Move!
While I was going down the escalators at a station on the way back, I always want to get to the platform presto-pronto as not all trains go all the way to the end of my line. Sometimes, on a bad day, I could be waiting 20 minutes for such a train.
What really annoys me is that some people just don’t stand on the right-hand side of the escalator if they’re not willing to walk the steps and block the way for those of us who want to get to our destination quickly.
This afternoon, a group of four people basically just plugged up a section of the escalator so the left-hand side which is for quick passage was blocked. There was a queue of about 6 people behind them. Isn’t it obvious to people that if you’re static, stay on the right and if you’re moving, stay on the left?? With everyone standing on the right and leaving the left empty, it kinda gives it away. What really didn’t help matters was that the guy closest to the obstructive group didn’t do anything about it. Luckily, the train I wanted arrived on the platform just after I got there. It doesn’t always happen, but sometimes it really just get my goat.
What’s quite bizzare is that in Singapore, there are signs that tell people to stand on the left and walk on the right on the MRT escalators but everyone does the opposite.