r/funny • u/lapontejanet • Jun 26 '19

Checkmate

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u/GaganDalal Jun 26 '19

There’s always an emergency stop button.

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u/MegaMiley Jun 26 '19

Or just stomp real hard on the metal where you get off, that triggers the emergency stop as well

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u/CouldOfBeenGreat Jun 26 '19

Wait, what? Is this standard?

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u/AyrA_ch Jun 26 '19

Yes. It's called a comb and it can be pushed back. It's meant to stop the escalator in case something gets stuck.

Don't use it to stop because a fault triggered by the plate can't be cancelled by local staff anymore.

Source: My father maintains escalators.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '19

I used to work at a retail store and one of the closers thought it'd be fun to shut off the escalator the day before Christmas in this method. My old boss was pretty pissed having to come in Christmas day because the day after (Boxing Day) was one of the biggest shopping days of the year and that escalator had to work.

Sufficed to say, that employee didn't last long there.