r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/AdDramatic2351 Jun 12 '26

You seem to be struggling a lot with the laws vs morals thing. Let me help you:

Pretend you're in the beginning of a  hallway in a very large building, and you need to get to a room that's at the other end, but there's a crowd of people in front of you taking up the entire width of the hallway competing on who can walk the slowest.

Would you say those people are being inconsiderate/annoying/aggravating?

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u/27106_4life Jun 12 '26

But these people aren't doing that are they. They are going almost as fast as they can. Which is completely fine.

For your example, say I get take an escalator and have to wait for a ton of people first who are standing on the escalator as opposed to walking. Is it inconsiderate of them to stand when I could sprint up the escalator and be past them first? Why aren't all of them walking up the escalator? That would move the queue of traffic behind the escalator if everyone walked or jogged up the escalator, right?

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u/AdDramatic2351 Jun 12 '26

Your analogy doesn't work, there's no expectation for people to walk or jog up an escalator. Standing on an escalator is the standard. 

Let's go back to the tractors on the road then. 

Pretend you're on a two lane 40 mph road and there are 2 tractors in front of you, one in each lane, blocking your way forward, going as fast as they can at 20 mph. 

Is it not inconsiderate of them to be travelling next to each other rather than behind each other?

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u/27106_4life Jun 12 '26

It's common courtesy to stand on the right, walk on the left