I'm with STUPID! |
In both New Zealand (where I'm from) and London (where I live), the esculator law is the opposite. If you're not walking, keep to the left. I guess
cause of the side of the road we drive on or whatever. When I went to New York last year I didn't realise/kept forgetting about this for the first couple
of days and people would get CRAZY mad. Like CAN YOU FUCKING MOVE and shit. Drama queens.
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Posts: 2885 (04/27/09 8:20 AM) |
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Posts: 26762 (04/27/09 8:31 AM) MESS member |
I seem to remember reading about some elderly woman who was killed on an escalator recently
Here it is: Link also, a thirty something guy was killed when the hood of his hoodie got caught |
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virtual chim |
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Posts: 545 (04/27/09 9:48 AM) Registered User |
would love to experience this being done.....i would love to lend my assistance by tripping y'all.......nothing like falling down a flight of sharp metal stairs to teach a lesson. |
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Posts: 7133 (04/27/09 10:01 AM) Badass motherfucker-er
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Dunno bout escalators, but Loki's dog got brushed by an elevator!
Crazy times. |
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