A Couple of Life's Little Mysteries

[rod1949]

Why do people walk escalators when there is a perfectly good set of stairs along side? :rolleyes:


Why do people, who are regulars, fumble around for the bus fare after they get on the bus? :rolleyes:

[wheelinround]

Why do people walk escalators when there is a perfectly good set of stairs along side? :rolleyes:

Stairs are put there in case the escalators break down and so kids can slide down the bannister rails on their bums or skate boards

Why do people, who are regulars, fumble around for the bus fare after they get on the bus? :rolleyes:


Most regulars are old folk of peak times who have enough trouble handling what every they are carrying. Younger folk are usually running late and haven't had time to get it out.

[silentC]

There's a story that the guy who invented the escalator was surprised when he trialled the first one to see people just standing there. He assumed they would walk up it like a normal flight of stairs, only much quicker.

Must say it used to annoy me when people would stand around on them blocking the way for people who do want to walk. If you do that on the escalators at Martin Place station, you're like to get an umbrella up your jacksie.

[silentC]

Oh yeah, and on the bus thing. I used to catch a bus to Riverwood station every morning. I always had the right change in my hand when the bus pulled up. There was a girl who got on a few stops down - she was one of the fumblers - always fishing around in her purse for the fare. One morning, she got on, fumbled around and pulled out a $5 note. The bus driver got right up her - "you catch this bus every morning. All the other people on here manage to have the right change ready when the bus arrives, why can't you?" Never seen anyone go so red. Next morning, she was there with the exact change in her hand when the bus pulled up. I felt like cheering...

Thanks for reminding me of the 16 years I spent on public transport, Rod!

[Sebastiaan56]

Hi Rod,

Why do people believe politicians promises or for that matter, the press?

Why do pubes go grey much more slowly than head hair,

That'll keep you going for a while....

Sebastiaan

[Big Shed]

Why do pubes go grey much more slowly than head hair,




Too much information!!!!:o

[DavidG]

Why do pubes go grey much more slowly than head hair,

Lack of sunlight :roll:

[watson]

No combing???

[Christopha]

Hi Rod,


Why do pubes go grey much more slowly than head hair,


Sebastiaan

Seems a fair basis for some sort of Poll here ;)

[Barry Hicks]

I don't like escalators. I was on one and we had a power outage and was stuck there for over an hour.

[Pusser]

Why do people walk escalators when there is a perfectly good set of stairs along side? :rolleyes:

? :rolleyes:


Even more peculiar are the people on the flat travelators at airports who get on and prop getting overtaken by the people walking beside them (because the travelator is blocked by people standing still)

[rod1949]

Barry / Pusser, you blokes are getting too clever now:2tsup:

[munruben]

I don't like escalators. I was on one and we had a power outage and was stuck there for over an hour.You should have taken the lift Barry.

[Wongo]

There's a story that the guy who invented the escalator was surprised when he trialled the first one to see people just standing there. He assumed they would walk up it like a normal flight of stairs, only much quicker.

Must say it used to annoy me when people would stand around on them blocking the way for people who do want to walk. If you do that on the escalators at Martin Place station, you're like to get an umbrella up your jacksie.

Can’t agree more Mr C. If you want to stand then stand on the left. Let people who want to move up fast move up fast.

As for the bus fare. We are living in 2007 and yet we are still selling individual ticket on the bus. Don’t you hate it when people show up with a $50 note for a $1.2 ticket? There are 50 stops from Parramatta to Chatswood. If the bus stops 30 sec longer then it needs to be every time then the whole trip will take 25 minutes longer. No wonder buses are running late all the time. Pre pay is the only way.

Umbrellas: why do people carry it flat and swing it when there are other people around?

Why do poeple leave their newspaper on the train.

[silentC]

Ah yes, umbrellas. How many times have you nearly had an eye taken out by some goose with a golf umbrella? Why do people walk along under awnings with their umbrellas open, forcing people who don't have one to walk out in the rain?

The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that cities are full of ignorant and selfish people. :D

[Big Shed]

This thread should be renamed "Grumpy Old Men":D

[Gra]

This thread should be renamed "Grumpy Old Men":D

The frightening thing about that show, is I agree with them:o:o...

[Big Shed]

The frightening thing about that show, is I agree with them:o:o...

and you're not even 40 yet!:o

[silentC]

OK, since you asked, here is the list of things I used to hate about Sydney in no particular order:

1. Young kids in hotted up 4 cylinder cars
2. People who sit next to you on a double seat on the train when there are heaps of vacant seats or triple seats with only one other person.
3. People who have loud conversations behind you while you're trying to read.
4. People who don't have the right change in their hand when the bus pulls up.
5. People who get on at the airport with 17 bags and the train has to wait while they load them all into the vestibule, then you have to crawl over them to get off.
6. Having a food court with 20 counters but still not being able to find anything decent to eat.
7. People who walk straight out of a door onto the street without looking to see who is coming.
8. People who wander aimlessly from side to side up the footpath so you can't get past without walking out onto the street.
9. People who walk in bunches 4 or 5 abreast towards you and don't make room for people coming the other way (I used to love barging straight through the middle :) )
10. Trains that are late, don't stop at your station, or just never turn up and no-one at the station has a clue what's going on.

I'm sure there were good things too, just can't remember any now :D

[silentC]

Oh, and 11. People who see you coming but don't hold the lift.

[Lignum]

Why is it every time you go to catch a train you have to wait 15 or more minutes, but when you go to cross the line the boom gates come down to make way for the train:?

[Pat]

While on the trains . . . Why do school kids walk up and down the train, instead of finding a seat or standing room and staying there?

[journeyman Mick]

............The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that cities are full of ignorant and selfish people. :D

Which is one of the reasons you, I and lots of others left.:D

Of course, you get ignorant and selfish people in regional and rural areas also, it's just that it's easier to avoid them.:)

Mick

[silentC]

Yes, I have a much shorter list of things to hate about country life, most of them either related to tourists, driving, or both :D

[Wongo]

The more I think about it, the more it seems to me that cities are full of ignorant and selfish people. :D

Your not wrong there.

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Why do people put their bags on a seat?
Why do people block the window seat by sitting on the isle seat?
Why do people people stand near the front door blocking everyone else when the bus is half empty?

[Wongo]

This thread should be renamed "Grumpy Old Men":D

Or is it about consideration of others?

[ss_11000]

why do people complain about other people?:D

cos its fun:2tsup:

you guys like bitchin about the city dont ya's

[Wongo]

why do people complain about other people?:D

cos its fun:2tsup:

you guys like bitchin about the city dont ya's

Why not? Maybe it is because we care.

[silentC]

I've always said there should be traffic lanes on footpaths and give way signs at every corner or shop entrance. :)

Oh, and bicycle couriers who go the wrong way up one way streets and collect pedestrians who only look in the direction of oncoming traffic.

And kids on skateboards in Martin Place.

And beggars in St James tunnel.

And buses on Elizabeth street that run red lights.

[echnidna]

and all pedestrians should have trafficators installed :p

[Wongo]

You don’t see students give up their seats to adult very often these days. They don’t pay for their tickets so they should give up their seat. We all did the that when we were students didn’t we?

When you cross the road, walk a bit faster so those 5 cars can make the turn before the lights turns red.

It is so simple, it doesn’t talk much effort and the world will be a better place.

[Harry72]

When you cross the road, walk a bit faster so those 5 cars can make the turn before the lights turns red.

It is so simple, it doesn’t talk much effort and the world will be a better place.

Doesnt it drive you mad how those types think that they are tougher than a car made from steel... boy its fun with a Klaxton!(then they move their asses:D )

[Gra]

Doesnt it drive you mad how those types think that they are tougher than a car made from steel... boy its fun with a Klaxton!(then they move their asses:D )

A klaxton will scare anyone, not just pedestrians:U, especially if it is still connected the original car. Seems to give it more presence.

[DavidG]

A klaxton would simply make me stop and tie my shoe laces, even thought my shoes do not have laces. :;

[gerhard]

Haha,

yes, and also:

why do people with umbrellas, turning their heads around to look at something interesting, turn their umbrellas with it, poking the damn thing in your eye?

why do people push the buttons on their remote controls harder when the batteries run low?

why is a view finder in a camera named as such in English, whereas it is called "Sucher" in German and "zoeker" in Dutch, which both translate as "searcher"?

why do sheep not shrink in the rain, like wool garments do when washed?

Many more like these out on the internet!

Gerhard

[watson]

Here's a real one.....
Why is the Butcher in Avoca that sells Sheep Brains called "that bloody lying bugger"???

[powderpost]

I can drive into town, never see a traffic light, put up with slowing down for wallabies echidnas or plain turkeys on the unsealed road. On the odd occasions, actually see another vehicle. On a real bad day it takes up to 15 minutes to drive the 11km to town. Then we have the indignaty of having to park up to three parking bays from the front of the chosen shop. Don't quite know how we put up with it... :D
Jim

[bsrlee]

More people to put up against the wall:

The dopes who push & shove to get to the escalator, then have a brain phart & just stand there, won't get on (or off) or move aside.

Parents (both genders) who swing their loaded baby cart around like an Olympic hammer thrower (well almost) in shopping centres. They can go there with the clots who push trolleys, or not, while looking the other way, expecting all & sundry to jump out of their way.

Then there are the sprawlers who try to block the footpath & doorways by standing in the most bizare postures, with the effect that they take up as much room horizontally as they are tall. Unfortunately I do not have the fleetness of foot to get away with just walking up & kicking their leg/s out from under them :~

And unfortunately some of these clowns are allowed to drive cars! You often see the result of this on the evening news.

[silentC]

Oh, oh, and the people who get to the top of an escalator and then just stand there trying to decide which way to go, while people pile into them from behind. And the ones who go to step onto an escalator and then change their mind at the last second when you're standing right behind them waiting to get on.

And why do people not put the seat up in public toilets when they go for a pee and make a mess on the seat? Do they do that at home?

[Honorary Bloke]

Now you've touched a nerve, Silent. Those folks who, when deplaning, reach the terminal and then greet ten thousand relatives, or stop dead to dial their mobile, whilst the other passengers pile up behind, stuck in the jetway! :~

[TEEJAY]

In Moscow the trains are 50m below ground at their subways - grande stations too - chandeliers marble pillars - tile mosaics - like palaces. But the travellators are so long and they move at about jogging pace. The locals know to stand to the LHS to allow runners by. Also they know to use every step for standing on the travellator. Seven to ten travellators wide full of people tavelling at speed - they move millions per day very effectively.

If some tourist dope were to stop anywhere along the path of these moving masses - trampled for sure - now theres a cure using Darwin philosophy.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Why do people obscure their car's rear windows with sunshades and silly signs saying "Baby On Board" and then think they're being safer?

Why do architects put long, steep walkways next to escalators in their designs then call them wheelchair friendly?

[Wood Butcher]

Why do some people have to line up beside you at a red light and "drag" off to get in front, just to slow everyone down when they turn into the next side street!:((

[Lignum]

the travellators are so long and they move at about jogging pace. .

If they are moving at such pace, then wouldnt the people be catapaulted off at the top. :? It would be funny to see:)

[artme]

Why do 80% of people surveyed not want to be included in statistics?

[fenderbelly]

I can drive into town, never see a traffic light, put up with slowing down for wallabies echidnas or plain turkeys on the unsealed road. On the odd occasions, actually see another vehicle. On a real bad day it takes up to 15 minutes to drive the 11km to town. Then we have the indignaty of having to park up to three parking bays from the front of the chosen shop. Don't quite know how we put up with it... :D
Jim



Yeh i've got the same problem, bu**er isn't it.:) but i will get used to it i suppose.:roll:

[ss_11000]

Why do 80% of people surveyed not want to be included in statistics?
why will 80% of people belive that:?:p:p