• Acters@lemmy.world
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      I was about to say, they put a giant pole in the middle, no one who is fat will enjoy fitting through that and some even fatter people will never fit lmao

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      In Korea, the left of the escalator is for walking, the right is for standing.

      (They have signs saying “no walking” but that’s what the divider is for; to double the capacity)

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      The pole is to prevent people from taking carts and similar objects up and potentially causing an accident

      Though it does have unintended consequences

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          Not necessarily carts like the ones you see in shopping malls, but it’s also for things that would not be safe on the escalators like:

          • Baby carts (forgot the proper name for them)
          • Large carrier bags
          • Those cart-like bags elderly people usually carry around that doubles as a walking assistant

          Accidentally letting them go would be dangerous.

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            Stroller is the word you were looking for for baby cart. I hate when I can’t think of a word, it pisses me off until I look it up or somehow remember and I can’t focus on anything else.