Walk on the Left
October 4th, 2006 @ 10:24 pmWalk on the left! Stand on the right! Walk on the left! Stand on the right! Walk on the left! Stand on the right! Simple escalator etiquette. Most people get it, but increasingly, especially in the morning (like this morning in the BART/Muni Metro station), it seems like people don’t.
Even the government wants you to get it!
Apparently, though, this is an even bigger problem in DC or people there are really, really vocal about it. See here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here . . .
You should also read “One Small Step for Man … … and one giant leap for economists: How we figured out why people walk up staircases but not up escalators.” It’s not exactly on point, but isn’t it fascinating to read a 4 year old article about economists trying to figure out “If people stand still on escalators, then why don’t they stand still on stairs?” (yes, I wrote “why don’t they stand still on stairs”)?
Also, this story is kind of funny.
