Escalating Tempers

Escalator statues really get on my nerves. There are two kinds of people in this world: people who walk up the escalator while it's moving, and people who get on the escalator and just stand there right in the middle to block everyone else behind them. As far as I'm concerned, life is too short to ride up the escalator. I like to keep things in perspective - the escalator isn't an amusement park ride - it's a means of transportation.

Toward that end, people who complain about broken escalators also annoy me. "Oh no look, the escalator is broken!" How exactly can an escalator be broken? Even if it isn't moving, you still have a perfectly good set of functioning stairs. In fact, when escalators do stop moving, maintenance people should place a sign in front saying:

"Escalator out of order - stairs working. Sorry for the convenience!"