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Why do Irish People stand on escalators in such an arsed-way manner?

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  • #32
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,498 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    In fact it proves how smart the Irish are - why would you walk on something that is moving. Nobody is that important.

    At least we know we are not - it was not put in to get you to your meeting quicker - it was put in to overcome gravity.


  • #33
    197th User Id
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭197th User Id


    No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people
    danniemcq wrote: »
    Come on people, try and keep it civil

    Ejaculates wildly from top of escalator.

    Good day to you.


  • #34
    SpaceTime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭SpaceTime


    We don't have a metro so we don't have very much use for escalators in public transport. So there is no system of rules for using busy escalators.

    Pushing past someone on a shipping centre escalator is generally seen as a bit rude and dangerous over here.


  • #35
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Because we have a culture of ingrained 'anti-authoritarianism' that only pathetically manifests itself in really nominal ways that ultimately only inconvenience other citizens and harm societal services while slapping ourselves on the back about the 'uprightness' of places like Norway, Netherlands and Germany that are light years ahead of us in the priorities of their societies.

    And the hilarious thing is that we blame our governments all the time but they merely pander to/reflect the mindset of most of the electorate.


  • #36
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,554 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people
    197th User Id wrote: »
    Ejaculates wildly from top of escalator.

    Good day to you.

    Eh? :confused:


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  • #37
    Sigourney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭Sigourney


    No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people
    197th User Id wrote: »
    I suggest standing with our backs to the direction of travel, pointing with our left arm towards the entrance of the escalator with one leg on a lower step.

    We should hold a handkerchief aloft in the hand appropriate to the direction in which we intend to turn once we have satisfactorily escalated and wish to leave the escalator.


  • #38
    197th User Id
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭197th User Id


    No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people
    Cody Pomeray wrote: »
    If we want to change it, fine, people will literally vote with their feet.


    them little pencils can be difficult to get between the toes. specially with the ballot in your other foot.


  • #39
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭cml387


    Well that escalated quickly.


  • #40
    Sigourney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭Sigourney


    No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people
    197th User Id wrote: »
    Ejaculates wildly from top of escalator.

    Good day to you.

    Right back at you, big boy. :)


  • #41
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,498 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    anncoates wrote: »
    Because we have a culture of ingrained 'anti-authoritarianism' that only pathetically manifests itself in really nominal ways that ultimately only inconvenience other citizens and harm societal services while slapping ourselves on the back about the 'uprightness' of places like Norway, Netherlands and Germany that are light years ahead of us in the priorities of their societies.

    And the hilarious thing is that we blame our governments all the time but they merely pander to/reflect the mindset of most of the electorate.

    How do you explain World War 2 then.


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  • #42
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    No, but I don't judge those who do
    i push

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iOpUdsMeqM


  • #43
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,498 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    cml387 wrote: »
    Well that escalated quickly.


    Not getting on that escalator now.


  • #44
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    The op is either gone to bed now or stuck behind people on an escalator :(


  • #45
    197th User Id
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 47 ✭197th User Id


    No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people
    NiallSparky wrote: »
    Eh? :confused:

    I think I got a few of them.

    Kept it civil too.


    My coat and top hat please. Good day to you.


  • #46
    Sigourney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 396 ✭✭Sigourney


    No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people
    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    How do you explain World War 2 then.

    If the Poles had put up a 'no entry' sign at the bottom of the escalator, the Germans would not have attempted to pass; rather they would have queued in an orderly manner until the sign was removed.


  • #47
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Sam Kade wrote: »
    The op is either gone to bed now or stuck behind people on an escalator :(

    I think the escalator of their site access has come to a sudden halt, as it were.


  • #48
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,498 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Sigourney wrote: »
    If the Poles had put up a 'no entry' sign at the bottom of the escalator, the Germans would not have attempted to pass; rather they would have queued in an orderly manner until the sign was removed.

    So a discerning or even apathetic public has value in certain instances.


  • #49
    cormie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,854 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    Moe Syzlack wrote: »
    What business is it of yours or any of the other stupid fucking fools standing on the escalators where I have to be or the hurry I am in (or not in)?

    The point is, when a normal person needs to get by, the other stupid fucking fools standing on the escalators should move aside to accommodate our superiors (ie, those who do not block up escalators).

    To the user who said I can use the stairs, there aren't any regular stairs in the building I frequent, only lifts and escalators. You have to wait ages to use the lift and priority is given to disabled, buggies and shopping trollies in that order, so, as a normal person, I respect the etiquette and do things for the greater good of everyone else.
    Katya wrote: »
    Your not normal your an angry weird person.

    Ps the etiquette you refer to doesn't exist in Ireland which you've pointed out. Instead of moaning & insulting people maybe attempt to introduce it you f&&king idiot

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONN-0uoTHI


  • #50
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,498 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    So a discerning or even apathetic public has value in certain instances.

    So - I like Irish culture - it gives an unexpected self determined society.

    Look at the Seanad Referendum for example - The grass is not always greener.

    Look at our journalist, Artist, Musicians, Charity Organisations, our entrepreneurs. Self starters and freedom of expression.

    This is like Dave McSavage now - our comedians.


  • #51
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    How do you explain World War 2 then.

    Was that the one that started when that lad from Franz Ferdinand got bumped off?


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  • #52
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,498 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    anncoates wrote: »
    Was that the one that started when that lad from Franz Ferdinand got bumped off?

    Yes - he had a piss on an escalator - they say he had Irish in him.


  • #53
    Harper Petite Fig
    Posts: 0 ✭ Harper Petite Fig


    Katya wrote: »
    There is no escalator ethic in Ireland that I'm aware of. Yes other countries have it and I'd abide by their rules but I've never come across anywhere in Ireland that had the same volume of users as London or Paris. Op what's your hurry....

    Don't know about OP, but I often have to rush to hospital appointments after work, so am often in a hurry in the evening. I'm a teacher, so absolutely have to be in work on time in the morning or risk losing my job. If the train is delayed, then I have to rush to get there. Plenty of legit reasons to be in a hurry other than thinking you're important.

    People who stand still and block the whole escalator are idiots, IMO. Why would you do that? You can stand to one side, no problem, and let people past who might have places to be.


  • #54
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,498 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Harper Petite Fig wrote: »
    Don't know about OP, but I often have to rush to hospital appointments after work, so am often in a hurry in the evening. I'm a teacher, so absolutely have to be in work on time in the morning or risk losing my job. If the train is delayed, then I have to rush to get there. Plenty of legit reasons to be in a hurry other than thinking you're important.

    People who stand still and block the whole escalator are idiots, IMO. Why would you do that? You can stand to one side, no problem, and let people past who might have places to be.

    That is not great time management if getting to a place on time is so reliant on the whim of another person - I'd say walking up an escalator versus not, saves about 10 to 20 seconds.

    That is like saying it is so inconsiderate for a traffic light to hold me up, because - I am a teacher. It is a bit dangerous to walk up a moving object - you could have children with you too.

    You leave on time with extra. People are not being inconsiderate if they are not meeting your ideal of a social norm. There is no sign or rule in Ireland on this.

    How many teachers have a) lost their job over escalator incidents
    b) lost their job over timekeeping.

    So, no need for alarmist panic. In Ireland we don't stand to the side - deal with it , or start a public education on it - by media tv etc.

    But guess what, it is number 1,000,001 on list.


  • #55
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,076 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Moe Syzlack wrote: »
    It really bugs the shit out of me :(

    People standing left and right and all over the place meaning I have to stand too, lest I just barge straight through the crowd of stupid ignorant fucks.

    A justified rant. Bugs the hell out of me too, although I'm getting used to it now since returning from an extended stay in London where they know how to behave/stand on an escalator. Maybe the reason for peoples ignorance here is that 'relatively speaking' escalators are a new thing (compared to London) for example, and I suppose the same could be said of motorway manners here which have still to catch up with Britain & the rest of Europe. Driving slowly in the outside lane comes to mind :))


  • #56
    General General
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭General General


    It's their culture.


  • #57
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    Harper Petite Fig wrote: »
    Don't know about OP, but I often have to rush to hospital appointments after work, so am often in a hurry in the evening. I'm a teacher, so absolutely have to be in work on time in the morning or risk losing my job. If the train is delayed, then I have to rush to get there. Plenty of legit reasons to be in a hurry other than thinking you're important.

    People who stand still and block the whole escalator are idiots, IMO. Why would you do that? You can stand to one side, no problem, and let people past who might have places to be.
    So because your train is late people that block your path are to blame :rolleyes:


  • #58
    Carlos Orange
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,499 ✭✭✭Carlos Orange


    No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people
    Harper Petite Fig wrote: »
    People who stand still and block the whole escalator are idiots, IMO. Why would you do that?

    People who don't plan their journeys properly and leave enough time to travel are idiots. Why would you do that?


  • #59
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,076 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    General General wrote: »
    It's their culture.

    What's who's culture? you mean standing arsed-way on an escalator?

    Great expression OP :D


  • #60
    Cody Pomeray
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,648 ✭✭✭Cody Pomeray


    No, but I don't judge those who do
    LordSutch wrote: »
    What's who's culture?
    Unionists.

    Go on, lets see how you can make this a thread about unionism....


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  • #61
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,076 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Unionism?

    Maybe thay stand in the middle?


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