Escalators---parents beware!

[DD]

I'll have to try vodka. So far I've just used deep labor breathing. It also doesn't help that I am not graceful , and getting on and off an escalator "smoothly" is a challenge for me. Maybe vodka wouldn't be helpful after all...

I think that's part of what scares me too, is the getting off and on....but I found with vodka...you don't care...

 

[dunelover]

Well it has been confirmed in my mind, that I am finished with escalators when my kids are with me. Especially if more than one and I can't really keep a good hand on them. Even if the stroller moms are crowding the elevator, I will wait my turn or seek the stairs!!! I am learning from others on this one, so I don't have to experience it myself!

 

[NoHall]

I'm underwhelmed. They have never bothered me in the least, and I doubt they ever will. The idea has always been to keep all clothing and body parts away from the grooved, moving parts of the escalator, and all is well.

Then again, I operate chainsaws for a living, so I guess an escalator is relatively tame.

Honestly, I've always been more suspicious of elevators. You always know what an escalator is doing. It goes at the same speed all the time, and if it breaks a belt or something then you're left standing on a harmless staircase. Elevator doors always seem like they're waiting to eat someone. And if an elevator fails, gravity takes over.

(Where's the "falling to one's death" smiley?)

 

[Miss Kitty]

Deep escalator/elevator thoughts, NoHall. I ask this...how weird and hard is it to walk up an escalator that is not moving? My answer...VERY!!!

 

[NoHall]

Deep escalator/elevator thoughts, NoHall. I ask this...how weird and hard is it to walk up an escalator that is not moving? My answer...VERY!!!

Nuh-uh. Piece o'cake.

It's really hard to walk up

1. an escalator that is going the other way, and
2. an elevator that isn't moving (or, worse, that's also going the other way!)

Ask me about my elevator nightmare sometime. (It involved Dick van Dyke.)

 

[scooterbug44]

I'm underwhelmed. They have never bothered me in the least, and I doubt they ever will. The idea has always been to keep all clothing and body parts away from the grooved, moving parts of the escalator, and all is well.

So they are safe if you use them properly and watch your kids .......why does this seem like a recurring idea?