here's a handy guide for using the esclators in DC

[charlie and algernon]

http://howtouseanescalatorindc.com/

DC escalators = politics: Left = move forward, Right = obstruct path, Middle = no one likes a centrist make up your damn mind

If escalators are busy, feel free to slide down the metal ramp in the middle. Those little round rivets won't hurt a bit.

LOCALS: RUN UP THE LEFT SIDE AND SHOVE ANY TOURISTS OUT OF THE WAY. IT IS YOUR DUTY AS A VA, MD, OR DC CITIZEN TO KEEP THE PEOPLE FLOWING BECAUSE GOD KNOWS, THESE THINGS COULD STOP WORKING AT ANY MOMENT (or if you are at Dupont Circle or Foggy Bottom, they already have).

Hey tourists. Yes you. You know those 200 commuters all standing behind you as you ride up the escalator taking up both sides? They aren't in a HURRY OR ANYTHING YOU IGNORANT INPERCEPTIVE TOURONS. YOU KNOW ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO GOT ON BEFORE YOU AND WALKED UP QUICKLY? THEY WERE NOT IN AN EXERCISE CLASS. MOVE OUT OF OUR WAY. THIS ISN'T F**KING DISNEY WORLD. WE LIVE HERE.

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[Drale]

1. You know

Esclators can never really be broken because if they stop working they become stairs lol

[HughBeaumont]

2. I go there 8 times a year and I fucking HATE when the unknowing obstruct.

Left to pass, right to stand still, goddamn it!! People live and work and are in a hurry here, and there are also hyperbastards like me who have lots of walking and places to see while I'm there.

Maybe it's because I live in Cleveland, where there are also escalators (albeit one or two rather than a few dozen like D.C.), so the same thing happens.

Also, it doesn't really matter how wide the sidewalks are . . . you'll always get a bunch of haystacks walking six abreast. I HATE that. You're not in Maine, KEEP it moving, people. GAHHH!