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Ever been judged by a floor? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The pole is to prevent people from taking carts and similar objects up and potentially causing an accident

Though it does have unintended consequences

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why do people have carts on the subway?

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Not necessarily carts like the ones you see in shopping malls, but it's also for things that would not be safe on the escalators like:

Baby carts (forgot the proper name for them)
Large carrier bags
Those cart-like bags elderly people usually carry around that doubles as a walking assistant

Accidentally letting them go would be dangerous.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Stroller is the word you were looking for for baby cart. I hate when I can't think of a word, it pisses me off until I look it up or somehow remember and I can't focus on anything else.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Or parambulator if you're still trying to meet your daily syllable count

[–] mapleseedfall@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

its not for the subway, its for the elevator. Its dangerous to have carts on elevator