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March 09, 2007
Do it Right
I was walking towards it and there it was again. A large contingent of people was waiting for their chance to get on it through the right side. The left side, as usual, was almost empty and yet no one seemed to bother taking that side. I effortlessly walked through the left side and was on it immediately. Had I waited to get on it through the left side, I would have had to wait for at least 5 minutes.
Isn’t this an irony? People are prepared to wait for a few minutes for the right side while they could have immediately stepped on it through the left side. Have these people mistakenly taken “Do it Right”, literally?
The catch is you can stand on the right but have to walk on the left.
For those souls who haven’t figured out what I am talking about, it is of course, the escalator/s in the tube stations.
Posted by Vasanth at March 9, 2007 08:29 PM
Comments
Chakra - you are right, many of them do not know about it.
Lallan - Not sure, what do you mean by imaginative? It's a relative term, what might be imaginative to you may not be for me. what say you?
Posted by: Vasanth at March 13, 2007 07:56 PM
Some ppl just stand in the left as well.. i don't think they would do that intentionally, but are probably not aware of the convention..
Posted by: Chakra at March 10, 2007 12:38 PM
vasanth - please be imaginative in choosing topics.
who is a chennaite ?
stop this flow of detritus !
Posted by: lallan at March 10, 2007 07:23 AM