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Why do Irish People stand on escalators in such an arsed-way manner?
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No, but I don't judge those who do
I'm sure post #57 says enough.Yeah post #57.
What's the unionism thing about escalators?
Do you ever get bored of this silliness?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
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Cody Pomeray wrote: »Are you playing dumb?
I'm pretty sure everyone knows the theme of your posts, as rehashed in your latest 'when I was in London', offering. spare us.
London has escalators
Leave the vino alone, stop trying to engineer an argument, and go to bed.
I'm off now, so Good Night.0 -
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No, but I don't judge those who do
I have, it's still breathing away.London has escalators
Leave the vino alone, stop trying to enginer an argument, and go to bed.
Standing to one side is not a "Britain" thing, it's a London thing. There are plenty of places in Britain which conform to the Irish standard in such matters.
All you're doing here is raising a familiar British-Irish theme to your posts, all I'm asking is whether you never get tired of it.0 -
Standing to one side doesn't take much effort, it's not world changing. It shows consideration to others around you in a public place. The world doesn't revolve around people that want to walk up the escalator, AND those that want to stand on the escalator.
But the escalator does revolve around the minor amount that want to change to upset the majority (see poll)
Us Irish are going to be world leader on this turning point in history.
Hey - a few lost teachers a few cups of coffee will fall, but the escalator will keep turning. That meeting you never got to - or were 20 seconds late for.
Anyway - people who want everybody to get out of there way to get a coffee have issue - the majority are standing their ground and not for turning. Till they have to mind their step at the end of escalator.
We wont rise or descend to their level. 0 -
Cody Pomeray wrote: »I have, it's still breathing away.
Standing to one side is not a "Britain" thing, it's a London thing. There are plenty of places in Britain which conform to the Irish standard in such matters.
I did say LONDON
Somebody else mentioned the Netherlands, and somebody else mentioned Airport escalators!
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No, but I don't judge those who do
.I did say LONDON
Presumably "the same" refers to escalator etiquette.I suppose the same could be said of motorway manners here which have still to catch up with Britain & the rest of Europe..
Hope we aren't keeping you waiting.
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Hit a nerve have we? Yes, I Don't like drivers going slowly in the outside lane!
This is a common and well known theme, which has been raised by Pat Kenny, Conor Faughnan (AA Ireland), and has been referenced dozens of times on boards.ie.
PS; They can't all be Unionists
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Harper Petite Fig wrote: »Guess what - sometimes people are late through no fault of their own. I make the latest appointment I can at the hospital, but I can't leave work early, so the timing is always quite tight. If something comes up such as a student needing to see me urgently, the trains being delayed or whatever, there's not a lot I can do except rush. A lot of people need to travel around the city for work - they can't do much about appointment times they're given by management/clients.
Perhaps you need to realise that not everyone has as much time on their hands as you do. What difference does it make to you to stand aside and let someone walk past you? None whatsoever. So why would you be selfish enough to stand in someone's way?
No, they're not to blame for the train being late, they're to blame if I miss the next train because their waddling ignorant arse is just so important that everyone else can wait.
As I said above, sometimes you can't help tight scheduling. Plus sh1t happens that you can't reasonably predict. Nobody in their right mind is going to leave the house at 5am every day just in case the Tube has problems.
It's ridiculous that some people consider it rude to expect people to move aside for you when you're in a hurry. Don't you think it's much more selfish to hold people up when it would take only the TINIEST amount of consideration not to do so? Why would you force everyone else to move at your pace? Selfish.
You've got this all wrong - your expecting everybody (The Majority) to move at your will - sorry , your not dealing with your students.
Anyway - how do you know how much time I have on my hands - All I will say, is you wouldn't make it to work at all without me
BTW - how you deal with tight schedules is by managing your time and others - you are doing it all wrong if you need 100s of people to stand to the side for you - you wouldn't last a millisecond with that attitude in my workplace.0 -
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FixdePitchmark wrote: »But the escalator does revolve around the minor amount that want to change to upset the majority (see poll)
Us Irish are going to be world leader on this turning point in history.
Hey - a few lost teachers a few cups of coffee will fall, but the escalator will keep turning. That meeting you never got to - or were 20 seconds late for.
Anyway - people who want everybody to get out of there way to get a coffee have issue - the majority are standing their ground and not for turning. Till they have to mind their step at the end of escalator.
We wont rise or descend to their level.
Yeah, cos everyone is in a hurry because they wanted a lie-in and now they're running for a latte. :rolleyes: No other possible reason. It's quite hard for you to imagine someone living a different kind of life to yours, isn't it?0 -
I said your train was late but you blame people who block your path insteadHarper Petite Fig wrote: »
No, they're not to blame for the train being late, they're to blame if I miss the next train because their waddling ignorant arse is just so important that everyone else can wait. 0 -
FixdePitchmark wrote: »But the escalator does revolve around the minor amount that want to change to upset the majority (see poll)
Us Irish are going to be world leader on this turning point in history.
Hey - a few lost teachers a few cups of coffee will fall, but the escalator will keep turning. That meeting you never got to - or were 20 seconds late for.
Anyway - people who want everybody to get out of there way to get a coffee have issue - the majority are standing their ground and not for turning. Till they have to mind their step at the end of escalator.
We wont rise or descend to their level.
The wording of the poll is a bit stupid. The question - "do you stand on escalators" - is a bit vague. All of us have, even those of us that walk up them, will stand still on them occasionally. If the questions were worded differently the results would be different I would hope.
I think it's rude to block other people that might be in a hurry, for whatever reason that may be, unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of rude people that like to block others.
I don't know why you keep mentioning coffee, I though tea was the beverage of choice in Ireland - besides beer. 0 -
FixdePitchmark wrote: »You've got this all wrong - your expecting everybody (The Majority) to move at your will - sorry , your not dealing with your students.
Anyway - how do you know how much time I have on my hands - All I will say, is you wouldn't make it to work at all without me
BTW - how you deal with tight schedules is by managing your time and others - you are doing it all wrong if you need 100s of people to stand to the side for you - you wouldn't last a millisecond with that attitude in my workplace.
Perhaps in the arse end of Ireland, yes. In London, it's thankfully the minority who are ignorant and selfish enough to expect other people to move at their leisurely pace while they look at their smartphones and stop at the top of the escalator to gawk slack-jawed at the information boards.
You really need to get out now and again. Not everyone has your lifestyle and your schedule.0 -
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