"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message

> The 2-Belo wrote:
> > I hereby request someone to please explain to me why escalator etiquette
in
> > Osaka/Kobe is completely ass-backwards from that in Nagoya, to wit: in
Osaka and
> > Kobe, people stand on the right to allow people to pass on the left, the
> > opposite of what I'm used to, so I'm constantly standing on the wrong
side.

You're confusing with usage for stairs, corridors, sidewalks, and other
places where people walk....
On escalators, you are not supposed to move, especially if other people are
standing in front of you. So you can stand in the middle or on whichever
side you want, even block the way with your luggage if you need to.
In Osaka's stations and department stores, you can sometimes hear
loudspeaker messages telling people they shouldn't walk on escalators.
Accidents are not that rare.

> Correct me if I'm wrong, actually don't, but my experience of Nagoya
> over the past 10 years is that all too often the bastards stand in the
> bloody middle. Well only if they are over a certain age of course. But
> that still makes them bastards.

Educated people. If you want to go faster than others, take the stairs or
the highway, not the escalator.

Faut pas pousser Meme dans les orties !

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