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For those looking for the joke it’s, ” an escalator can never break, it just becomes stairs.”
Sorry for the convenience
I feel like we should all reach for the bouancy of citrus in these trying times.
Temporarily staaaaiirsss
Unless it’s broken like that one that ate that lady at the top. (Shudder).
Amusing, but they’re right to block it off – the “escalator” stairs might start moving/slipping plus being stationary they require you to take steps over the serrated shoelace-catching edge on every step …
“I can’t tell you what hotel in staying at but there are two trees involved” MH
I learned from working at a place with escalators that you have to block them off cuz they could collapse and become a slide basically so I always quote Mitch as I have to block them off lol
You guys are the people who turned me on to Mitch. I never knew of him before Reddit. Thank you, that guy was priceless
I miss that guy. Glad there are those who still remember his genius comedy. Thanks for the mems!
Love Mitch. RIP
Props for the Mitch Hedberg reference in 2022.
*Warning, not an expert* But a decade in shitty retail management with shitty escalators, the repair company would block the escalators when they were broken. I asked why once, according to them their are height standards for stairs, mandated by, probably what, like OSHA? Anyway, they made the point that humans get pretty used to walking on stairs within that size range, and different height stairs are a pretty big safety risk. Turned off escalators are way the wrong size. Also the teeth on the edges of those mother fuckers are sharp as shit, couldn’t tell you how many little hellions got huge chunks out of their shin playing on them, even when they were working.
Anyway, makes a lot of sense, off escalators are stairs that are wayy too tall per step, with evil metal saw edges to them. Not pleasant to have random grannies try to hike them when they’re off.
I don’t get it. What am I looking at?
Mitch would be there with scissors to cut the ribbon to open the new stairs!
I used to use the escalator, I still do but I used to too
It’s my (admittedly limited) understanding that a broken escalator isn’t fully safe- it’s still a slightly less stable structure, the stairs are under tension and the band can slip. It can also re-start unpredictably and make you fall.
I realize I don’t sound like the most fun guy at the party rn but the pic is doing the right thing and the joke it’s based on is wrong.
Escalator joke here.
https://youtu.be/7n1ryH3igKc
Sorry for the convenience.
“sorry for the convenience “
I install, repair, and diagnose broken Escalators. If a unit is down like this and the repair mechanic removed a whole bunch of steps and rolled it over to the bottom of the unit, it becomes a weaponized meat grinder. Meaning if too many people weight walk on the top the brake could let out, allowing the unit to turn into a slide while the whole moves up people fall in and become shredded flesh.
We call Escalators in the elevator and escalator industry meat grinders due to how incredibly dangerous these things are. Watch accident videos of Escalators in China where safety isn’t the top concern and you’ll learn a new found fear and respect for these things.
I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to…too.
Sorry, for the convenience!
I get that reference!
Thank you for the convenience.
Post of the day sir
I used to miss Mitch Hedberg. I still do, but I used to too.
I was just thinking about him. “If you’re flammable and have legs, you’re never blocking a fire exit.”
“Sorry for the convenience “
I used to think this is funny. I will do, but I used to too
Idk who that is but if the joke is that the escalator aren’t being used as stair, no, it’s dangerous
He did, but he still would.
RIP to one of the greatest.
Escalator..temporarily stairs