It’s so simple. It *escalates* you.

I’ve always been pretty annoyed by this, but ever since getting a job in the city, annoyance has turned into abject hatred. Escalators: you walk on the left, ride on the right. This is an unspoken rule that allows for maximum commuting efficiency. It allows for lazy/nonsentient creatures to get fatter, while letting humans get where they’re going. Why is it, then, that some people can’t understand that? WHY MUST YOU STAND STILL IN THE LANE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IS FOR WALKING? If you want to stand, fine! I have no problem with that! Just do it where you’re supposed to, not right where thirty other people are trying to use their legs.

And another thing- why is there even a standing land on the escalator, anyway? It’s moving stairs! It does half the work for you! JUST WALK!