To think people who walk up escalators

[TiggyD]

are idiots?
It's free up!

Up is normally so hard because of all that bloody gravity you get nowadays that you really should take advantage of any up you can get. (It must have been wonderful before the apple man invented gravity.) You don't get people trying to scale the walls in lifts to get themselves a bit of extra up, so why escalators?

Madness.

I dont walk on escalators cos Im a lazy cow haha. Ive often wondered why people are always rushing about, but now Ive learned everyone wants to be a superhero haha

What is the big rush in the underground anyway? Arent the trains every 2 seconds or something? I stand on the right in the underground and I really dont get why everyone is in a hurry all the time. But then again Im not from London so dont have the extra knowledge as to why there's a big rush.

Agree with the travel things at airports though, now they are slow.

Now people reading a book when walking, THAT is something I dont get.

YABU.

Some people might be in a hurry, want to walk for the exercise, don't want to be near a certain rude person, etc.

Oh but it's free exercise and makes you feel like a proper Londoner when you growl at people to get out of your way. I unashamedly do the 'excuse me, you stand on the right' as I whip past them. Was mortified when MIL came to London and stood in the middle holding on to both handrails and took forever to get on and off.

You can also tell who lives in London by getting to know the most efficient spot to stand - distance walked at departing station vs distance at end station with knowing where the tube stops. I have it down pat - in the morning I get the tube with the same five people but keep to the tube rule - no talking unless you're drunk or crazy.

I also walk up them... extra calories! and they are so slow.....