They were both invented to do the same thing: take people from one level to the next without them moving. If you want to move take the real stairs.

*sigh* Of course you stand aside, I’m saying (and so are the makers of these things) that this should be something that happens occasionally like when there’s a real rush not just because some people can’t stand still for the few seconds that an escalator ride take.

I take the stairs as often as I can. Even when you have to go out of your way, it’s never crowded because people will pay to climb stairs at the gym but ignore the staircases-sometimes right alongside the escalators-and think they’re being athletic or efficient by nudging past others.

No, I’ve just seen a few accidents (minor ones, thankfully), seen many more near misses and now that people are doing this while checking their phones it’s getting even worse. I do stand aside but I don’t get the need to pass people when the escalator is going to get you wherever you want even if you just stand on…

I DO move to the right. What I’m asking is why people on this thing that is moving anyways can’t just wait for it to do what it’s supposed to do? And why their need to keep moving trumps their consideration for people with disabilities, parcels, children or whatever can make it harder to move aside ?

Where am I claiming that I don’t step aside? I am asking why you can’t control yourself for a few seconds and stay on the step you got on until the ride is over? People do nothing but waste time but they see an escalator or a traffic jam or a line at the grocery store and suddenly they’re Mr or Ms Efficiency who can’t…

Because most people are inconsiderate? That's not coming as a surprise to me at all.

Most people doing something doesn’t mean that’s the correct and considerate thing to do it which is what etiquette is all about. I do stand aside because I wasn't raised by wolves but I can and do notice that this is a bad habit and the fact that people are now doing this while looking at their phones is just making…

Get a grip you bad Canadian. I never said I don’t stand aside, I said it irritates me that while we are all standing on steps that move some people seem unable to understand that we’ll all get there even if they stay right where they are.

If we were as polite, I wouldn't mind but I see a lot of shoving sometimes even of people with canes and crutches. Since the escalator will get us there regardless, why add danger to others if we can avoid it?

I never said I don’t stand aside, what I said was that I don’t understand why we have to do that just because some people want to end the ride a few seconds faster than it’s going to end anyways.

And it's okay to do that when you're on your own but people get in the habit of acting like others are in their way when they're using the escalator as recommended.

Just because managers try to account for rudeness doesn’t make it not rude. If you don’t want to use something the way the makers intend it to be used it should be up to you to be inconvenienced by using another way around.

Omg, you are not standing up to the Man by moving faster than escalators. 

But you are not the only one there or we wouldn't be having this discussion. This post is telling you why passing others can cause injuries but you still think you're right?

You’re right that those getting out of your way are being courteous but your unwillingness to do what you’re supposed to do and go at the pace set by the escalator is anything but.

Yes, how noxious and insufferable it is to want people to be considerate and safe instead of rude and annoying. 

You don’t even know all the parties and places you never get asked to because people notice how inconsiderate you are.

Yes, let’s encourage the behavior of some of the rudest people in the industrialized world. No need to pay attention to what those who make the escalators tell you to do.

I know :-) and it doesn’t bother me as much when you can hear the train pulling into the station or there really is a need to move faster, but most of the time it’s just done by habit and you see people who aren’t in good health or are handicapped have to do dangerous things like not use their cane or crutches…