Beware: man-earting escalators at Davis Square T

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

Today I saw a second person who's shoe was sucked into the escalator when he was taking it into the T station -- the other person was about a week ago.  Is this a common occurance?

Comments

Re: I hope that it's not common....

[cityofbeige.livejournal.com]

Just be careful, don't have your feet (or anything you're carrying) close to the bristles are. My kid's stroller was too close to the bristles once and the wheel slightly jammed as the escalator descended, which made the escalator stop automatically. Oops.

Yeah, the common misconception with escalators is that more often things get caught at the teeth-like grates on the tops and bottoms of the escalator, but this is far from the truth. I think the reason why people think this way is because they see it everytime they get on and off the escalator.

In reality, most escalator accidents occur when something gets caught between the side of the step and walls of the escalator... and the addition of bristles in the past decade or so is there to warn people that they're too close.

Re: I hope that it's not common....

[somertricky.livejournal.com]

I thought the purpose of the bristles was to touch up my shoeshine.

Re: I hope that it's not common....

[annalauwa.livejournal.com]

that's what i've been using them for!

Re: I hope that it's not common....

[damagedmuse.livejournal.com]

and here I thought I was the only one...