Rather take the stairs, elevator or escalator?
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Under 4 stories? Stairs. Small elevators aren't all that reliable and I could always use the exercise.
I hate elevators and will avoid them wherever practical.
Stairs, if it's no more than 10 stories.
Stairs. I can be Claustrophobic.
I recently walked DOWN an UP Escalator that was two floors.
Security Personal don't have a sense of humor.
Warning: It gets tricky at the end where the stairs are not all the same height.
I recently walked DOWN an UP Escalator that was two floors.
Security Personal don't have a sense of humor.
Warning: It gets tricky at the end where the stairs are not all the same height.
Exercise and or walking is non-existent in American for most of the folks,,only a small pct will walk stairs because weird people can hide on stairwells...I ride the ouselevator, but walk the track near my home.
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I used to always take the stairs until I hurt my back and now I take the escalator or elevator. If it's one or two flights I will push myself to take the stairs but I know the limits of this bad back of mine.
Originally Posted by IndyIan
Under 4 stories? Stairs. Small elevators aren't all that reliable and I could always use the exercise.
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Under 4 stories? Stairs. Small elevators aren't all that reliable and I could always use the exercise.
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Originally Posted by IndyIan
Under 4 stories? Stairs. Small elevators aren't all that reliable and I could always use the exercise.
I'm with you. Gets my floor count up.
Unless I'm carrying bags, no reason to not take the stairs.
Use your body or lose it.
Under 4 stories? Stairs. Small elevators aren't all that reliable and I could always use the exercise.
I'm with you. Gets my floor count up.
Unless I'm carrying bags, no reason to not take the stairs.
Use your body or lose it.
With my back , hips & knees , not the stairs . Elevator or escalator are OK .
I used to work oversea and the condos and office buildings are at least a couple dozens stories, elevator is the only choice.
I despise elevators and avoid them at all costs. It's not the elevators themselves, it's simply too disgusting to watch people get on one to go 1 or 2 floors. It's just another prime example of why this country is as fat as it is.
Even when I lived on a 5th story when I was in college, I took the stairs everyday. Only used the elevator when moving in and out.
Even when I lived on a 5th story when I was in college, I took the stairs everyday. Only used the elevator when moving in and out.
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Choose your poison.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628462/
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About 10,000 escalator-related injuries per year result in emergency department treatment in the United States. Since the 1990s, a steady increase has been reported, but few statistics on escalator-related injuries have been published worldwide. We have therefore analyzed escalator accident statistics in admissions to our hospital in Switzerland since 2000. . . .
https://crosleylaw.com/blog/escalator-injuries-deaths-common-think/
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. . . The lawsuit arose from the malfunction of an escalator in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio that injured 19 people. During a convention in May 2013, a fully loaded two-story escalator stopped abruptly, the safety brake failed to hold it in place, and the escalator reversed direction, careening downward. Bodies fell, people toppled over one another, and at least one rider suffered a serious head injury. In doing the research for this case, we at Crosley Law Firm have learned just how dangerous escalators can be. . . .
https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/fyi-why-are-escalators-so-dangerous
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. . . There's an alternative, of course: plain old stairs. But nearly 12,000 people die in the U.S. every year after falling down a staircase. Moving up and down, it seems, always has its risks.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628462/
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About 10,000 escalator-related injuries per year result in emergency department treatment in the United States. Since the 1990s, a steady increase has been reported, but few statistics on escalator-related injuries have been published worldwide. We have therefore analyzed escalator accident statistics in admissions to our hospital in Switzerland since 2000. . . .
https://crosleylaw.com/blog/escalator-injuries-deaths-common-think/
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. . . The lawsuit arose from the malfunction of an escalator in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio that injured 19 people. During a convention in May 2013, a fully loaded two-story escalator stopped abruptly, the safety brake failed to hold it in place, and the escalator reversed direction, careening downward. Bodies fell, people toppled over one another, and at least one rider suffered a serious head injury. In doing the research for this case, we at Crosley Law Firm have learned just how dangerous escalators can be. . . .
https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/fyi-why-are-escalators-so-dangerous
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. . . There's an alternative, of course: plain old stairs. But nearly 12,000 people die in the U.S. every year after falling down a staircase. Moving up and down, it seems, always has its risks.
Whatever is the quickest.
Most of the times that means stairs since most dumb-dumbs don't know how to properly walk up and escalator and block it up by just standing there and elevators take forever.
Most of the times that means stairs since most dumb-dumbs don't know how to properly walk up and escalator and block it up by just standing there and elevators take forever.
Not to change the subject, but,
In Europe, there are Elevators that don't Stop.
You jump ON and you jump OFF
There are No Doors and they move somewhat slowly.
Their called Paternoster / or Elevator of Death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro3Fc_yG3p0
In Europe, there are Elevators that don't Stop.
You jump ON and you jump OFF
There are No Doors and they move somewhat slowly.
Their called Paternoster / or Elevator of Death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro3Fc_yG3p0
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