Embarrassing accident.

Are you lacking in comprehension skills? There are adult literacy courses in the local colleges to update your English lessons.

I'm sorry to hear about you falling and hope you and your daughter aren't too shook up by it.
Please go get checked out at the doctor's, and if the store didn't log it as an accident in their accident records, they need to do so. Hope you're feeling better soon.

I’ve also been on one when it stopped and it’s one of the most disorienting things I’ve experienced. I fell forward but fortunately was holding on so managed to catch myself. Took me a few seconds to work out what had happened. High risk that your 6 year old would have gone flying.

Hope your leg is feeling a bit better this morning.

I’ve been on one when it stopped suddenly because a woman in front of me accidentally dropped some coins. They bounced down the escalator and into the mechanism which immediately stopped I just about got launched into mid air and was lucky to be able to hold on. Luckily it wasn’t busy at the time or there’d probably have been a pileup.

So sorry for your scary experience, OP. You have my sincere sympathies. I hope that you heal soon. Escalators terrify me and they aren’t safe for me to use now, so I avoid them like the plague but they are I think more dangerous than we consider them to be. As someone else said do get them very thoroughly cleaned. Those teeth are so nasty.

But it wasn’t a situation where the shop worker should have used it. If she did it would have jerked violently and how would that have helped the little girl?

By all means report the accident, I still don’t know how the OP did it (twisted leg)

Btw I have reported stuff in shops like a box falling on me, but reporting that they didn’t press emergency stop isn’t it really.

Did you not quite manage to read all the posts where the op said she DIDNT blame the worker?

pot calling the kettle black there

Oh bloody hell @Holl100 that sounds awful! I’d have been terrified, my phobia is the spikey ends of escalators and being stuck in them - probably from an episode of Casualty where some elderly lady gets her head stuck in it!

I don’t think the emergency stop would have helped much but I’m so sorry that’s happened

I think in the moment, you have to weigh up the sudden stop when you're already in motion falling and if it could make things worse. Hit the button at the wrong time and you could have been thrown the rest of the way down.

I think in the moment it’s difficult to think quickly and like a PP said, stopping it isn’t always for the better.

One time my little cousin managed to get himself on the outside of an escalator and if it had been stopped he would just have fallen with the jerking stop. We had to let it run all the way to the top and fortunately a man had the presence of mind of waiting and picking him up. He could have died if he just fell off.

The emergency stop is for when things are trapped, otherwise everyone else falls over as well. Escalators are very hard to land on - as you've found out.

I have definitely been on a (shopping centre) escalator which stopped when someone landed heavily on it. In this case, it was a deliberate act by a teenager who put both hands on the rails and sort of lifted and swung his body so he jumped forward several steps and landed hard. It did not stop suddenly enough to throw anyone else off balance.

Sadly saw someone killed on one falling from top to bottom as a teenager. I try and avoid them since. It's a huge shock op and hope you feeling better soon.

You are definitely not a knob!!
@Holl100
I hurt myself quite badly at an event and the person in charge filled out a report detailing how it happened/which hospital I went to etc. It was completely my fault - but they wanted to know for future risk assessments.
This happens in schools as well - so I would think it could happen in offices/shops/anywhere where safety is of importance.
I’m going to go against the grain of this thread and say - yes report it to the shop. It may mean better training for staff as to when to use an emergency stop button. If the button is there, staff should know when/when not to use it.

Poor you. Hope you aren't too sore today.
Did it get recorded in the shops incident book? If not please ring them to ensure it is recorded. This won't help you, but it will ensure that 'escalator safety' is talked about at staff training and things like pressing emergency stop will be discussed. Also that walking away embarrassed is an adrenalin response and the customer may need time to sit and compose themselves.

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The emergency stop is more for people getting clothing trapped or if there's a smell of fire etc. It stops with a really sudden jerking motion that throws everyone forward so your DD and others might have fallen too.

Your daughter almost certainly would have fallen as well had the emergency stop been applied. If it hurts to walk then you should get checked out at urgent care.

I only use escalators if I have a hand free to hold the rail. I've never particularly liked them but trust them less as I get older. Also find it embarrassing to fall asleep I'm getting older - definitely think it's a sign you're aging when people swarm to pick you up! Try not to dwell on it though.

Hope you're feeling better soon

Hope you feel better soon. I would be thinking 'ouch!' and wondering if you were ok if I saw that, definitely wouldn't call it embarrassing. I am glad a staff member checked on you.

I can't use escalators anymore due to balance issues. I feel so dizzy on them and would worry about not only hurting myself but knocking another person down too. I just always opt for the stairs where possible.

Did you see what happened in Bangkok airport? They’re actually pretty dangerous. I think of this lady every time I’m on those flat ones.

www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66062753

The thing is, whilst you’re dying inside embarrassed, anyone who saw is mainly just concerned and then relieved when you’re ‘ok’ (noting - it could’ve been worse).
As my parents always used to say - today’s news, tomorrow’s chip paper. I’d not worry too much.

the only time I've seen one stopped was when a childs shoelace was caught. Horrible to think of what could happen there caught in the moving parts. Have you been checked by a doctor in case you have any injuries? Don't be embarrassed though, we all trip sometimes!

I did also think that, which is also the consequence of the emergency break on the train