to think this woman was rude for swearing and barging by me?

[thelifeofamber]

People queuing up to go down the escalator, I checked my phone but the queue moved much faster than I thought.

I stopped at the top to put my phone back and the woman behind muttered for fuck sake and barged by me and went down the escalator.

I was wrong to hold her up but surely she didn't have to be that rude?

OrangeSox different situation as you are keeping moving and people can adapt their speed accordingly, the OP was not paying attention and just stopped.

The OP is upset because she feels slighted for not showing the very respect for people around her that she feels she is missing herself and is not accepting that doing something as selfish and potentially dangerous

orange

I am ok on escalators but there is a local one that always seems to throw me off balance so i take my time getting on it

But i dont check my phone when about to get on an escalator and i am assuming because you are very careful and not an idiot that you dont do it either

limited it only takes a quick google to see that several people die in escalator accidents and a similar amount are injured each year.

Orange, I don't think it's the same thing at all. Lots of people have trouble with escalators for all kinds of reasons. But when you see a numpty has stopped dead, especially if they seem to be faffing, it's an irritant. I realise someone might stop dead due to a sudden cramp but to put their phine away?

I also work in London and I dont swear much but people doing stuff like this is a fair reason.

i thought all woman could multi task

Stereotypes like this can fuck off.

Men and women are both equally capable of putting away a phone once they are on an escalator, rather than holding up the flow of people by stopping before getting on.

ok this thread is just getting silly now ....

Survival of the fittest and me causing hundreds to die.

Nope definitely no exaggeration here

i never said anything about men :/

i said i thought all woman could multi task so there was no reason to stop to put the phone away.

i did not mention men

Op you acted like a bit of a dick. Someone got cross with you. Perhaps your idiocy was the final straw in an already crap day for them.
You were wrong, get over it, don't do if again.

Orange, I'm finding it difficult to believe you get evil dirty looks for using the lift. There isn't any rule that only disabled people can use lifts, and I really can't see why anyone would mind if you use them.

OP ignore the silliness but do please remember loads of people get injured in the escalator.....if you've never had a broken bone, it's a much worse injury than many realise. So please be careful on and around the escalator.

You were both rude.

The woman was rude to swear and you were rude to expect people behind you to have to wait while you put your phone away.

I think that the swearing would bother me less.

No one said hundreds of people die- don't be silly.
You could have caused an accident.

I've been ffs woman too a couple of weeks ago, why do people have to stop and congregate in groups right outside shop doorways causing a bottleneck when if they stood 3 metres to one side they would be in front of the shop window blocking no-one? I don't know what possessed me to go to primark on a Saturday afternoon 2 weeks before Christmas and I know I was being a stroppy cow but ffs, can people not look around them and think instead of acting like sheep?

"she would have had to shoved myself and jumped on my back for us to have fallen from top to bottom."

FFS!

You carry on 'checking' your phone. I find your sort good sport when I walk down the road and your sort can't be arsed to look where your going and I walk straight into you. Am I the rude one?

Orangesox don't feel like that.

I have a neurological condition which causes balance problems. It was terrifying and frustrating to go from someone who skipped around in skyscraper platforms, to someone who was afraid that some texting fuckwit with a wheely case was going to have me over and put me back in hospital.

I don't know where you are with it, but I'm better now because my balance has improved as my condition has got slightly better. Exercise has helped with my core strength which helps stop you wobbling.

Also I've become less timid and regained more of my inner 'fuck you' attitude .

I use the London Underground all the time. I also live near a busy mainline station where clueless fuckwits with wheely cases zig-zag in front of me while desperately checking apps on their mobiles because they're fucking late and don't know where they're fucking well going.

I fucking hate fuckers with wheely cases. Especially the tiny ones on really long handles. If ever I see one of those, I give the person a really good head start. But often they stop dead in front of me or veer and try to cut me off at the ankles.

I've become very Zen about it and just mutter 'FFS'.

My escalator tip: Walk forwards a your own pace, reach out right arm, grab hand rail, stay there. Let everyone else pass you on the left.

I sometimes walk down on the right if I'm in a hurry. I do it at my own pace which isn't slow but sometimes slower than others would like. I do not get out of their way because letting go of the hand rail and crossing for their convenience might make me fall and therefore would be very inconvenient for me.

Good luck out there

Yes, I've been tempted to walk into texters but opted for getting as close as possible to see if they recognise they are being silly. They don't bat an eyelid so I guess a bump is next. They can't complain that I didn't look I where I was going. Don't these idiots ever ram into each other, knocking bith phones to ground and breaking them?

OMD wheelie cases. Don't get me started. Separate thread?!

xxlimited, I know what you mean.

lorelei you might enjoy this

I work in south Kensington and honestly I know I'll get slain for this on MN but it's the parents and kids who are the worst, walking down the tunnel in a long line so you haven't got any room to get past them (no issue with slow walkers as long as they are aware others may wish to have space to walk past them), unable to comprehend how ticket barriers work, complaining about 'commuters' (who have no choice but to be there at rush hour) and just generally being a PITA.

I am not very patient which I admit is entirely my own issue but equally I find other people's basic lack of awareness and consideration towards others quite staggering.

it only takes a quick google to see that several people die in escalator accidents and a similar amount are injured each year.

cotto I'm not arguing with that, I'm just amazed that we mostly manage to avoid accidents in crowded places.

God knows, we all do fucking stupid things sometimes and get away with them, but some people do abuse the privilege

There must be some theory to explain that.

Are you saying that at the moment you should have stepped onto the escalator, you instead stopped at the top to put stuff in your bag?

And the person behind you, who was expecting you to just get on the escalator because it was your turn shoved by you and got on instead?

Yes, she was a bit rude, but you should have just got on when it was your turn and not stopped at the top to put your stuff away.

I sometimes walk down on the right if I'm in a hurry.

Sorry that's left for my escalator negotiation tips.

I may be a Zen motherfucker on the Underground but I've still to master my left from my right