escalators

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Secrets of an Escalator

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 16 May 19

Do you know why an escalator has vertical grooves in each stepping stair? No it's not for aesthetic appeal they actually serve a very useful purpose! As an escalator’s steps flatten at each top or bottom exit, its comb plate,...

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Escalators? Not for me.

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 11 May 18

I am mortified using these escalators although when I was holidaying abroad I had no choice but to use them. There was one time we had to carry our own luggage using the escalator. Nor do I like to use elevators. That too make...

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Escalators? No thank you

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 4 Oct 15

I loved my foreign tours every single one of them but I would have enjoyed them more if there were no escalators. And as for lifts or elevators I have the same phobia. I would only go in when there were others there but never...

moving walkways

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Escalators will rip your pants off

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 14 Jul 12

... Atleast that's a fear of mine. One reason why I don't like going on the escalator. I always have a bit of a problem getting on because I'm afraid it will either cut me or rip my pants or whatever I'm wearing off.. I usually...

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Of escalators and life…

bounce58 @bounce58 (17380) • Canada 27 Oct 10

I had some free time at lunch today, so I went to the mall to walk around. I was up and down the escalators and seeing people doing the same, when this discussion hit me. Do you think that your approach to life is like how you...

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Escalators are treated like Stairs...

taki_takaishi @taki_takaishi (1279) • Philippines 19 Apr 10

It has been bothering me ever since... I do not understand why some Filipinos treats the escalators as stairs. I am on my way to school, I have to ride the LRT. Instead going up the stairs I used the escalator because my legs...

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Do u use stairs in big buildings or u just hop in elevators or take escalators?

moneymakingtoday @moneymakingtoday (4061) • Philippines 29 Jan 10

Life is easier with the presence of things that make us comfortable. Elevators and escalators are surely a big help in going up tall buildings. I know for a fact that a chief nurse of a local hospital does her rounds climbing...

climbing buildings

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Walk to the right, pass to the left?

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 5 Mar 09

Has anybody ever heard of this? When you're on an escalator, I was taught that it's polite to stand on the right hand side and use the left hand side if you want to walk and get there faster. But I see people stand on both sides...

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Do you RUN up the escalator?

whyaskq @whyaskq (7523) • Singapore 25 Mar 08

When you are on an escalator, what do you do? Stand quietly and look in front of you? Eyes darting around busy enjoying the surrounding? What if you are already late for work, when you are in a rush, or even late for an...

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foot caught in escalator o_O

josan181237 @josan181237 (1204) • Philippines 18 Sep 07

Take my advice, if you're wearing Crocs or flip-flop sandals, use the elevator instead of the escalator. Many escalator accidents involve the use of Crocs and other soft-soled shoes because they easily get caught in escalators....

flip flop sandals

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Elevator or Escalator?

wotfpatty @wotfpatty (2065) • United States 19 Aug 07

If you were on the ground floor and had to go up a floor or two, would you choose the elevator or escalator if no stairs were available? I would take the elevator. I hate escalators. I hate that I am stuck between people going...

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Do you use escalators or staircases in malls?

Bala @balasri (26537) • India 28 May 07

Once in a blue moon it will dawn on me that climbing stairs is good of health and i will try climbing the stairs and change my mind really fast.

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escalators

neil_johnson @neil_johnson (172) • India 9 Dec 06

r u afraid of escalators

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