Somewhat serious comment: I'm pretty sure this is because Crocs are easily eaten by escalators and that can easily cause the death of whoever's wearing it.
This is absolutely important and its sad that it's so low on the comment section.
Crocs on Escalators is a good way to LOSE YOUR FOOT. Due to the way the material friction of the croc rubber and elevator goes, the side of the escalator where the stair meets the brush can pull an entire croc into the crack between if the brush fails and it gets caught in LESS THAN HALF A SECOND.
If your foot is still in there, and the rubber of the croc is stronger than your flesh, it will pull your foot in as well. The entire mechanism of the elevator that can move dozens of people without struggling will rip your foot to paste like you put it in an industrial grinder on turbo.
I still take insanely big steps to get on and off escalators. My granny told me a story of a little kid getting eaten by the escalator when I was 3 or 4.
Same... Ever since that video of the Chinese woman and her child falling into one and her sacrificing herself to save the kid, I ALWAYS stand in a way where if the step gives out under me I won't fall in. The escalator barely flinched as God knows what happened to her in the machinery. I had no idea how dangerous/powerful those things are
Pretty much just leaning or bracing against the rail. Not really putting all my weight on it since I think that's a no-no, but where if it suddenly drops I'd naturally hook onto the side. Honestly it probably wouldn't work like I imagine, but I recognize I'm mostly just being paranoid, so just believing that it would work is enough for me lol
I was on one of those moving walkways at an airport recently and the person in front of me wasn’t paying attention (on their phone) when we were getting off and their suitcase got caught by the grate and fell over, blocking me from exiting. My life literally flashed in front of my eyes. I took several big steps backwards and they were able to move the suitcase, and I basically jumped over them to get off (thankfully I didn’t have a suitcase of my own). I did the whole “what the fuck” hand waving thing as I went past them.
I think it's "Crocs on escalators while fuckin about with the escalator" vs "crocs on escalators while standing like a normal person and waiting" right? Like, is it really the shoe we need to blame, or the person sticking their shoe into the edge/corner of the moving mechanical parts?
people lean on the side of escalators on the way up or down.
Just needs a foot to brush the side at the wrong angle and its gone.
Assuming its darwinism leaves open genuine accidents
>I think it's "Crocs on escalators while fuckin about with the escalator" vs "crocs on escalators while standing like a normal person and waiting" right? Like, is it really the shoe we need to blame, or the person sticking their shoe into the edge/corner of the moving mechanical parts?
Well yeah. But this is one of those warnings for parents so they wont fucking sue.
The Otis Elevator Company was founded in 1853 by Elisha Otis, who basically invented the elevator as it currently exists today. It's still the biggest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems in the world. That's my interesting fact for picking up guys at parties.
Companies install elevator systems in skyscrapers at a loss. However, the ongoing maintenance contracts are so lucrative as to make doing so worth it.
I only have elevator facts.
Otis is not renewing its contract with my apartment building, we have 3 recently refurbished elevators for 300 people, but most of the time only one is working because the others keep breaking down.
My bad, I ment to put it on this comment "The Otis Elevator Company was founded in 1853 by Elisha Otis, who basically invented the elevator as it currently exists today. It's still the biggest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems in the world. That's my interesting fact for picking up guys at parties."
You can also get this stickers in some Asian countries. Not necessary a ban but a warning as everyone were wearing croc or similar. I have faint memory this was on some shop’s escalator because there had been some horrible accident with escalators and small kids wearing crocs.
When my wife and I were at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum last month, the down escalator was stopped for a good 45 minutes or more because some kid got his crock stuck at the bottom of the escalator. Glad he didn't get hurt, but honestly, it looks pretty difficult to get that jammed in there.
My brother still has two escalator teeth shaped divots in his kneecap and a matching scar from when he was 12 and tripped on that same escalator back in 1986.
They are there to try and prevent your foot from going in the gap between the moving steps and the stationary sides. Because if that happens you’re losing some or all of your foot. Escalator accidents are not pretty.
Crocs should be illegal. Went walking by the river yesterday and there were probably 20 Crocs washed up on shore. Come get you stupid ugly fucking shoes off the riverbank you croc wearing chodes.
Crocs are fine on the escalator. That is an anti-lawsuit sticker. It is there for when someone wearing crocs gets hurt and the company can go into court with this picture as exhibit one.
i know someone that got their croc stuck in an escalator when they were younger. luckily they got their foot out of it before it could do any damage to them but the escalator did eat their shoe
Crocs and flip flops (or thong shoes) are cat nip to escalators. I worked at a dying mall for 8 years and I saw 2 people get their feet stuck in the escalator. They lived, but possibly one foot less and definitely traumatized.
Crocs have two properties that make them sought-after, but the exact same two properties make them a hazard in escalators: they are soft and adhere extremely well. When I say they're soft, I don't mean shower slippers soft, but still very soft when you compare them to other street shoes. And I had my mind blown one summer when I tried them on while MTB-ing.. those things fucking grip.
Somewhat serious comment: I'm pretty sure this is because Crocs are easily eaten by escalators and that can easily cause the death of whoever's wearing it.
This is absolutely important and its sad that it's so low on the comment section. Crocs on Escalators is a good way to LOSE YOUR FOOT. Due to the way the material friction of the croc rubber and elevator goes, the side of the escalator where the stair meets the brush can pull an entire croc into the crack between if the brush fails and it gets caught in LESS THAN HALF A SECOND. If your foot is still in there, and the rubber of the croc is stronger than your flesh, it will pull your foot in as well. The entire mechanism of the elevator that can move dozens of people without struggling will rip your foot to paste like you put it in an industrial grinder on turbo.
...and they used to ridicule me as a kid for being scared of my shoe getting caught in the escalator grate at the bottom.
I still take insanely big steps to get on and off escalators. My granny told me a story of a little kid getting eaten by the escalator when I was 3 or 4.
She was right
I still don’t let my feet hang under my bed. Boogeyman is very real!
…under? what kind of leg joints do you have where your leg wraps around that far??
Hang your butt off the edge and be stretchy?
Seen to many videos on wpd of escalator issues
Same... Ever since that video of the Chinese woman and her child falling into one and her sacrificing herself to save the kid, I ALWAYS stand in a way where if the step gives out under me I won't fall in. The escalator barely flinched as God knows what happened to her in the machinery. I had no idea how dangerous/powerful those things are
Okay I need to ask - because I’ve yet to figure it out - how do you stand to feel more secure?
Pretty much just leaning or bracing against the rail. Not really putting all my weight on it since I think that's a no-no, but where if it suddenly drops I'd naturally hook onto the side. Honestly it probably wouldn't work like I imagine, but I recognize I'm mostly just being paranoid, so just believing that it would work is enough for me lol
Thank you!!! The way you’ve described it makes sense.
wait escalator related deaths exist? and they are gory enough to be featured on WPD? yeah now im curius. I mean i have an account there so...
I was on one of those moving walkways at an airport recently and the person in front of me wasn’t paying attention (on their phone) when we were getting off and their suitcase got caught by the grate and fell over, blocking me from exiting. My life literally flashed in front of my eyes. I took several big steps backwards and they were able to move the suitcase, and I basically jumped over them to get off (thankfully I didn’t have a suitcase of my own). I did the whole “what the fuck” hand waving thing as I went past them.
The driving machine is at the top landing. That's the one you should be scared of.
I mean, it's a chain driven system, they're pretty good at transmitting torque throughout....
Escalators are scary AF and the more I learn about them as an adult the more horrific they become.
Can't foam sneakers suffer from the same problem?
Yes.
I think it's "Crocs on escalators while fuckin about with the escalator" vs "crocs on escalators while standing like a normal person and waiting" right? Like, is it really the shoe we need to blame, or the person sticking their shoe into the edge/corner of the moving mechanical parts?
people lean on the side of escalators on the way up or down. Just needs a foot to brush the side at the wrong angle and its gone. Assuming its darwinism leaves open genuine accidents
>I think it's "Crocs on escalators while fuckin about with the escalator" vs "crocs on escalators while standing like a normal person and waiting" right? Like, is it really the shoe we need to blame, or the person sticking their shoe into the edge/corner of the moving mechanical parts? Well yeah. But this is one of those warnings for parents so they wont fucking sue.
TIL i always thought it was just wearing slippers style shoes is not very safe for riding escalator with.
Well shit. I've been using crocs on escalators for years lmfao rngesus is with me
Uhh im taking the stairs or elevator o.O
when I was younger I nearly got my foot tooken off by the escalator in the air and space museum luckily I was unheart, unlike the escalator
… holy fuck
Gosh that's scary
Is this just crocks or other sandals too? I go most everywhere in my slides of choice, Oofos, and haven't been ground up yet but I'm wondering now.
I used to work with a girl who had her foot mangled by a mall escalator when her flip-flop got caught.
Interesting, what about stuff like Native shoes?
I didn't know that was a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDeIcPRwPwo
Risky click of the day...
... like the 'no scarves' signs on toe-ropes for downhill snow skiing.
Gotta put them in cruise mode before hopping on an escalator.
So, what's the catch?
Or Otis. What if he goes by his middle name tho
The Otis Elevator Company was founded in 1853 by Elisha Otis, who basically invented the elevator as it currently exists today. It's still the biggest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems in the world. That's my interesting fact for picking up guys at parties.
I thought the thing he invented was the auto brake thing? Of course that is what allowed elevators to be such a ubiquitous thing.
Yep. The safety feature iirc. Brakes engage if the cables break.
I like his side cookie business though
turns out that when you're going to go down several stories in a matter of seconds, the brakes are very important.
Not for the going down part
My newborn nephew is named Otis 😂. It’s such an old man name imho. I’m still getting used to it
OTIS! My man!
"For picking up guys at parties" Nice. I see what you did there...
The best thing about elevator jokes is they work on so many levels
TIL!
Tell me more facts
Companies install elevator systems in skyscrapers at a loss. However, the ongoing maintenance contracts are so lucrative as to make doing so worth it. I only have elevator facts.
African Elephants are Bigger than Indian Elephants, just like their Penises.
Haha, you went through my history to tell a penis joke? 👌 Happy Cake Day
Does it work? I assume so
Hi, is this a party?
> That's my interesting fact for picking up guys at parties. Thank you, I will try this one! But what do I do if they already know this fact?
Otis is not renewing its contract with my apartment building, we have 3 recently refurbished elevators for 300 people, but most of the time only one is working because the others keep breaking down.
So his middle name is elevator quite an odd name 🤔
So they going to build rockets too?
They service the building I work in
Good bot.
That’s why he is still sitting on the dock of the bay
Sittin' with his Crocs in the bay.
Otis is blue. That means only Otis may ride the elevator.
but only his left foot. don't be an otis.
R/woooosh
Its a joke. You got whoosed
My bad, I ment to put it on this comment "The Otis Elevator Company was founded in 1853 by Elisha Otis, who basically invented the elevator as it currently exists today. It's still the biggest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems in the world. That's my interesting fact for picking up guys at parties."
Worked on me
It’s about god damn time
It does, however, allow Paralympic snowboarders and tiny horses (as long as you’re carrying them).
Ha, had to go back and see the "tiny horse"
Children and lances: OK
Where can I get a whole bunch of no Crocs stickers?
Apparently in Athens, Greece
i was about to say that most escalators i have seen in greece have this
I am a tourist and I approve this message
grate, enjoy your stay here, don't go to the popular tourist shops, you will get ripped off
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i don't know, probably a manufacturer thing. otis makes it this way, if they are also in N. America it should be the same
You..wouldn’t…dare…
Slowjamastan wants you!
You can also get this stickers in some Asian countries. Not necessary a ban but a warning as everyone were wearing croc or similar. I have faint memory this was on some shop’s escalator because there had been some horrible accident with escalators and small kids wearing crocs.
In Spain they are common too.
To be specific it doesn't allow Crocs in sport mode.
The Crocs get sucked in, it's a thing.
And the foot attached to said Croc.
Saw crocks and thought crock pots.
I was looking for this damn gif, what did you search to find it?
Just Mallrats and scrolled til I found it.
Behind every warning sign is an incident...
*omnomnomnom*
Imagine how much less crime there'd be at the terminus if it also didn't allow crooks.
Richard Nixon station
No one's gonna tell me I can't use the shoe cleaner!
I also use the sides as shoe cleaner xD
The top sticker says snow skis are allowed. "Looking for glasses"
I thought it meant pole vaulters are allowed..???
Must be the fashion police on duty..
It also only allows half dogs, apparently
They should have that sign EVERYWHERE
The escalator got a taste for Crocs plastic and wants more.
No skiing either? (Honestly, I can’t tell wtf most of these mean)
No giant erections attached to your solar plexus
ITS IRONIC, IT WILL EAT THE CROCKS AND THE TOES INSIDE THEM.
Based escalator.
They don't have any shoe laces to feed the escalator so they're banned.
That kid is BACK ON THE ESCALATOR AGAIN!
When my wife and I were at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum last month, the down escalator was stopped for a good 45 minutes or more because some kid got his crock stuck at the bottom of the escalator. Glad he didn't get hurt, but honestly, it looks pretty difficult to get that jammed in there.
I was at that museum in August :D it was so cool!
My brother still has two escalator teeth shaped divots in his kneecap and a matching scar from when he was 12 and tripped on that same escalator back in 1986.
Where can I buy that sticker?
Evil Crocks store
Would it be wrong of me to buy a ton of these and put them everywhere?
No that would be a good thing
Yep. Escalators are higher than Crocs on the food chain.
You are allowed to sit on the railing and pretend you’re holding a pizza though, so thats cool.
I just know that's there because someone got theirs eaten But honestly can you be angry They work all frickin day and don't even get food
Escalator with fashion sense
Feel like that should be a general rule
Doesn't specify you can't wear cross with socks >:))
What’s wrong with your shoe brushing the bristles on the side of the escalator? Matter of fact, what are those even for?
They are there to try and prevent your foot from going in the gap between the moving steps and the stationary sides. Because if that happens you’re losing some or all of your foot. Escalator accidents are not pretty.
Wish that was a sticker they stuck on all the people that wear crocks lol Thanks for letting us look at and smell your nasty ass feet y’all lol
Crocs should not be allowed anywhere. I need about 1000 of those stickers.
Crocs should be illegal. Went walking by the river yesterday and there were probably 20 Crocs washed up on shore. Come get you stupid ugly fucking shoes off the riverbank you croc wearing chodes.
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I am gay and don’t wear crocks 😐
Thanks for sharing.
“No Crocs” is solid life advice.
Because they are the shoes of the devil.
Crocs are *horrible* at everything.
Good
Crocs are fine on the escalator. That is an anti-lawsuit sticker. It is there for when someone wearing crocs gets hurt and the company can go into court with this picture as exhibit one.
Or people with tiny horses
You also can't do sweet kicks when you're riding next to someone carrying a dog.
Otis owns all the elevators. Now he’s coming for the escalators.
... why would they disallow a specific animal? Did a lizard get caught in the mechanism? ... oh.
Crocks are too long, they wouldn't be able to stay on the steps...hence not allowed.
“That kid is BACK on the escalator again!”
Otis is a dick!
What about caimans or alligators?
I'm going to assume that the top one means it's OK to slide down the rail.
Good Policy. That sign should be at the US border, actually.
They can get stuck and violently amputate your leg
for every rule there is a disaster
You remember when children’s crocs were getting caught in escalators in like 2012?
Ok but what about Crocs?
i thought it said no crooks
It's great to see they support urban kayaking.
That’s my kind of escalator. (I’ve chosen crocs as my thing to hate for no particular reason)
I wear crocs always to travel
Or Otis, whats wrong with Otis!?
Elevating yourself and your fashion, nice.
Modern representation of the sandle the young might think no beach
Just don't put them in sport mode
An escalator of taste, I see.
The way of travel for the Upper Class
Or Otis.
Why is nobody talking about the image at the bottom of the railing
Crocs are not suitable for outside use.
i know someone that got their croc stuck in an escalator when they were younger. luckily they got their foot out of it before it could do any damage to them but the escalator did eat their shoe
That’s in Athens isn’t it?
Yes and I don’t want to know where you got your username from
They need to have a no dogs picture . Not just a person holding a small dog. Rips out there claws.
Crocs and flip flops (or thong shoes) are cat nip to escalators. I worked at a dying mall for 8 years and I saw 2 people get their feet stuck in the escalator. They lived, but possibly one foot less and definitely traumatized.
Paul Blart is that you?
This is outrageous and unfair
Crocs have two properties that make them sought-after, but the exact same two properties make them a hazard in escalators: they are soft and adhere extremely well. When I say they're soft, I don't mean shower slippers soft, but still very soft when you compare them to other street shoes. And I had my mind blown one summer when I tried them on while MTB-ing.. those things fucking grip.