This isn't really a military topic but why are you supposed to stay to the right side whether going up or coming down stairs?? or is that just a bama thing?

I'm as wide as the stairway going up so it doesn't matter, going down I use the railing.

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Originally posted by biggatorsc:
I'm as wide as the stairway going up so it doesn't matter, going down I use the railing.

I use the elevator

Hmmmmm.....the elevator is a cool idea but I wouldn't want to break it.

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Originally posted by biggatorsc:
Hmmmmm.....the elevator is a cool idea but I wouldn't want to break it.

Frieght Elevator ????

No matter what side of the stairway you use.....or what side of the Mall you walk in..........somebody bumps into you and trys to knock you over.

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Originally posted by Larkyn:
This isn't really a military topic but why are you supposed to stay to the right side whether going up or coming down stairs?? or is that just a bama thing?

It's the same way with the trails around here ... for bikes and runners alike. It makes things more "orderly."

No, it's just just a 'Bama thing, but it's also not something most people pay attention to or think is all that important.

But, I think it's related to the fact that we drive on the right side of the road. The right side is how we American's do traffic flow, whether human, machines or animals and we always have. It's just a cultural thing.

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Originally posted by Larkyn:
This isn't really a military topic but why are you supposed to stay to the right side whether going up or coming down stairs?? or is that just a bama thing?

It's an Ettiquet thing.

People should stay to the right. They don't because like morals in America, manners are fading as well.

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Originally posted by L0A1:

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Originally posted by Larkyn:
This isn't really a military topic but why are you supposed to stay to the right side whether going up or coming down stairs?? or is that just a bama thing?

It's an Ettiquet thing.

People should stay to the right. They don't because like morals in America, manners are fading as well.

When speaking of the right and left - in general, I like to refer to this Bible quote:

2The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.

~Eccl. 10:2

Larkyn, may you never have heavier problems to contend with. I have (or had) as many such goofy encounters as the next guy. My modus operandi was to excuse myself with something like saying, "sorry, no time to dance" or some other banality.

To the OP, I think stillkit takes the gold again:
"No, it's just just a 'Bama thing, but it's also not something most people pay attention to or think is all that important.

But, I think it's related to the fact that we drive on the right side of the road. The right side is how we American's do traffic flow, whether human, machines or animals and we always have. It's just a cultural thing."

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Originally posted by Larkyn:
This isn't really a military topic but why are you supposed to stay to the right side whether going up or coming down stairs?? or is that just a bama thing?

Actualy its an American thing, like driving on the right side of the road. Got to New Zeland and try to walk to the right of somebody going through a door and you'll get knocked on you can.

Thanks. I guess that makes more sense than anything I could come up with. Actually people here do generally stay to the right side of stairs...even when they are the only ones on the stairs lol...

A "'bama thing"? Good grief.

People walk on the right-hand side of sidewalks and staircases out of common courtesy to allow smooth flow of foot traffic. It's based on the fact that we drive on the right-hand side of the road, as others have pointed out. The Brits walk on the left-hand side out of similar cultural convention.

Also, on an escalator that's wide enough for two people (biggatorsc not included), it's common courtesy to STAND on the right, and leave the left as a "passing lane" for those who are in a hurry, or who are simply less lazy. When I lived in Boston, pretty much everyone followed those rules of common courtesy. Out here in Kansas City, people just stand on the dead-center of the escalator steps and block the whole thing, but there seem to be two reasons for that:
1. Everyone else is too lazy to climb.
2. More than half the population is fat enough to take up the whole escalator anyway.

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Originally posted by Whirled_Peas:
A "'bama thing"? Good grief.

People walk on the right-hand side of sidewalks and staircases out of common courtesy to allow smooth flow of foot traffic. It's based on the fact that we drive on the right-hand side of the road, as others have pointed out. The Brits walk on the left-hand side out of similar cultural convention.

Also, on an escalator that's wide enough for two people (biggatorsc not included), it's common courtesy to STAND on the right, and leave the left as a "passing lane" for those who are in a hurry, or who are simply less lazy. When I lived in Boston, pretty much everyone followed those rules of common courtesy. Out here in Kansas City, people just stand on the dead-center of the escalator steps and block the whole thing, but there seem to be two reasons for that:
1. Everyone else is too lazy to climb.
2. More than half the population is fat enough to take up the whole escalator anyway.

chill...it was just a question. no need for the "good grief" attitude. i havent traveled much out of alabama and when i have, it's been to NC or FL and people in FL dont usually so i was just wondering. i just find it odd that people would attempt to stay to the right even when they are the only ones on the stairs. force of habit i guess. cuz i do it too lol...

Most people here seem to stay right, like when driving their cars, howsomever, when I go to the UK to visit my daughter I always find myself on the wrong side of traffic, walking wise, they walk on the wong side of the sidewalk also, wish they'd catch up with the rest of the world.

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Originally posted by joedokes:
Most people here seem to stay right, like when driving their cars, howsomever, when I go to the UK to visit my daughter I always find myself on the wrong side of traffic, walking wise, they walk on the wong side of the sidewalk also, wish they'd catch up with the rest of the world.

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Originally posted by Larkyn:

chill...it was just a question. no need for the "good grief" attitude...

I think Peas may have been confused and thought you were saying bama as in O, not Ala, and may have assumed you were politicizing how Americans walk.

Hi Stairs,

I´m retired R.N. and was fortunate enough to work alongside the U.S. Military on Johnston Atoll and McMurdo Station as a civilian. From a Brit´s point of view you guys are the best by the way.

Maybe you can help, it bothers me much when as a civilian people try to tell me they are something which they clearly are not. Put´s a bad taste in my mouth against those who do serve. We have a loudmouth heavy smoker proclaiming he was appointed by the U.S. Navy to train Seals. Any of you fine ladies and gentlemen ever heard of such a thing.

Many thanks

Alan

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Originally posted by The_Bonesaw:

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Originally posted by Larkyn:

chill...it was just a question. no need for the "good grief" attitude...

I think Peas may have been confused and thought you were saying bama as in O, not Ala, and may have assumed you were politicizing how Americans walk.

bama was here wayyy before Obama...and ROFLMAO about the politicizing how Americans walk...

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Originally posted by 18535867:
Hi Stairs,

I´m retired R.N. and was fortunate enough to work alongside the U.S. Military on Johnston Atoll and McMurdo Station as a civilian. From a Brit´s point of view you guys are the best by the way.

Maybe you can help, it bothers me much when as a civilian people try to tell me they are something which they clearly are not. Put´s a bad taste in my mouth against those who do serve. We have a loudmouth heavy smoker proclaiming he was appointed by the U.S. Navy to train Seals. Any of you fine ladies and gentlemen ever heard of such a thing.

Many thanks

Alan

i have never heard of it...well, i have heard of the navy seals but never heard of a single guy being "sent" to another country to train them...odd

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Originally posted by joedokes:
Most people here seem to stay right, like when driving their cars, howsomever, when I go to the UK to visit my daughter I always find myself on the wrong side of traffic, walking wise, they walk on the wong side of the sidewalk also, wish they'd catch up with the rest of the world.

When in the UK, make DAMN SURE you get out of the correct side of a taxi or you'll get run over!

It happened to Winston Churchill in New York once. When his taxi pulled up alongside the curb, he opened the left door and stepped out, as he'd do in London, and got creamed.

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Originally posted by stillkit:

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Originally posted by joedokes:
Most people here seem to stay right, like when driving their cars, howsomever, when I go to the UK to visit my daughter I always find myself on the wrong side of traffic, walking wise, they walk on the wong side of the sidewalk also, wish they'd catch up with the rest of the world.

When in the UK, make DAMN SURE you get out of the correct side of a taxi or you'll get run over!

It happened to Winston Churchill in New York once. When his taxi pulled up alongside the curb, he opened the left door and stepped out, as he'd do in London, and got creamed.

When crossing the street make sure you look right, left right.

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Originally posted by joedokes:

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Originally posted by stillkit:

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Originally posted by joedokes:
Most people here seem to stay right, like when driving their cars, howsomever, when I go to the UK to visit my daughter I always find myself on the wrong side of traffic, walking wise, they walk on the wong side of the sidewalk also, wish they'd catch up with the rest of the world.

When in the UK, make DAMN SURE you get out of the correct side of a taxi or you'll get run over!

It happened to Winston Churchill in New York once. When his taxi pulled up alongside the curb, he opened the left door and stepped out, as he'd do in London, and got creamed.

When crossing the street make sure you look right, left right.

And if you are from Boston, make sure you do it even on one way streets.

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Originally posted by 18535867:
Hi Stairs,

> I'm a little confused...but amused, thanks,
"Hi, Stairs"?

From a Brit´s point of view....

>Who's the Brit? Your bio (what there is of one) says: Navy , Retired Military
Resides in Florida

...it bothers me much when as a civilian people try to tell me they are something which they clearly are not.

>That sht bothers me too but what's one to do about it? read between the lines and/or roll with it? BTW, the mods don't seem to like it much either and pounce like the possessed. And this has what to do with the OP? (not that it must or should. Just curious. Maybe I'm missing something.

Many thanks

Alan

Thanks, too
Allan, too

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Originally posted by thorin001:


And if you are from Boston, make sure you do it even on one way streets.

If crossing a rotary, just close your eyes and run like hell!

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Originally posted by thorin001:

And if you are from Boston, make sure you do it even on one way streets.

About 10 years ago, I was visiting the Grand Canyon with my girlfriend. We stayed in the little town of Williams, Arizona. The Grand Canyon is a popular site for foreign tourists (predominantly Germans for some reason). I was driving down the road the afternoon prior to visiting the canyon - my girlfriend and I were out looking for a good place for dinner. The weather was nice so I had the windows down. All of a sudden, this guy starts yelling at me from the sidewalk in German... "Ein bahn strasse... Ein bahn strasse..."

I'm freaked out that, here I am in America, and some kraut is admonishing me in his native tongue, so I wasn't really paying any attention to what he was trying to say. "F#%k-off, Vilhelm! Why don't you kiss-off back to Nazi land where you belong!" I yell back at him, and then kind of chuckle to myself that I got the better of that exchange as I turn my attention back to the road. My girlfriend and I are nearly killed and I have to bail the car almost onto the sidewalk as a late 70s pickup truck is barreling down on us head-on in my lane. Then it kind of dawns on me: Ein bahn strasse... "One way street".

Served me right...

Well we drive on the right and if you remember that is how teachers use to lead us up the stairs at school when we were kids. It is more orderly.

Now I wonder which way they do it in England.