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Passing through Dublin Airport I noticed signs placed on each escalator instructing persons unfamiliar with how to use an escalator to use the adjacent stairs or lifts. Fortunately I had used an escalator less than 2 hours previously (In Bristol Airport) so was able to use this useful vertical transport
device without fear, but, assuming this rule is in place throughout Ireland, I became worried that Irish natives would have no place to gather the necessary experience to allow them to use an escalator for the first time.
I propose a school where people can achieve that all important first escalation in safety. Starting with instruction on a stationary floor, and progressing through staircases, stationary escalators and travellators, to that first big (tandem) escalation, and finishing with a solo free-fall of up to 10,000 millimetres. Master classes could also be offered in standing on the right and use of the emergency stop button.
The sign in question
http://flickr.com/p...armiter/1305416156/
No, I can't quite believe it either [MadnessInMyMethod, Jan 18 2009]
For [xenzag]
https://www.google....BAQ&sclient=gws-wiz
Excavator School? We've got options... [neutrinos_shadow, Oct 19 2021]
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[rcarty] Dublin has a population of around 1.6 million, and English is the main language spoken in Ireland. I suspect that almost no people encounter an escalator for the first time in Dublin Aiport. For those who do, an escalator school could be useful. |
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way back when, our transit system started putting up "Walk Left, Stand Right" signage for escalators... it actually worked. But [rcarty]'s right though, I don't see the Gaelic translation. |
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It's probably aimed at the Poles. The Irish rather like the Poles, but they sometimes seem to view them as idiot cousins. |
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Yes - I think that multi-story buildings would probably be a must for my school. I agree that the sign is not just for Irish people, but since I come from a country where, rightly or wrongly, I can practice on 'live' escalators, I was able to use Irish escalators fearlessly. To follow the strict letter of the law, the Irish would have to go abroad to to this before using their own escalators, or visit my useful school. |
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Is there a certificate at the end? |
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//Is there a certificate at the end//No, there's a flat bit and a sort of comb-like step. |
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I never use escalators.
There are always signs telling me that dogs must be carried
on them, and I haven't got one. |
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+ and also an Escalator refresher course! |
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I keep reading this as Executor School! |
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I thought this would be a school in which lessons were held
on an escalator, children sitting on the steps of an
escalator while being taught and descending deep
underground, then switching to an 'up' escalator halfway
through the lesson so as to arrive back at the surface at
the end of the period, ready to go to their next class. |
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There could also be an Excavator School where
people learn how to dig holes, then use the soil
they've removed to fill them in again. |
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[hippo]; assuming a 'fast' 0.5m/s escalator & 1 hour class,
that's a 900m long escalator!
Although, (assuming the 'up' & 'down' are next to each other),
"go to the top of the class" would mean jumping over the rail
from the 'down' to the 'up', ahead of the rest of the class (only
works during the 1st half-hour...). |
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[neutrino] - I know - it would be great for geology lessons
though! |
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Well I'm glad that sign is there otherwise I would be tempted to send a load of unaccompanied trolleys up the escalator. |
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I know praising other people's comedy just isn't done, but [pjd] is probably writing for television by now. Reminds me of the W.C. Fields line: "I always carry a flask in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy." |
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What are the chances that, having been a recovering HB addict for 10 years, I pop back on, and discover that one of my ideas that (quite rightly) has been dead for 12 years, was brought back to life just 3 days ago, and is now on the recent 3 page. |
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Something very spooky is going on. |
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Don't be with that naive innocent face. We know you were checking the site three times a day all those years just waiting for someone to comment on one of your ancient ideas. |
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hi [MMM] it was me…came up with *random* |
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