I kid you not, this situation actually occurred at the Huntington Metro station on a summer afternoon in 2008. Afternoon rush hour, a big crowd heading up the escalator... the normal maddening pattern: folks standing on the right-hand side and people walking up the left-hand side... then some woman on the left-hand side stops walking about a third of the way up. Typical pattern that occurs every day, right? But it gets better as a few seconds after she stops and she's at about the midway point, the escalator shuts down...
And she continues to stand. And the right-hand side lazies continue to stand. The two women at the head of the escalator stood up there exasperated for a good 10 seconds until the hollering and cursing from people like me down below sunk through their skulls.
I could not believe what I had just witnessed. First thing when I saw my wife that night, I relayed the story and I don't even know if she believed me.
Re: Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:46:51
by allingeneral
hahaha
"I'm gonna cry"
"Well, there's nothing else left to do..."
Re: Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:59:14
by wylde007
Reminds me of when Peter locked his keys OUT of his car. Here is a Superbowl Redux:
Re: Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:29:51
by OakRidgeStars
...Grab the shiny thing
Re: Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:23:16
by Taggure
Re: Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:09:19
by DWinter
Great stuff
Re: Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:17:37
by gunderwood
Re: Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator
Posted: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:25:46
by Jakeiscrazy
OakRidgeStars wrote:...Grab the shiny thing
LOL! I wonder how often the guys at the real OnStar deal with stupid calls.
Re: Two Democrats Stuck On An Escalator
Posted: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:45:08
by zephyp
OMG! Thank you so much...I hope they found her and gave her a nice shiny new ticket...