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Old July 25th 13, 12:18 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Escalator etiquette
On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 07:09:48 -0500,
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In article , d
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Why is it that you can have everyone on an escalator standing on the right
yet there's always one muppet tourist standing on the left who doesn't
seem to clock that fact? Where do these people leave their brains when
they visit London?

It appears to be a London-only convention. IME most people respond to a
polite "please stand on the right" request.

I saw an even worse blockage at Heathrow T3 last Sunday. An Indian
family decided to stop to have a discussion just before a moving
walkway. Other pax were swerving both sides of them, but they remained
impervious to the traffic jam they were causing.

Once on it, there doesn't seem to be much of a convention which side
one should stand or walk on while travelling on a moving walkway.
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