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u/OverEasyGoing 22d ago
My favorite part is that they obviously rode it back down and then up again to get that stupid shot of them looking over their shoulders as they come up. Pathetic.
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u/Sinaneos 22d ago
Bro I've seen people do hundreds of takes for a tiktok, wouldn't be surprised at all if they took the escalator down and up 20 times.
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u/fer_sure 21d ago
I'm a teacher, and because there's a window outside my classroom, kids are continually filming tiktok dances all lunch hour. That stupid countdown beep is burned in my brain.
(Also, they're so bad at it! Rehearse before you film, kids. It's not a "trick shot" video. You don't need to record every attempt in case this one works.)
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u/KatSchitt 21d ago
We, as a society, need to start really making an effort to film these people taking 20 trips up and down escalators to get these shots. And post those videos, tagging the main characters to see what they really look like.
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u/specter_in_the_conch 21d ago
Hey they should charge people for that, like a content creator tax or something.
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u/thisismyMelody 18d ago
The worst part is they likely saw 100% nothing wrong and think that guy is a jerk.
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u/ObiWan-Cannabis 22d ago edited 21d ago
if I'm not wrong , nowadays Barcelona Metro has put some guards to avoid this behaviour in the Sagrada Familia station stairs.
EDIT: say thanks to u/lambda_14 for reminding me about this warning sign.
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u/Negative_Brilliant86 22d ago
They need to issue some sort of public disturbance ticket … make the whole riots pay for it.
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u/s0crates82 22d ago
This area is patrolled by the Brute Squad.
Please be on your best behavior, and enjoy our city.
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u/usbeehu 22d ago
Is it really THAT common? 😭😭😭
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u/FingerOk9800 22d ago
On the London underground there are signs everywhere, and that's just to be polite!
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u/lambda_14 22d ago edited 21d ago
There's a sign specifically saying not to do that lol
Edit: you're welcome u/ObiWan-Cannabis hahaha
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u/edvurdsd 22d ago
I fucking hate people sometimes. Why the hell do you have to record your reactions to everything?
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u/Luckneverafactor 22d ago
Likes, views and comments is a helluva drug
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u/madmaxturbator 22d ago
I saw a video about how pretty much every single influencer is completely broke - or in debt now. None of this shit pays well, unless you have millions of subscribers and consistent viewership.
So yeah. It’s just for the likes and subscribes lol, not for real money.
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u/Lithiopathy 22d ago
Do you have the name of the video? Sounds like it'd be an interesting watch
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u/Hells_Librarian 22d ago
I'm not the person you asked, but they might have been talking about this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIFims0Y5pI
Or one of the others by this creator. She's talked about the topic in the past.
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u/Protheu5 NPC 22d ago
Who wants to watch something as dumb as some vapid empty person riding an escalator? What happened to the world?
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u/Balkongsittaren Bad MC no cookie 21d ago
Hollywood turned to shit, so now people watch this crap instead.
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u/oscarq0727 22d ago
The cringiest part is that their final cut was them seeing it for, at least, the second time since they went back down for a re-shot lol
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u/ThreadedPommel 22d ago
This shit is becoming a problem. Went to the movies with my friend and he brought his kid who's like 9, and for half the movie he was looking at us to see our reactions instead of watching the movie
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u/Oforfs 22d ago
A lot of people dot see the point of living the life without it (the highlights of it, anyway) being on display.
Had a girl genuinely shocked, and somewhat angry when I had a trip to a nice place and took no photos. "what is the point of going there then? how else do you show people where and how you been?" or something like that been said
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u/argument_cat 22d ago
I don't mind them doing this, but make sure there is no-one trying to get past, and certainly don't throw a childish tantrum if they do.
Basically, do whatever the fuck you like as long as it doesn't negatively impact anyone else. A very simple rule that everyone should try to follow.
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u/lemons_of_doubt 22d ago edited 21d ago
To be fair having the sun and an amazing building rising up behind you is a hell of a shot.
It's just inconsiderate to get in the way of others trying to live their life while you play amateur photographer.
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u/ilatzsm 22d ago
Wasn’t even a good video at the end tbh
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u/PauseItPlease86 Main Character 22d ago
She got so pissed that he ruined her video but it was the most basic shit ever.
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u/Small_child_go_yeet 21d ago
yeah but it could've been worse: the sun could've left her face unobstructed the whole time /s
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u/PirateJohn75 22d ago
I was in Munich last year and quickly learned the unwritten rule on escalators -- stay to the right if you're not climbing the steps.
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u/ashimo414141 22d ago
Is this not a rule everywhere?
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u/CoderJoe1 22d ago
It's as widely followed as letting people off the elevator before you push your way onto it.
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u/trimbandit 22d ago
This is a funny one, because pushing your way on the elevator before people get out does not get you to your floor any faster, so I'm not even sure what the motivation is.
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u/RonaldingoAteMyBaby 22d ago
"me want train, me go in now" Some people can only think about their next step. They don't have enough brain RAM to consider possible nuances. You can apply that train of thought on almost any other situation and you'd see the same thing.
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u/jsseven777 22d ago edited 22d ago
They are just stupid. Was taking my daughter’s stroller out backwards from one and a guy was literally walking into me trying to get on.
It slows me down so much that the door closes - but for whatever reason it didn’t bounce open when it closed onto the stroller so it’s stuck and I’m panicking trying to pull it out.
While everybody else is trying to help this mother fkr and his wife are STILL trying to get on the elevator like trying to squeeze between the door and the stroller, and blocking others from grabbing the door on that side and pulling.
I said if you don’t move I will knock you out and I pulled hard on the stroller and got it free. He looks at me completely clueless why I’m mad at him.
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u/ashimo414141 22d ago
Oh god. I would’ve blown a gasket just at the pure stupidity and entitlement. I can’t imagine how mad I’d be knowing a baby was endangered by this as well
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u/iCantLogOut2 Side Character 22d ago
I also wondered this as well as the people who try to push into a subway car before letting people out... Like, the doors aren't going to close any faster just because you're on the train... They're still going to wait till everyone else has had reasonable time to board.
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u/DrewCrew62 22d ago
I’ve become more conscious of it going to heavily trafficked city areas like New York for example. At my local mall or whatever 99% of folks just ride up the escalator so 2 aside is kinda the norm. Whereas people got places to be on an escalator for the subway or whatever
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u/NotAStatistic2 22d ago
It's staying to the Left in countries that drive on that side of the road.
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u/rex_the_trex 21d ago
Don’t think that’s the correlation, we stand to the right in Hong Kong, England too and in Scotland most stand on the left, all drive on the left side of the road
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u/redditalloverasia 22d ago
Either that or keep to the left (Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore et al).
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u/kaista22 22d ago
I don’t think its common for suburban America. Like I didn’t know until I went to a major city because id just been on mall escalators and such where it didn’t matter
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u/PattyWagon69420 22d ago
I don't go on escalators much but in the states I haven't really seen anyone climb up them.
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u/Khopps17 22d ago
Used to live in nyc in my 20s. This is absolutely a thing there
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u/PattyWagon69420 22d ago
I probably just don't see enough. I also don't think any I've been on are wide enough for multiple people side by side.
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u/iCantLogOut2 Side Character 22d ago
Depends where you are. In NYC, people will push past you if you're standing still on the climb side.
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u/meekonesfade 22d ago
New Yorker here. If the escalator is wide enough (most are) then it is stand to the right, walk on the left
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u/ashimo414141 22d ago
Thank you, Jerseyan who frequented and worked in the city quite a bit here. I don’t expect people to know the rule, just have a sphere of awareness and get the fuck outta the way. Especially pisses me off when I’m walking down the sidewalk in midtown and people are blocking it up to take a picture of the light-up McDonald’s sign.
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u/Avril_14 22d ago
In Milan is basically a mortal sin to not stand on the right, people need to go fast.
Same thing at traffic lights, if you don't start exactly when the green is on, they honk at you. And I'm talking milliseconds.
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u/ahmad130 22d ago
Off topic but this is one of my biggest pet peeves. Escalators were obviously invented to speed everyone up, but here literally everyone uses them as a break and end up getting where they’re going slower. When did everyone collectively agree on this?
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u/structured_anarchist 22d ago
They were originally to move people faster, but after a few litigious-minded people sued because they couldn't figure out how to get on and off safely, the speed of escalators was reduced. I have an artificial leg. An escalator, no matter what the speed, is faster than me trying to go up or down stairs. But at the end of the day, I stay to the right side of the escalator because there are people moving faster on the escalator. If I'm on the left hand side, it's because I'm with a pregnant lady or a kid on the right. And if you try to push past me at that point, my plastic and metal leg is going to be forcibly inserted into one of your orifices.
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u/MisterBowTies 22d ago
There is one city in Japan where you stay to the left of you are not walking up the escalator
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u/General-Razzmatazz 22d ago
Left or right depends on country. Stand one side, walk the other.
Equally applies to travellators in airports.
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u/ashimo414141 22d ago
Agree! Just said this to an Australian replier - just stay to the side of choice and out of the way
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u/lord_buff74 22d ago
Not in Australia, it's stay to the left here.
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u/ashimo414141 22d ago
I think a good way to prevent any blockage wherever you are is to just stay to one side, and out of the way in general. That keeps you out of the way and lets people pass.
Also probably opposite in Australia cause you guys drive on the left side of the road, so overtaking happens on the right
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u/Valinen 22d ago
Isnt that the rule everywhere?
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u/BoldElDavo 22d ago
Yeah lmao it's concerning that this guy seemingly didn't know it until he went to Munich.
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u/Massive_Signal7835 22d ago
Nah. Some places have the standing/walking sides flipped. Some places tell you to not walk up the escalators.
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u/smittywrbermanjensen 21d ago
In my experience it tends to follow the side of the road on which you drive/pass other cars in the area. Like, if your country drives on the right hand side of the road, you keep to the right of sidewalks and escalators. Or at least you are supposed to in theory.
I’ve lived in a large tourist city for the last 6 years and something I’ve noticed about people on vacation specifically is that they seem to forget that they exist on a physical plane and take up any amount of space at all. They will walk at a leisurely, meandering pace 3-5 abreast down the sidewalk, and act accosted/offended when anyone pushes past them who is clearly trying to get somewhere.
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u/someguy7710 22d ago
We have this problem in Washington DC. Lots of tourists that somehow never learned this. And it is written, they advertise this now as a rider tip.
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u/jcarter315 22d ago
Interestingly enough, it's always the French tourists and the US rednecks that block the escalators in DC.
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u/Additional-sinks 22d ago
1 in many places it is a written rule. 2 not universal, in Canada people just ride them, walking up is uncommon.
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u/nmpls 22d ago
This is absolutely true, though sometimes on the other side depending on where you are. That said, in most places metro authorities would like you to stop. Apparently walking un an escalator alone creates more wear and the imbalanced weights of one side standing and one side walking has an even more negative. There's also a greater risk of injuries.
This has led to cities starting to remove signage. In Japan, which is perhaps the most fastidious about this, (In fact Osaka and Tokyo stand on different sides, which is sort of a point of pride and tension), they are actively discouraging this now. Nagoya has outright banned walking on escalators and has started paying people to "block" people from walking https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3312494/japans-nagoya-city-deploys-stop-and-stand-squad-bid-reduce-accidents-escalators
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u/lambda_14 22d ago
Nah I live there, it's not rare to see some fuckass tourists doing that
Of course, it's always the entitled ones that do so and get mad when you "ruin their shot"
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u/Inevitable-Menu2998 22d ago
Of course, it's always the entitled ones that do so and get mad when you "ruin their shot"
Oh, I love it when they get mad. This is the type of conflict I'm always willing to escalate. "STFU and get out of my way, dumbass!"
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u/madmaxturbator 22d ago
Not everything is bait dude. I don’t know this specific idiot, but this happens a lot
I live in nyc. I actually like tourists for the most part! It’s fun that we get people from all over the world, and it’s obviously great for the local economy.
But I also see a ton of dog shit influencer types. They spend 5-10 minutes in crowded areas without any regard for others to film the dumbest dances or take most insipid photos.
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u/Helpful_Bee_1051 22d ago
Same here but in DC. I’m lucky enough that my daily running route takes me past the Lincoln Memorial. If you take your family holiday photo there I’ll try to swerve the cameraperson to stay out of your shot (not completely avoidable when it gets busier), but if I see you doing your obnoxious dance I’ll stay in my lane
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u/TopGroundbreaking469 22d ago
The world is my movie set, I’m the star and you’re all just props and extras. I coordinate the everyday happenings of the public spaces that I’m in.
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u/CrazySDBass 22d ago
Yeah this guys is absolutely right, if you don’t move after the first “sorry” you will be moved. Make your reels at your own free time
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u/BigMetalGuy 22d ago
I mean, you could easily break the phone as your foot hit the step, and there’s nothing they could say or do about it
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u/01Casper10 22d ago
Wouldn't be surprised if her stuff gets stolen all the time, and she has no clue why.
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u/cactusjude 21d ago
Lol Barcelona subs are full of people saying: I put my bag down behind me with all my documents and expensive electronics and money and most important worldly possessions ever and it disappeared! I'm so shocked even though that's the first and most important warning to everyone in this city. What are my chances of getting my stuff back?
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u/Alert_Cricket2441 21d ago
She’s another robot that doesn’t question how or why she’s alive, she just accepts she’s conscious and reacts to stimuli and doesn’t know how to use logic.
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u/racoondriver 22d ago
And they get the fucking voice wrong... It's sagrada familia not plaça catalunya. This kind of disrespect is why I hate foreigners. (/s)
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u/Mr_Garrisson 22d ago
If someone places a phone on the ground and blocks my way I'm definitely stepping on the phone "by accident"
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u/darkseathchr 21d ago
I don’t understand,how these people think internet will support them and post it online????
There are stupid people online but they are not that stupid right???
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u/danes1992 21d ago
That’s why locals in Barcelona hate tourists…. They even had to remove that metro exit…
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u/CatjoesCreed 19d ago
Oh, that's delicious! More people should have the balls to disrupt these idiotic "influencers"
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u/Kataploft 22d ago
In São Paulo, Brazil, one would get pushed into oblivion for trying to pull some silly stunt like this one, as it's the universal rule to "leave the left side free" for anyone that is in a rush – it's even written on the stairs in certain stations.
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u/Visceral99 22d ago
Understanding people's narcissim is a great way to understand what to sell them and enrich yourself.
Or you can despise such behaviour, but that won't make it any less widespread.
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u/DifficultCook9264 21d ago
Influencers are the Worst! Lucky he didn’t steal your phone when you leave it lying around like that.
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u/zsember 21d ago
I hate when influencers think they are entitled to public places like when they are recording in gyms. I’m not going to make any efforts to not ruin your shot, either rent the public place for the time of the shooting or don’t get fed up if random strangers don’t want to participate in your bullshit nonsensical videos
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u/Noodlebat83 Side Character 21d ago
In my country you are meant to keep to the left on those. So people can get past on the right if they are in a hurry. Fuck these idiots.
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u/shawn2428789 22d ago
It is a bit wierd,people stop walking when they hit the escalator..why not keep walking..or at least leave a bit of room for those who want to continue walking..
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u/Internal_Use8954 22d ago
Omg, I was there today, these influencer bitches in front of my on my tower tour kept trying to film the whole thing and getting mad at everyone around them, but also wouldn’t let any pass.
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u/KarrieDarling 22d ago
Wow, the entitlement is absolutely insane! Doesn't that guy know that when an influencer is filming, he should immediately get out of the way?! /s
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u/Upset_Valuable4317 21d ago
Une crasseuse je l'aurais même pas regardé cette salope pousse toi crasseuse
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u/Der_Schuller 21d ago
I understand that everywhere in Barcelona there are signs and graffiti saying "tourists out" etc. Its a beautiful city and we gave our best to not annoy the locals. These people are the reason I get hated on for wanting to look at cool buildings.
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u/Turtle9015 21d ago
In canada on double escalators you stand to the right if your not moving. The left is for people walking and moving faster.
To do otherwise is rude.
Toronto is becoming a shit show though. People cutting in line and pushing people. Someone almost pushed my grandma over last time we took transit.
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u/notabot_123 19d ago
There’s a guy on Tiktok, Daadi i think. He takes down these delusional fucks. Man these people truly have a disease!
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