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West Coast v. East Coast: Pt.1 Escalators
By Brian Rowe | June 4, 2009
Photo by vargklo under CC-BY-SA
This is an on going series of shorts I will be posting from my time in DC this this summer.
On the West Coast or at least in Seattle and Portland we realize that escalators move upon their own accord. You need not forcible walk up them to move. On the west coast it is considered rude to pass people on an escalators. One who passes on an escalator is viewed as pushy or aggressive.
This is not the case on the East Coast, some how people have confused escalator with stairs or even worse with those reverse escalators installed in gyms where people walk up stairs and go nowhere at all (I think they are called gerbil wheels). If you do not walk on the escalator you are expected to scrunch your body to one side and let other shove past you.
Even for me a highly caffeinated person in a hurry person the idea of walking on an escalator is somewhat a kin to installing ladders in elevators a bit insane.
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