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Anyone see on the news where Drew Pearson was carrying the Lombardi on an escalator in the convention center when the escalator suddenly stopped and he nearly dropped it?
It got me to thinking. Used to be at Town East Mall when I was a teen, the escalators to and from the food court could be stopped if you kicked the side panel near the bottom. Worked every time. Never got caught. Security never caught on how it was happening. We'd get on at the bottom after a bunch of people would be on and stop it ,or on the way down when there was a lot of people behind us. Yeah, dumb teen antics but still makes me laugh. Had me wondering if something similar happened tonight. Anyone ever try this with an escalator before? Is there some safety feature in them?
It got me to thinking. Used to be at Town East Mall when I was a teen, the escalators to and from the food court could be stopped if you kicked the side panel near the bottom. Worked every time. Never got caught. Security never caught on how it was happening. We'd get on at the bottom after a bunch of people would be on and stop it ,or on the way down when there was a lot of people behind us. Yeah, dumb teen antics but still makes me laugh. Had me wondering if something similar happened tonight. Anyone ever try this with an escalator before? Is there some safety feature in them?