02-23-2007, 03:05 AM
I hate people on escaltors. Escaltors are proof that human beings have the ability to evolve with really annoying bad habits, one of them being, if I don't have to move and can still achieve my end goal, I won't move. For one, the escaltor was designed with the intent to accelerate people. The entire history of man is defined subtlely with man's societal evolution built upon the idea of getting things to move faster, to acheive speed; militaries, food distribution, information are three basic threads of human society which instigated major change by attaining more speed. Malls and centers for public collection activate on a principal of speed at which a user can negotiate a multi-level environment while consuming what is in their immediate area. Escaltors increased how fast a person can get to one level to another, if they continue walking.
The stupidity of people kicks in because instinctively love a free ride. If someone was to offer to give you a piggy back ride down the street, or carry you in their arms, rather than walk down the street yourself, you would take the piggy back ride, because it conserves your energy while achieving the same goal. Thus, when people get on escaltors, they immediatly stop moving, and let the machine take over for a bit.
I hate this. I, for one, am a male, and when I shop, I want to waste as little time as possible; I speed shop. I have an idea of what I want to get, I am aware of the shortest path to my points of interest, and I want constant motion. So, when I get to the escalator, I want to walk up that thing and use half the time it would normally take to negotiate a 12 to 18 riser stair. No one else in the world seems to have the same desire. People lean, they take up the entire path, two people stand next to each other, people start making out, children sit down, black people show up.
I understand that maybe you've been walking for hours, and this is the first escalator you're on, and you want to stop for a second and find a piece of gum. Do it. Stand to the right, tho. People need to start thinking of the escalator as a highway. Slow lane to the right, fast lane to the left. Let passing people by.
And if you don't, I will stampede you. I do not want to stop. I will tell you to move, and I will keep moving.
I hate escalators.
The stupidity of people kicks in because instinctively love a free ride. If someone was to offer to give you a piggy back ride down the street, or carry you in their arms, rather than walk down the street yourself, you would take the piggy back ride, because it conserves your energy while achieving the same goal. Thus, when people get on escaltors, they immediatly stop moving, and let the machine take over for a bit.
I hate this. I, for one, am a male, and when I shop, I want to waste as little time as possible; I speed shop. I have an idea of what I want to get, I am aware of the shortest path to my points of interest, and I want constant motion. So, when I get to the escalator, I want to walk up that thing and use half the time it would normally take to negotiate a 12 to 18 riser stair. No one else in the world seems to have the same desire. People lean, they take up the entire path, two people stand next to each other, people start making out, children sit down, black people show up.
I understand that maybe you've been walking for hours, and this is the first escalator you're on, and you want to stop for a second and find a piece of gum. Do it. Stand to the right, tho. People need to start thinking of the escalator as a highway. Slow lane to the right, fast lane to the left. Let passing people by.
And if you don't, I will stampede you. I do not want to stop. I will tell you to move, and I will keep moving.
I hate escalators.