Comments on: Escalator Accident in Japan http://www.cynical-c.com/2008/08/06/escalator-accident-in-japan/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jen http://www.cynical-c.com/2008/08/06/escalator-accident-in-japan/#comment-471498 jen Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:43:16 +0000 http://www.cynical-c.com/?p=11170#comment-471498 Oh for crying out loud. Talk about an overpanicky population. Escalator stops? It turns into S-T-A-I-R-S people…!!!

See Mitch Hedberg for reference. Geez.

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]]> By: Nick http://www.cynical-c.com/2008/08/06/escalator-accident-in-japan/#comment-471162 Nick Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:45:58 +0000 http://www.cynical-c.com/?p=11170#comment-471162 Is it even safe to have that many people on the thing? I know some things, like elevators, are designed with the idea that most people want a certain amount of space around them before they feel uncomfortable in such a situation, I wonder if that space is different for the Japanese?

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]]> By: Mercury http://www.cynical-c.com/2008/08/06/escalator-accident-in-japan/#comment-470277 Mercury Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:21:12 +0000 http://www.cynical-c.com/?p=11170#comment-470277 First revolving doors, now this! That solves it, I am never going to a shopping mall again.

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]]> By: Blake http://www.cynical-c.com/2008/08/06/escalator-accident-in-japan/#comment-469940 Blake Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:32:22 +0000 http://www.cynical-c.com/?p=11170#comment-469940 ahh japan, so many ultra high tech anamatronic robots, so few emergency stop buttons.

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