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

FixdePitchmark

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

BTW - I'm not joking here - I'd say that is 90 % of them.

In your seemingly small world, maybe. Certainly not in mine. There are thousands of reasons someone could be rushing somewhere that don't involve anything as superficial as a latte. That's why I make that little tiny bit of effort not to hold them up and make their day even worse. It's called consideration. It doesn't cost you anything and it doesn't inconvenience you at all. Try it.

FixdePitchmark

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

If you are telling me - teachers would not get off for a hospital appointment - I'll eat my hat. I'll stop debating with you anyway.

But - earlier train.

I don't get paid when I'm not there. I can't afford to take two afternoons off a week. What do you mean, earlier train? It's not that hard to understand.

Train is at 18.30. Hospital appt should have finished at 18.15, but an emergency came in and they had priority. I can just about make my train still if I run down the escalator. Oh wait, there's a fat American tourist standing there and he ignores me saying 'excuse me'. So I've missed the train and now I have to stand on a platform, feeling like sh1t, for another half an hour. Because someone couldn't move a few inches to the right.

r3nu4l

Sigourney wrote: »

In England, you stand on the right.

Sorry, typo. Having worked in London and used the tube on a daily basis for a couple of years I wouldn't have lasted long standing on the left :pac:

LordSutch

John_Rambo wrote: »

Your poll is silly. It sounds like a fourteen year old visited her/his auntie abroad and came back enraged.

Just cause you have been somewhere, saw something, thought it was marvelous and made certain people look incredibly important... doesn't mean it's cool to do it everywhere.

Indeed, although its just that if you travel to different places on the map you will find a certain logic, wherby people all stand on one side or the other, so that people in a hurry can get by. Of course we don't have to abide by that logic here, but once youve experienced it abroad its funny coming back home to see our system, or 'non-system' as some might see it )

Its only trivia, so lets not get too hung up over it.

FixdePitchmark

Harper Petite Fig wrote: »

In your seemingly small world, maybe. Certainly not in mine. There are thousands of reasons someone could be rushing somewhere that don't involve anything as superficial as a latte. That's why I make that little tiny bit of effort not to hold them up and make their day even worse. It's called consideration. It doesn't cost you anything and it doesn't inconvenience you at all. Try it.

BTW - I would never block someone myself - but I would defend the principle.
There is a puritanical nature to your posts. I honestly think you can't apply your training as a teacher to the real world.

If you were in Africa - would you expect all the locals to behave in a way that you felt would meet the needs of you.

As another poster said - the cultural tone in a location is very complex. I honestly think you should read that better.

Say in Dublin , you know the old ladies with a trolley for shopping in Moore street - should she move over, a guide dog, a man holding a childs hand, a man having a bad day , just a bit absent minded in that moment.

I think tolerance to people's culture and ways, is key to a happy society - making assumptions about people not educated in the escalator rules of London or Amsterdam is a bit rich. Maybe they haven't travelled or are not as educated or as worldly as you.

So if a sign was up or a video - cool. But till then - early train - (not you - drop the latte)

John_Rambo

Harper Petite Fig wrote: »

Oh wait, there's a fat American tourist standing there and he ignores me saying 'excuse me'

Oh wait, didn't happen, doesn't happen, won't happen.

Tourists don't impinge, they don't. Particularly wealthy, educated tourists that can afford to visit Ireland and have most likely visited most major US cities before venturing to Europe.. If you said Spanish students, I'd say fair enough, but you're obviously making up scenarios to suit you arguement.

FixdePitchmark

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

BTW - I would never block someone myself - but I would defend the principle.
There is a puritanical nature to your posts. I honestly think you can't apply your training as a teacher to the real world.

If you were in Africa - would you expect all the locals to behave in a way that you felt would meet the needs of you.

As another poster said - the cultural tone in a location is very complex. I honestly think you should read that better.

Say in Dublin , you know the old laddies with a trolley for shopping in Moore street - should she move over, a guide dog, a man holding a childs hand, a man having a bad day , just a bit absent minded in that moment.

I think tolerance to people's culture and ways, is key to a happy society - making assumptions about people not educated in the escalator rules of London or Amsterdam is a bit rich. Maybe they haven't travelled or are not as educated or as worldly as you.

So if a sign was up or a video - cool. But till then - early train - (not you - drop the latte)

I'm not saying people in rural Ireland should do as people do in London. But you don't seem to understand why people could legitimately be in a hurry and that comes off as ignorant and quite selfish. You're the one who is implying that anyone who's late only has themselves to blame and that anyone in a hurry is rushing to buy a latte - pretty arrogant and cold, no? The overall point that you're missing is that standing aside on an escalator is a sign of consideration for others. It has little to no impact on you to stand to the right, but could make a massive difference to the person you hold up. I don't think a little bit of self-awareness and awareness of your surroundings is a lot to ask when you're in a crowded city.

John_Rambo

John_Rambo wrote: »

Oh wait, didn't happen, doesn't happen, won't happen.

Tourists don't impinge, they don't. Particularly wealthy, educated tourists that can afford to visit Ireland and have most likely visited most major US cities before venturing to Europe.. If you said Spanish students, I'd say fair enough, but you're obviously making up scenarios to suit you arguement.

Oh yeah, cos you were there.

It happens ALL THE TIME. I work near Leicester Square in London, not in Ireland. At least once a week, I get held up by tourists. It's usually every day.

Pretzill

I hate escalators - don't trust that I won't be tripped on the last rung. I learned the Tube ettiquette quite quickly on my first visit to London during rush hour when I was pushed to the right hand side by the force of passing air from rushing commuters. Tne only place in Ireland I have experienced something a little similiar was at Dublin airport on those moving floor thingies. (why the rush I dunno, I'm glad of the break when I'm fully baggage laden.)

But let's face it op and other escalator beaters you can hardly be rushing up the moving stairs in our countries many multi floored shopping centres?

They are lazy stairs reap the benefits or just take the ones that don't move.

FixdePitchmark

Harper Petite Fig wrote: »

I'm not saying people in rural Ireland should do as people do in London. But you don't seem to understand why people could legitimately be in a hurry and that comes off as ignorant and quite selfish. You're the one who is implying that anyone who's late only has themselves to blame and that anyone in a hurry is rushing to buy a latte - pretty arrogant and cold, no? The overall point that you're missing is that standing aside on an escalator is a sign of consideration for others. It has little to no impact on you to stand to the right, but could make a massive difference to the person you hold up. I don't think a little bit of self-awareness and awareness of your surroundings is a lot to ask when you're in a crowded city.

Maybe, I'm wrong on this ?
I don't want to personalise the debate.

But I would like to put forward the idea, that the least tolerant people of this - would not be from a city background at all. Could be from West Mayo or something.

They have gone over to London and think they know everything about the world because they went on the "year out".

From experience - a key to living happily in a city, is to fit in to the norms of that city. Dublin is not Lagos or London.

If you run around Dublin bossing people around because you seen it in London - Trust me on this - you are heading for serious trouble for yourself.

In Dublin we call it "street wise".

John_Rambo

Harper Petite Fig wrote: »

Oh yeah, cos you were there.

It happens ALL THE TIME. I work near Leicester Square in London, not in Ireland. At least once a week, I get held up by tourists. It's usually every day.

Sorry Harper Petite Fig, I thought you were on about Dublin, the opening post was about Dublin and Ireland and our lackadaisical attitude to escalators.

It's awful you get held up at least once a week by tourists. It's worse that it's usually every day, particularly if you do have daily hospital appointments.

ghogie91

No, because it's a stupid thing to do and really annoys normal people

Was in Barcelona a while ago, seen the whole stand to the left to leave the right for walking people, couldn't grasp it at all, someone was up my hole before I remembered 'the rules'

FixdePitchmark

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Maybe, I'm wrong on this ?
I don't want to personalise the debate.

But I would like to put forward the idea, that the least tolerant people of this - would not be from a city background at all. Could be from West Mayo or something.

They have gone over to London and think they know everything about the world because they went on the "year out".

From experience - a key to living happily in a city, is to fit in to the norms of that city. Dublin is not Lagos or London.

If you run around Dublin bossing people around because you seen it in London - Trust me on this - you are heading for serious trouble for yourself.

In Dublin we call it "street wise".

Who is running around Dublin bossing people around? People are simply saying it's polite and considerate to stand aside on an escalator.

I detect a lot of reverse snobbery from your posts, about people going to business meetings, drinking lattes, having a 'year out'. As if anyone who is ever in a hurry or thinks getting out of people's way is good is a stuck-up rich yuppie.

Dyr

You wanna walk up a flight of stairs then walk up a flight of stairs

escalators are for riding boy

FixdePitchmark

Harper Petite Fig wrote: »

Who is running around Dublin bossing people around? People are simply saying it's polite and considerate to stand aside on an escalator.

I detect a lot of reverse snobbery from your posts, about people going to business meetings, drinking lattes, having a 'year out'. As if anyone who is ever in a hurry or thinks getting out of people's way is good is a stuck-up rich yuppie.

Well anybody talking about London in the context of Dublin is not in the real world.

Let them have their ways for London.
Let Dublin have their ways for Dublin.

Same the world over.

Comparing Dublin to London is like comparing escalators to stairs.

Early train.

FixdePitchmark

Today the escalator is out of order.


""""OOOOOOOOHHHHH NOOOOOOOO - I'M LATE". Time for a latte.

FixdePitchmark

Jamaica

Today the escalator is out of order.

"Cool Man"

FixdePitchmark

Dublin

Today the escalator is out of order.

"**** me - didn't know there was an escalator here Anto"

FixdePitchmark

Cork

Today the escalator is out of order.

"Do you know that was the best escalator in the world like"

FixdePitchmark

Limerick

Today the escalator is out of order.

"**** the escalator - I've a horse outside"

FixdePitchmark

Paris

Today the escalator is out of order

"The escalator will not be fixed , till the crèche is opened 1 hour longer and we get a pay rise"

FixdePitchmark

Spain

Today the escalator is out of order

"Back to bed then"

FixdePitchmark

Greece

Today the escalator is out of order

"The IMF now own the escalator"

FixdePitchmark

Right lads - I could go on - but goodnight. Good laugh - good debate.

feargale

I can see a day when there will be two lanes on the footpath in O'Connell Street, but not sure if it will be lefthand or righthand walk. Those who contravene could be deprived of their walking licences.

jill_valentine

Because unless you're a transplant surgeon, there is nowhere in the world anybody needs to be so quickly that the negligible few seconds of time saved make it worth hurdling up a machine that's built to bring you there anyway.

In Ireland, an escalator is treated as a kind of conveyor belt queue. People do not stick to one side because it would seem rude to "skip", or attempt to skip, unless the person ahead of you is gracious enough to spontaneously offer.

wazky

Leitrim

Look Pa, te feckin' stairs are moovin'!

Mint Aero

My local shop has a very long escalator. Ye know them ones without the steps, just a ramp. It's 4 times longer than your average escalator and twice as slow. I went on it yesterday and I'm still there that's how bad it is.

It's only women I've ever seen standing on it. Women love escalators I reckon. If you gave a woman an escalator and an atm for christmas she'd be happy out.

Basically what I'm trying to say is I like staring at arses on escalators and at the atms.

[-0-]

You sand to the side and let others walk. Standard operation procedure.

Femme_Fatale

I'm in agreement with it being due to escalators not being as commonplace here and a degree of anti authoritarian thinking, and people not being familiar with escalator etiquette. I know I'm not. Although I wouldn't block people.

Uberbeamerman wrote: »

Its Ireland, apart from looking out for ourselves when have we done anything properly in this country?

"We" do self flagellation well in fairness though. And speak for yourself.

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

Are you playing dumb?

He does that a lot. Drives by with a thinly veiled "The catholic Irish are so inferior" post and then pretends not to know what people are on about when they comment on it.