This means that the country is filled with half-used escalators. In conformist Japan, people are always so considerate of others and never want to be all too different from the crowd. But where are they, the people who want to walk? I’ve never seen them. People who want to stand, stand on the left so people who want to walk can walk on the right. Then we went to Japan, where they drive on the left side of the road and consequently queue up for the escalator on the left side as well. There isn’t space to get move or walk and you just stay where you are until you are dropped off at the top. Once you get on the escalator it feels more like you are cattle packed on a truck going to the slaughterhouse. While trying to get on you will be elbowed left and right by people (often cute old ladies) who want to get a few steps ahead of you. In every single public transport station, it will take you a while to get on the escalator.

The country of 1.3 billion is a crowded place, yes it is. Then we went to China, where the choices are limited due to the masses that inhibit China. Most people will abide to the rule, but there is always one idiot who seems to be unfamiliar with the concept and will stand on the left, whilst inhibiting you from speeding by as you please. A considerate rule to make sure that everyone can use the escalator as they please. Every time I go up and down an escalator I look at what people are doing and since I’ve been traveling a lot lately, I have been noticing some interesting differences in how people use escalators.įirst, in my home country the Netherlands other people’s escalator behavior can drive my crazy! The rule is that people who want to take a rest on the escalator stand on the right while people who are in a hurry to, say, catch a train, can speed by on the left. Using an escalator might seem ordinary and uninteresting to some people, but not to me.

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