There was this guy who went to a Mall once. It was early in the morning. Actually it was 9:30 am, but that's pretty early by Mall standards.
So it was quite early and the Mall was pretty much deserted. Our guy had to go to the top floor.
There were two escalators - One Going up and the other going down.
The guy observed that the mall was deserted - "beta, mann mein ek laddoo phoota..."
The guy also observed that there was no one to see and stop him if he climbed up the "down" escalator - "beta, mann mein ek aur laddoo phoota..."
It had always been our guy's wish to try, at least once, to climb up a down-coming escalator the way they show in movies.
Us aadmi ke sirr pe Rajnikant ka bhoot sawaar ho gaya... So the guy stepped up the down-coming escalator.
It is always the case with any new endeavour, that the first step and the last one are always the most difficult.
The first step, the guy misjudged, since the stairs were constantly moving downwards. But he managed to get on without loosing balance. And before the escalator could pull him back down, he started climbing.
In the next 2-3 steps, the guy had caught on to the speed of the downward tread of the escalator and accordingly adjusted the rhythm of his steps to the movement of the stairs.
But, as I said, the last step is difficult too. At the last step, the stairs first emerge flat outwards and then expand to their full height as they move down. Here, it is again most difficult to judge your footing.
The guy stumbled and the next thing he knew, he was down on his hands and knees and traveling downwards with his butts sticking out.
Before anybody saw this debacle, the guy quickly got up and started climbing up again.
Again, at the last step, he misjudged his step. This time, the guy fell flat on his stomach. For nearly half way, he tried unsuccessfully to get up while the stairs dragged his prone body down and down...
From down below, he heard someone shout - "Oh bhai, waha se kaha se chad rahe ho, woh to neeche jaane wala hai...woh doosre se uppar jaana hai..." The Mall's maintenance people had arrived just in time to see our guy travelling down the escalator on his stomach.
This time, with supreme effort, our guy pulled himself up, and turned around to face downwards.
By the time he reached ground level and was off the escalator, our guy had red cheeks and he could not meet anyone's eyes.
On the whole our guy did fulfill his wish to climb up a down-coming escalator - well, ALMOST did... And he came out of it pretty much safe, with just a bit of hurt knee and a bit of hurt ego... :-)
The only thing that worries him now is the fact that Malls have CC-TV cameras installed. What if his little misadventure was captured on some cam and would soon float around as a video clip over the net and emails??
So it was quite early and the Mall was pretty much deserted. Our guy had to go to the top floor.
There were two escalators - One Going up and the other going down.
The guy observed that the mall was deserted - "beta, mann mein ek laddoo phoota..."
The guy also observed that there was no one to see and stop him if he climbed up the "down" escalator - "beta, mann mein ek aur laddoo phoota..."
It had always been our guy's wish to try, at least once, to climb up a down-coming escalator the way they show in movies.
Us aadmi ke sirr pe Rajnikant ka bhoot sawaar ho gaya... So the guy stepped up the down-coming escalator.
It is always the case with any new endeavour, that the first step and the last one are always the most difficult.
The first step, the guy misjudged, since the stairs were constantly moving downwards. But he managed to get on without loosing balance. And before the escalator could pull him back down, he started climbing.
In the next 2-3 steps, the guy had caught on to the speed of the downward tread of the escalator and accordingly adjusted the rhythm of his steps to the movement of the stairs.
But, as I said, the last step is difficult too. At the last step, the stairs first emerge flat outwards and then expand to their full height as they move down. Here, it is again most difficult to judge your footing.
The guy stumbled and the next thing he knew, he was down on his hands and knees and traveling downwards with his butts sticking out.
Before anybody saw this debacle, the guy quickly got up and started climbing up again.
Again, at the last step, he misjudged his step. This time, the guy fell flat on his stomach. For nearly half way, he tried unsuccessfully to get up while the stairs dragged his prone body down and down...
From down below, he heard someone shout - "Oh bhai, waha se kaha se chad rahe ho, woh to neeche jaane wala hai...woh doosre se uppar jaana hai..." The Mall's maintenance people had arrived just in time to see our guy travelling down the escalator on his stomach.
This time, with supreme effort, our guy pulled himself up, and turned around to face downwards.
By the time he reached ground level and was off the escalator, our guy had red cheeks and he could not meet anyone's eyes.
On the whole our guy did fulfill his wish to climb up a down-coming escalator - well, ALMOST did... And he came out of it pretty much safe, with just a bit of hurt knee and a bit of hurt ego... :-)
The only thing that worries him now is the fact that Malls have CC-TV cameras installed. What if his little misadventure was captured on some cam and would soon float around as a video clip over the net and emails??
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