Unsuck DC Metro: Rider Hall of Shame: Escaheftor

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Rider Hall of Shame: Escaheftor

From "Pacific"

Not completely happy with the name of this shameful rider. Other suggestions?

Complete Hall of Shame

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@ChrisHowdy · 717 weeks ago

This is a problem that would solve itself if the escalators worked.

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@Rizzz · 717 weeks ago

Those handrails are dirty as hell too - gross.

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roadwest · 717 weeks ago

And hrh King friday 13 explains why

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Anon · 717 weeks ago

Escahog. Perhaps Escaslob.

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Sweet Bobby · 717 weeks ago

It's "Hold on to the handrail," not "Hold onto the handwhale."

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roadwest · 717 weeks ago

I voye for Sweet Bobby entry, Maybe "Hold onto the handwhale?"

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Anon · 717 weeks ago

The sidesaddler

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John · 717 weeks ago

Let me guess, roadwest thinks this is the only reason the escalators are in crap condition, and not due to horrible management by his hero, David Lacosse....

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VeteranRider · 717 weeks ago

Tough crowd. Is the problem that he's sitting on the handrail (rude & inappropriate!) or that he's fat? Would it be ok if here were skinny lbs? Just cause he's being nasty doesn't mean you gotta react the same way.

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Jack Sprat · 717 weeks ago

I'll go with the first choice--rude and inappropriate--but it is compounded by the fact that he's a large individual. I mean seriously, if he was skinny, he'd be taking up less of the handrail, wouldn't he?

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phan · 717 weeks ago

Actually, I think it's a she. I'm just looking at the purse.

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Sweet Bobby · 717 weeks ago

I am not sure which is worse for the subject in the picture: being derided for being obese or having her gender misconstrued.

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Guest · 717 weeks ago

That's a man?!

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hrh king friday 13 · 717 weeks ago

Cool! An automatic butt flosser!

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roadwest · 717 weeks ago

Ha Ha Ha, I thought the person was female. The person may not care what we say, just that they are pictured on unsuck. I bet there feet hurt.

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roadwest · 717 weeks ago

Love it !!

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stupidraidersfan 80p · 717 weeks ago

MetroForward: Now with more seating options than ever!

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ChargeDouble · 717 weeks ago

She has to sit somewhere till her train shows up and then she can get on the train and take up 2 seats.

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Ever and Anon · 717 weeks ago

I see the photo and the word, "huffalump" comes to mind.

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@Hell_on_wheelz · 717 weeks ago

escalump?

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Kara · 717 weeks ago

That one is already taken.

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Nottheredbaron · 717 weeks ago

Yes, it's not cool to be sitting on an escalator handrail, potentially causing even more escalator maintenance problems. However it is also not cool for the commentariate to poking fun at this individuals weight.

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Ever and Anon · 717 weeks ago

If they were not being rude and socially crude, we'd not be poking fun at them at all.

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guest · 716 weeks ago

Oh please. If it where a cute skinny little blonde girl, you wouldn't have a problem with it.

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no fat chicks · 717 weeks ago

Yes it is. Obesity is a national epidemic costing you, me and Metro's escalators billions.

They should finally have to feel a little shame.

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Guest · 717 weeks ago

She's not fat, she's big-boned!

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One take · 716 weeks ago

That's a she?

I thought that was Heavy-D.

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Justin · 717 weeks ago

What's with all the "no fat jokes allowed"? When someone scarfs down a bag of glazed donuts for breakfast and then sits next to me on the train and pins me to the window, I think I have the right to poke fun at their weight. Anyone else feel the same way?

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Richard · 717 weeks ago

No. I don't fell the same way.
One never has the right to make fun of someone else.
That's it. No discussion.

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anon · 717 weeks ago

I almost always have the right to make fun of someone else. Unless my words could be construed by a reasonable person to be threatening, I can poke fun all I want. Thanks, first amendment!

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Kipp · 717 weeks ago

True, you have the right, but you have a moral responsibility to see the best in people. What if the obese person has a medical problem which causes them to be obese? Would you make fun of a handicap person because they were different than you?
Kindness begets kindness. If you want people to be nice, you must spread love, not mocking hate.

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roadwest · 717 weeks ago

Considering they did this in a public place, it is the business of the public.

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Richard · 717 weeks ago

What?

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guest · 716 weeks ago

Or when they're so fat, they take up a seat and a half and nobody can sit next to them at all.

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RedLineROFL · 717 weeks ago

What station is that? The sign is blurry, but looks like this was at L'elephant Plaza.

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VeggieTart · 717 weeks ago

I can tell the sign says "L'Enfant".

As for the individual riding the escalator handrail--that's the sort of thing you give up before you reach adolescence. But at least s/he isn't standing on the left!

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guest · 716 weeks ago

The escalator isn't working VeggieTard.

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roadwest · 717 weeks ago

LOL

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anonymous · 717 weeks ago

It's a pilot program. WMATA is going to start charging by the pound.

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anon · 717 weeks ago

Name for shameful rider: "Railbird"?

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justme · 717 weeks ago

Would be funny if it started working and sent him flying.

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@ChrisHowdy · 717 weeks ago

A Metro escalator? No, that would be a "miracle."

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roma · 717 weeks ago

What, if anything, is this person doing wrong and should be singled out? Is thos person eating, drinking, clipping nails, etc?

This seems highly mean-spirited.

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anon · 717 weeks ago

Hey, my HAND goes there. Where his/her ass is.

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WheresABench · 717 weeks ago

"...When someone scarfs down a bag of glazed donuts for breakfast and then sits next to me on the train and pins me to the window, I think I have the right to poke fun at their weight...."

Well, maybe, but that's not what's going on here. And it's not a matter of 'No fat jokes allowed' but that in this case, the fat jokes are juvenile. The point is, she's sitting on the escalator handrail, which has nothing to do with her being fat. Ass on handrail is gross, yes - but skinny ass or fat ass are equally gross - the fact that this person is fat is irrelevant.