Singaporeans on escalator

theWEIRDme SG

People who does not want to walk up or down of the escalator should stand on the left side of the escalator. Notices are even sticked on the right side of the escalators in MRT stations asking passengers to keep to the left. But i awalys see people standing on the right side of the escalator. To the right of the escalators are usually the fast lane where people walk up or down according to the direction the escalator is going. Don't everyone know this?

QX179R SG

I always keep to the left 1..

Call4ljw SG

you drive too much car..."fast lane" lol.

FireIce SG

apparently this oni applies to peak hours.
the working crowd oredi used to this "rule"

other timings ppl still do not follow.
or will oni realise it if u yell EXCUSE ME bery loud behind them.

and oso, i noticed tt most of these are not singaporeans
(seems like foreigners are damn free to be roaming the streets during non-peak hours)

gunner77 SG

apparently this oni applies to peak hours.
the working crowd oredi used to this "rule"

other timings ppl still do not follow.
or will oni realise it if u yell EXCUSE ME bery loud behind them.

and oso, i noticed tt most of these are not singaporeans
(seems like foreigners are damn free to be roaming the streets during non-peak hours)

yup notice that those never keep left are those non-peak hours crowd and foreigners.

sinicker SG

this can only take place when EVERYONE walks alone.

no going out in groups.

i went out with colleagues for lunch. 9 of us. we took the escalator.

no way are we going to stand on the left single file. it'll only clog up the start of the escalator.

is singapore ready for everyone to be on their own? how about families. dad, son, mother ,daughter single file?

FireIce SG

they shd move to the right and work those leg muscles then.

theWEIRDme SG

i saw secondary school teachers standing on the right at peak hours... hopeless

FireIce SG

if so, the sec sch teacher shd be late for work liao.

Fcukpap SG

it is not practical at all to have such signage to keep left or walk right as you will yourself...

it is a minor issue made complex

Fcukpap SG

too much orderliness makes an uncreative mass behaviour

theWEIRDme SG

it you were to visit taiwan and use the escalators there, you'll see that everyone no matter friends, families or what, all keep to the right (their fast lanes are on the left).

ditzy SG

If you want to walk up and down the escalator instead of holding on to the handrail and stay stationary on the step, then you should take the stairs, not expect people to make way for you. It takes more effort to climb one step on an escalator than the normal stairs.

Outram park MRT station is an exception, because some genius scholar came up with the idea of building an MRT exchange/transfer station, but didn't figure out they needed more stairs and escalators to cope with the increased load.

Apparently, the genius scholar who was doing the same for dhoby ghaut MRT station figured that out, and all is going well.

FireIce SG

im actually expecting this not oni in mrt stations but oso in shopping centres and wherever other buildings with escalators

Friendly chap SG

So much for being smarter than Msia, India and Myanmar.

Eonos200ad SG

A plain and simple solution to this is to use the stairs.

Also be gracious to some people to politely say excuse me or a gentle shoulder tap.

Yelling is so you...

Phix28 SG

Hi! I think most Singaporeans don;t really know or bother about escalator ettiques because Singapore is an "any-how as you wish" country when it comes to walking.

We should be standing on the right when travelling on an escalator in the first place. This practice is from the British. I believe many of you will be rejecting my comments right now.

Remain dogmatic until you see this old escalator. This one, built with the hotel since the early 1980s, is just at the entrance of the Excelsior Hotel (besides Peninsula Hotel) and it leads you to a shopping floor beneath. And before you use it, look at the first line of the old notices that are pasted on both directions of the escalator.

SMRT kept us left because they used Japanese buses earlier in their fleet so they wants us to follow Japanese. This is in contrast to the typical British practice that are almost now lost, just like Queen's English!