So today I saw two customers manhandling a cart onto the escalator. Said cart had a toddler sitting in it. When I informed them "folks we do have an elevator" they said "we don't want to walk over there." It was 50 feet away. I guess putting a child at risk for catastrophic injury or death is worth saving less than 60 seconds of walking.
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I'll just endanger my child's life so I don't have to walk 50 feet
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Looks like there are idiots all over the world... I saw something very similar that was almost a catastrophe...
Yep, just endanger yours and other children....
It's disgusting how stupid people are.
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I'd guess either stupid or lawsuit, eltf, as it is more difficult to handle a shopping cart on an escalator than an elevationLast edited by taxguykarl; 05-19-2015, 06:41 PM.I'm trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my keister!
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Quoth eltf177 View PostStupid perhaps. Or lazy. Or worse, deliberately setting up a situation for a lawsuit...I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
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Quoth XCashier View PostA smart judge would throw the case out, seeing as there's an elevator within walking distance, and an employee who told them not to do it.
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Escalators always SHOULD have an emergency stop button. The correct thing to do when you see something unsafe happening IS to hit that button, then explain why.
Of course, whether Corporate will take exception to that sort of policy is another matter.
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Quoth XCashier View PostA smart judge would throw the case out, seeing as there's an elevator within walking distance, and an employee who told them not to do it.
Common sense is something that isn't inherited. It's learned and they sure aren't teaching the kid any, if it survives it's childhood, that is.If I make no sense, I apologize. I'm constantly interrupted by an actual toddler.
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Shit like this is probably why there are metal posts at the entrances to the escalators in the big box stores that have them around here. They also have a part in the middle that will take the carts up, with warnings not to leave children in them while they are on the lift. Thankfully, I've never seen anybody break that rule. Yet.At the conclusion of an Irish wedding, the priest said "Everybody please hug the person who has made your life worth living. The bartender was nearly crushed to death.
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Just as bad are the idiots I see in the subway stations getting onto the escalators with a kid in a stroller. The stations all have elevators, too.
Then there are the morons who don't notice that their kids are playing on the escalators...When you start at zero, everything's progress.
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Though oddly, I sometimes get irritated with people who are perfectly capable of using the escalator who choose to use the elevator instead. I've frequently had to wait for the next car to arrive because I can't fit my son's wheelchair into the elevator with all the people who don't need to use it already in there. It's hard enough with people who have strollers, other wheelchair users, and the few people who are perfectly able bodied but have a phobia or something to that effect, but then to add even more people when a wonderfully accessible escalator is *right there* irritates me to no end.At the conclusion of an Irish wedding, the priest said "Everybody please hug the person who has made your life worth living. The bartender was nearly crushed to death.
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Quoth mathnerd View PostThough oddly, I sometimes get irritated with people who are perfectly capable of using the escalator who choose to use the elevator instead. I've frequently had to wait for the next car to arrive because I can't fit my son's wheelchair into the elevator with all the people who don't need to use it already in there. It's hard enough with people who have strollers, other wheelchair users, and the few people who are perfectly able bodied but have a phobia or something to that effect, but then to add even more people when a wonderfully accessible escalator is *right there* irritates me to no end.
It pisses me off to no end when people risk the safety of a helpless child due to their laziness and/or stupidity. Put yourself at risk and hopefully become a Darwin award nominee, but don't endanger someone who can't make that decision and whose health is fully entrusted to you.D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.
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Quoth notalwaysright View PostIt would be nice to have an emergency turn-off button that you could/are allowed to use. Cart on escalator? Well, now it's stairs. Good luck with that."I try to be curious about everything, even things that don't interest me." -Alex Trebek
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