http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-733977?hpt=hp_t3

1/20/2012 12:20:35 PM

in before Mitch Hedberg.

1/20/2012 12:22:00 PM

are you not allowed to walk?

kind of like pumping your own gas

1/20/2012 12:28:08 PM

i think the police are keeping them back actually

1/20/2012 12:28:40 PM

LOL! The police don't know escalators can be used as stairs.

They're probably all like "The owners manually strictly prohibits the usage of escalators as stairs. Obey my authoritay!"

1/20/2012 12:59:58 PM

this comment made me

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"Too many posters must not live in big cities. Sometimes these subway/metro stations are 5 stories underground. Could you walk up 5 flights of stairs with a coat and full book bag on?"

Something tells me this person is a fatty.

1/20/2012 1:24:30 PM

i was at the RBC center a few weeks ago for a hockey game, and left during intermission to go smoke. Apparently the escalators weren't working, so they had them roped off, with a guard at the entrance.

I asked why I couldn't just walk down them like they were stairs. His response? "Because it's an escalator, sir."

...

1/20/2012 1:27:00 PM

1/20/2012 1:28:35 PM

1/20/2012 1:31:59 PM

1/20/2012 1:32:42 PM

The only logic explanation is that the floor above was full of people and people couldn't walk up anymore because there was no room.

1/20/2012 1:34:30 PM

1/20/2012 1:38:04 PM

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"The only logic explanation is that the floor above was full of people and people couldn't walk up anymore because there was no room."

And a working escalator would fix that how....??

1/20/2012 1:44:25 PM

1/20/2012 1:44:58 PM

1/20/2012 1:45:01 PM

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"And a working escalator would fix that how....??"

The police shut the escalators off ... first.

The police closed off the exits... second.

The people walked up the escalator stairs until the lobby was full...third.

The people were stuck... forth.

1/20/2012 1:52:48 PM

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"FORTH"

Did it say the police closed off the exits? (I didn't read the article)

1/20/2012 1:54:28 PM

Due to a police action all escalators at the World Trade Center Path station were shut down resulting in hundreds of people waiting to exit the station.

1/20/2012 1:57:34 PM

Quote :

"I asked why I couldn't just walk down them like they were stairs. His response? "Because it's an escalator, sir.""

When people say overly idiotic things like this, I like to think they're just trolling, but usually they're not

1/20/2012 2:05:32 PM

From what you posted, that does not say that police closed off the exits (unless they closed the "escalator exits"...which doesn't make any sense).

1/20/2012 2:07:08 PM

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"The problem was that the people who tried to get into the PATH station were blocking the exit for the people inside who tried to get out. I was very surprised to see that the police officers standing outside did absolutely nothing to prevent this."

1/20/2012 2:07:49 PM

There you go. The exits were blocked. I said by police, but it was actually the herd of human cows blocking it.



[Edited on January 20, 2012 at 2:17 PM. Reason : .]

1/20/2012 2:16:33 PM

^ So you were wrong.

1/20/2012 2:18:33 PM

I suppose I was being illogical for assuming people were smart enough to say "excuse me" to get people to move to the side to let them pass.

I have now lowered my standard for humanity for a second time in two days.

1/20/2012 2:23:52 PM

Or maybe you just lack basic reading comprehension.

1/20/2012 2:26:57 PM

1/20/2012 2:28:06 PM

And jbrick escalates this dialog to troll.


How do I get off this escalator?!

[Edited on January 20, 2012 at 2:30 PM. Reason : .]

1/20/2012 2:30:11 PM

how do I shot web?

1/20/2012 2:43:40 PM

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I hope that's fake.

1/20/2012 9:55:04 PM

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"New York, New York "

Quote :

"I suppose I was being illogical for assuming people were smart enough to say "excuse me" to get people to move to the side to let them pass."

does not compute

1/20/2012 10:00:44 PM

This fucking shit ruined my morning

1/20/2012 10:05:21 PM

ugh I would hate to be stuck in that

1/21/2012 1:05:13 AM

3/30/2012 11:29:12 AM

I can't believe that even exists. Someone spent money to print that.

3/30/2012 11:32:27 AM

This really happened in DC... the escalators malfunctioned and threw people to the platform.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/traffic/metro_news/video-lenfant-plaza-escalator-malfunction-022611

[Edited on March 30, 2012 at 11:38 AM. Reason : ]

3/30/2012 11:37:44 AM

Quote :

"I asked why I couldn't just walk down them like they were stairs. His response? "Because it's an escalator, sir."

A broken escalator can be a safety hazard depending on why it is broken. Stores and sporting arenas and such usually rope them off just to make sure no one gets hurt on them for whatever reason. Liability, son.

But that guard is hilarious whether intentionally or not.

3/30/2012 11:48:52 AM

The DC metro escalators have been an ongoing saga for years. Even the ones they rehab seem to immediately start breaking down again. It is easy to say take the stairs, but some of the stations are buried incredibly deep. Up to 150 feet in some cases.

3/30/2012 12:15:14 PM

3/30/2012 12:50:43 PM

remember when that escalator somewhere in the midwest started going out of control at insane speed and shredding people up that were on it or something

like hunks of meat were being ripped up at the bottom and people had to climb to safety over the bodies and limbs

[Edited on March 30, 2012 at 12:52 PM. Reason : r]

3/30/2012 12:52:34 PM