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[Virella]

Today one of the villages I used to spend shitton of time in when younger is going to probably riot over immigration crisis. I got my livestream ready.

 

/popcorns

[kharnlol]

I hate:

 

People who stand on the wrong side of the escalator.

 

 

I'm not even sure I understand this or have seen this. But I live in New York City which is quickly becoming the next China as far as population, so I may just not give a fuck.

[Unnamed Mercenary]

I hate:

 

People who stand on the wrong side of the escalator.

 

 

I'm not even sure I understand this or have seen this. But I live in New York City which is quickly becoming the next China as far as population, so I may just not give a fuck.

 

Some cultures have designated "stand here to stand" and "stand here to walk up" sides for escalators. Americans definitely do not. Japan does though! and you're seen as a total asshole if you're taking up space on the "walking" side and not walking up. Usually there are labels.

[Larson]

I hate:

 

People who stand on the wrong side of the escalator.

 

 

I'm not even sure I understand this or have seen this. But I live in New York City which is quickly becoming the next China as far as population, so I may just not give a fuck.

 

Some cultures have designated "stand here to stand" and "stand here to walk up" sides for escalators. Americans definitely do not. Japan does though! and you're seen as a total asshole if you're taking up space on the "walking" side and not walking up. Usually there are labels.

Americans do. Especially in DC. There is a natural flow that should never be interrupted. Those that do are punished by silent judging and resentment. From what I've seen, there are a lot of Ethiopians in the area that aren't used to escalator etiquette.

 

MRW when someone stands on the walk side:

[Unnamed Mercenary]

I hate:

 

People who stand on the wrong side of the escalator.

 

 

I'm not even sure I understand this or have seen this. But I live in New York City which is quickly becoming the next China as far as population, so I may just not give a fuck.

 

Some cultures have designated "stand here to stand" and "stand here to walk up" sides for escalators. Americans definitely do not. Japan does though! and you're seen as a total asshole if you're taking up space on the "walking" side and not walking up. Usually there are labels.

Americans do. Especially in DC. There is a natural flow that should never be interrupted. Those that do are punished by silent judging and resentment. From what I've seen, there are a lot of Ethiopians in the area that aren't used to escalator etiquette.

 

MRW when someone stands on the walk side:

 

Nothing like that exists in California. But that's exactly it. It's regional etiquette. Japan seems to do it on a country-wide scale complete with telling people where to stand. In the States? I've never seen escalators with painted lanes saying "standing side" and "walking side". If you have, I'm jealous.

[LiadansWhisper]

We always heavily discouraged walking up escalators, because of the risk of injury.

[Larson]

There aren't any signs. It's just common and accepted etiquette that an escalator serves two purposes:

 

 

Moving while relaxing.

 

Moving while moving.

 

 

You stand on the right and walk on the left. Walking is also safer because you do not run the risk of jamming your toes in the mechanism for lack of paying attention.

[LiadansWhisper]

There aren't any signs. It's just common and accepted etiquette that an escalator serves two purposes:

 

 

Moving while relaxing.

 

Moving while moving.

 

 

You stand on the right and walk on the left. Walking is also safer because you do not run the risk of jamming your toes in the mechanism for lack of paying attention.

 

I've never seen toes jammed,  bit I've repeatedly seen people trip, fall, lose their balance, step wrong, grab the moving handle in the wrong place, etc.

[Cassandra]

Sorry Vyce, but I tend to break up that flow here. Mostly if I happen to be with someone and we're talking as it's incredibly awkward for me to look up or down towards someone on an escalator. This is why stairs a good thing.

[Meishali]

I am absolutely surprised nobody relates to Vyce?

 

I'm the same, tbh. If you guys ever get to live in Paris, don't stand on the left side without moving, be it stairs (>moving slowly in this case) or escalators. People will lynch you. We are particularly salty about "moving" etiquette, as Paris is quite busy, and people are quite salty. Always. Walk. To the right. Let people run. Maybe it's important, maybe they have to. Let them be hurt, yeah? As long as they don't die.

 

In our metro, we literally have super big alleys with big signs saying "STAY ON YOUR RIGHT" because, sadly, common sense is not quite common. I personally hate running into people when I have to get somewhere real fast!:cactuar:

 

Also, I am never late. I just run to be in early.

[Kage]

Sounds like a thing for places with a fast paced traffic. In California the only convention seems to be "if you are passing someone aka squeezing by you say 'excuse me'". Never heard of it in my area and anytime I look it up it's mostly about high paced traffic metro areas such as Washington DC or NYC.

[Ashe]

Since this is my life right now...

I hate people who think deadlines are a suggested due date.

I gave you a month and a half to do this work that should have taken a week at most.

Just do it omg.

 

Anywho: As for escalators. After living in Japan for so long, I hate when people stand on both sides. Left is for moving, right is for standing....now get out of my way before I push you >.<

[Virella]

You haven't experienced queuing up, walking on escalators until you've done it the Dutch way. Manslaughter. Honestly, it is a national sport to push each other over sometimes I think. That is one thing I miss from being in the UK, the brits have mastered it. Especially the trains is a fucking disaster here, people legit have broken bones over the pushing ect. It's so silly, but we all do it.

 

Actually this sums it just well http://www.invadingholland.com/guides-to-holland/how-to-queue-like-a-dutchman

 

Step 4: The Collapse

As the last person exits the train the cluster of eager Dutch people will immediately collapse in on itself as everyone tries to rush forward through the doors at once. Arms, elbows, bags, large suitcases, hot cups of tea or coffee and body mass are all legitimate strategies to keep people back and gain ground on others. A battle cry is optional.

If a passenger is too slow getting off the train before this happens they are doomed. They will be swept back up onto the train by the unstoppable current of oncoming passengers and find themselves at the next station before they realize what has happened.

[Branson Thorne]

I refuse to be dictated on what side of an escalator I can stand on. Quite honestly I will stand where I please and if that bothers you. Well that sucks. Sorry.

 

Then again, I am the type of person who walks in a crowded area and pretty much refuses to budge my walking line.

 

I used to not be until one day I noticed people would head start towards me and I would always be the one to tuck my shoulder in to keep from hitting them. One day it really pissed me off, so now when I walk and someone heads towards me, I will not tuck my shoulder in. I have walked right into people before because I refuse to budge.

 

The more crowded the area is the more of an asshole I get with this. Me and the wife was at downtown Disney about a year ago and some fast paced jerk came strutting towards me and I could tell that like me, he wasn't going to move. So as we drew closer I tightened up my shoulder and when he walked into me I threw it forward a bit, almost spun him 180 degrees lol

 

Now if it's a woman or a child, by all mean, I'll duck out of the way because chivalry. But if your a ddue, fuck off, you go around.

[Dravus]

In England if someone inconveniences us we usually just smile and apologise as we slip past them whilst inwardly cursing them. Outwardly cursing them would be impolite and a breach of etiquette, after all!

[Meishali]

I refuse to be dictated on what side of an escalator I can stand on. Quite honestly I will stand where I please and if that bothers you. Well that sucks. Sorry.

 

Then again, I am the type of person who walks in a crowded area and pretty much refuses to budge my walking line.

 

I used to not be until one day I noticed people would head start towards me and I would always be the one to tuck my shoulder in to keep from hitting them. One day it really pissed me off, so now when I walk and someone heads towards me, I will not tuck my shoulder in. I have walked right into people before because I refuse to budge.

 

The more crowded the area is the more of an asshole I get with this. Me and the wife was at downtown Disney about a year ago and some fast paced jerk came strutting towards me and I could tell that like me, he wasn't going to move. So as we drew closer I tightened up my shoulder and when he walked into me I threw it forward a bit, almost spun him 180 degrees lol

 

Now if it's a woman or a child, by all mean, I'll duck out of the way because chivalry. But if your a ddue, fuck off, you go around.

 

In life, you're often given two choices. One of them is often being the better person. It is a bit weird to know that you're so upset over two-three people who refused to move/didn't notice, that you will literally bump into people.

 

If I had you do that to me IRL (which apparently, you wouldn't, because women are weak and god forbid you hit one of them with your shoulder ALTHOUGH they're being completely rude by not stepping aside when you're walking in their direction), I think I would stop you and ask for an apology. And maybe apologize myself if I didn't notice.

 

This said, no callout, since I usually stop people in the street who bump into me without apologizing. I rarely start fights, I just politely ask for an apology. It happens a lot, and most of the time, it's from people who know exactly where they're going. If they didn't notice, most of the time, they apologize, though.

 

People being rude isn't cool, I guess. It's super hard already to live in crowded places, sometimes...

[Branson Thorne]

Don't be one of those "Omg I can hold a door open for myself" people.

 

And it was multiple times. And I'm an asshole. And ask if you would, I'd love the chance to tell you to open up your eyes:thumbsup:

[Teadrinker]

Don't be one of those "Omg I can hold a door open for myself" people.

 

And it was multiple times. And I'm an asshole. And ask if you would, I'd love the chance to tell you to open up your eyes:thumbsup:

 

The  only time I try to taper things like this down is when I'm genuinely not interested in the guy and don't want him to think otherwise.

 

......

 

*Waits for Six to figure it out* :love::cactuar:

[Branson Thorne]

Don't be one of those "Omg I can hold a door open for myself" people.

 

And it was multiple times. And I'm an asshole. And ask if you would, I'd love the chance to tell you to open up your eyes:thumbsup:

 

The  only time I try to taper things like this down is when I'm genuinely not interested in the guy and don't want him to think otherwise.

 

......

 

*Waits for Six to figure it out* :love::cactuar:

I'm still trying to figure this out lol

[Meishali]

Don't be one of those "Omg I can hold a door open for myself" people.

 

And it was multiple times. And I'm an asshole. And ask if you would, I'd love the chance to tell you to open up your eyes:thumbsup:

 

That was not my point. My point was, really, to stay in the thread's lane, things that appear insignificant to some people can be really annoying once they pile up on the other side. If I am having a bad day, some guy running into me because his first reflex is not to step aside as some kind of minor, petty vendetta against other people who 'neglected' him in his life, yeah. It sucks.

 

I think it's kind of stupid, useless, and at the end of the day, makes everyone a bit more salty, when all it takes is one step to the left, or the right.

 

Edit: I do like it when people hold the door for me. All genders! I hold the door myself quite a lot. It's nice to be nice to other people, but I think it's not your type.

 

Do not brag about being the person we're complaining about in this thread! Consider using the no-mods-land for that. :cactuar:

 

Talking about steps on the left and the right, have you ever had this sad, sad thing when you run into people without bumping, and you both go in the same direction? MORE THAN TWICE?

 

I hate this.

[Branson Thorne]

I'm notnbragging or boasting. I'm just not going to be diving out of the way for someone when they will not do the same.

 

Simple as that.

 

But following your lead of making this a little more civilized, yes, I have had that happen. Then you spend the next 3 minutes swapping positions back and forth, you both stop and motion for the other to go, and it starts all over again lol

[Kellach Woods]

humanity why have you romanticized shitty sleep schedules.

i'm falling asleep at work because i am a fucking dumbass.

[Branson Thorne]

humanity why have you romanticized shitty sleep schedules.

i'm falling asleep at work because i am a fucking dumbass.

 

To many late night RP sessions?

[Kellach Woods]

IF ONLY.

 

Last night was routing Tecmo Cup Soccer Game (aka Land Blitzball) for an any% speedrun and realizing there's still way too much I don't know about the game (e.g. why can't I get more than 3 people to level vs. GEMS even though I trounced them 5-0, how to level Brook, what causes John to level and is it valuable to level him even though you won't use him halfway through the game, etc.)

 

Tonight might actually be RP.

[Larson]

DC and Paris are clockwork cities. Everyone has a specific schedule they like to keep and everyone wants their transportation to be efficient.

 

New York is a blob. Transportation is blobby.

 

California doesn't need transit etiquette because the only way to get anywhere is to drive and possibly have an avocado in your hand.

 

In DC, bad things can happen to those who mess with the escalator order. One of the other big nonos is drunk riding.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/family-of-man-found-dead-in-metro-station-says-he-wasnt-found-for-4-days/2015/06/09/9e604faa-0ead-11e5-a0dc-2b6f404ff5cf_story.html

 

DC Metro is pretty fucked up and negligent, and we have delays and malfunctions daily. We have all tailored our lives in expectation that the Metro will make us late if we do not act with efficiency.