I thought that escalators couldn't break 

Kinja'd!!! "E90M3" (e90m3)
08/20/2017 at 14:45 • Filed to: None

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they just become stairs


DISCUSSION (11)


Kinja'd!!! jimz > E90M3
08/20/2017 at 14:49

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“Escalator is temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience”


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > E90M3
08/20/2017 at 14:57

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Elf’n’safety.

Something wrong with the escalator and someone has some kind of accident while using it as a stairs? Lawyers will have a field day.


Kinja'd!!! Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > E90M3
08/20/2017 at 15:11

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Oh god. An elevator at a mall. Not worth it. I’ll walk all the way around to another escalator.


Kinja'd!!! Svend > E90M3
08/20/2017 at 15:11

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USE THE ESCALATOR LIKE STAIRS, ARE YOU A RUSHAN COMMIE? THIS IS ‘MERICA 2017.


Kinja'd!!! I hoon, therefore I am > E90M3
08/20/2017 at 15:16

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neither did she


Kinja'd!!! fintail > E90M3
08/20/2017 at 15:24

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I wouldn’t want to be on it if the assembly collapses. They still kind of weird me out.


Kinja'd!!! 66671 - 200 [METRIC] my dash > Cé hé sin
08/20/2017 at 15:24

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I can imagine the signs....

“No walking on escalators”....


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > jimz
08/20/2017 at 15:39

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Came here for this. Leaving satisfied.


Kinja'd!!! MM54 > E90M3
08/20/2017 at 16:03

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The escalators in the Newark airport have big warnings on them “Never use stopped escalator as a building stair!” so naturally, a couple work-trips ago, when there was one stopped... I walked down it. Nothing bad happened.


Kinja'd!!! Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > jimz
08/20/2017 at 19:56

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“We apologize for the fact that you can still get up there.”


Kinja'd!!! ranwhenparked > E90M3
08/20/2017 at 22:01

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I’ll bet it doesn’t meet building code for stairs or something. When it stops, you can have irregular riser heights at the top and bottom, and the tread surfaces might not be code for stairs, so they have to close it for liability reasons.