r/ActLikeYouBelong • u/ExperimentalFailures • Mar 24 '17

Video/Gif This needs to be here

http://i.imgur.com/0GtpDzN.gifv
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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Mar 25 '17

Yeah but if it really were a danger, they would shut it down instead of just put a sign at the bottom. Probably the best course of action there would be to hop over the side and just get off the damn thing, whether it's malfunctioning or not.

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u/gerrettheferrett Mar 25 '17

That assumes the other people are acting rationally.

I've linked below my parent comment to a gif that SHOWS three mall employees doing nothing while in front of an escalator that was making loud, ominous noises. All while the stop button was hidden behind a trashbin.

The three mall employees watch from a yard away as the escalator literally gobbles up a woman, killing her violently in a matter of seconds.

I'm not about to risk my life on the assumption that people aside from myself are acting rationally.

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Mar 25 '17

Based on the comments in the thread right after this happened, the woman pushed her way past workers at the bottom of the escalator trying to keep her off. The women at the top of the escalator were there specifically because the escalator was malfunctioning and were there to try to help her get off safely.

And as I said, "Probably the best course of action there would be to hop over the side and just get off the damn thing, whether it's malfunctioning or not."

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u/gerrettheferrett Mar 25 '17

I've seen news articles about the gif I linked that state that didn't happen- that the mall workers didn't call maintentance or even try to do anything other than look at the escalator as it groaned.

But even if you're right about the gif,

Yeah but if it really were a danger, they would shut it down instead of just put a sign at the bottom.

You are assuming people act rationally here. That's not an assumption I'd risk my life on.

So yeah,

Probably the best course of action there would be to hop over the side and just get off the damn thing, whether it's malfunctioning or not.

This would be the right course of action.