Thankful – Day 5 – Escalators

I tossed the elevator and the escalator around before I finally landed on the escalator. Escalators are much more reliable in emergency situations. When you think about it, there aren’t that many reasons there would be an emergency situation on an escalator unless you’ve been to Washington, DC and are on your way up or down to the trains where people will just as soon push you down them than look at you. I get it. I don’t want people in my way either. An elevator, however, can be deathly. You can get stuck in an elevator for hours losing oxygen to the sweaty, fat guy who lives on your floor. A kid gets in and thinks it’s hilarious to push every floor button in a 60 story building and you have to get to floor 58. The electricity goes out, so does the elevator. The cables snap, there goes your life. With an escalator, none of that happens. Worst case the electricity goes out and you have to walk up or down them. Much better.  Escalators 1, Elevators 0.

My kind of fitness center.