Tuesday, December 11, 2007
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The Hong Kong Central-Mid-Levels Escalators are the longest outdoor covered escalators in the world. Just to be sure - as more often in Hong Kong - the proper authorities have specified the proper behavior on the escalator. Here are two of the most brilliant rules:
- nr 4) Do not walk against the flow (Now why would I want do that?)
- nr 8) Do not activate the emergency switch, except in an emergency. (As opposed to whenever you're feeling bored...)
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The Hong Kong Central-Mid-Levels Escalators are the longest outdoor covered escalators in the world. Just to be sure - as more often in Hong Kong - the proper authorities have specified the proper behavior on the escalator. Here are two of the most brilliant rules:
- nr 4) Do not walk against the flow (Now why would I want do that?)
- nr 8) Do not activate the emergency switch, except in an emergency. (As opposed to whenever you're feeling bored...)
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Ha - gota love these rules! when i first read the title to this post it got excited thinking it may have been about one of my all time pet hates. I recently spent a year in London where, like most other countries i think, people stand to the right on an escalator and let others walk bye on the left. This is a simple convention that everybody just adheres to! (except for the odd clueless tourist). However! on returning to Dublin, i soon remembered to my frustration, that this simple rule did not apply here! It really bugs me now! but i guess i should not have let London get me in such a big hurry! People - stand to the right on an escalator!
Well, maybe they could put up signs there as well? Or are the Irish less prone to adhere to instructions from 'the proper authorities'?
Not sure what you meant by that comment, but i think ill pass on your blog from now on. Not that good anyway.......
You were complaining that people were not standing on the right on the escalators in Dublin, whereas in London people did do this. In Hong Kong they put up a very explicit sign, saying people should stand on the right to let people pass. My (tongue in cheek) suggestion was to put up signs in Dublin as well. My question was whether you thought people would abide by such rules in Dublin.
No intention to insult the Irish or anything.
That is why i said 'i wasn't sure what you meant'. An example of how expression is o so difficult to portray or interpret over the web. I agree, a few signs might do the job.
Hong Kong features a lot of signs offering instructions. Here's a smaller escalator sign
and you can see a variety of other signs (warnings, health cautions, instructions, advertising) and more in the rest of the set.
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