Normal Stairs vs Elevator Stairs. Which one would you choose and why?

[thegreenyogi]

[HawkPerception]

I choose stairs every almost every time, except when in tall buildings with like 20 floors to go up. Then I find it a bit of a waste of energy, to be tirer by the time I get to the top.

I see people who use escalators and elevators to go up very small, easily walkable distances to be lazy. Unless you're an older person or some physically disabled person, that's a part of why there are so many obese people these days. Everyone chooses the easiest route of transportation.

Back in the day without all this technology and conveniences around, everyone had to walk to get to where they want. It's a big part of why obesity rates have tripled since 1975.

I see it as a fun challenge to beat people using an escalator while I use the stairs. I see them standing and being lazy, while I'm jumping up 2 steps at a time. Stairs are also generally much less crowded. I see them as the option for people that care about their fitness and health and don't want to be like the crowd.

[guesswhereivebeen]

Over like 3 floors I’m going elevator…. Unless I live there I used to take stairs to the 8th floor … counts as a mini workout

[RandomGirl42]

Omg! Never take the escalator! They are just vortexes lurking to suck people totally out of this realm of existence! Serious! Google it! People disappear on escalators all the time! It could be aliens! I have taken an escalator a couple times when I was young and reckless and foolhardy and drinking in college and realize now how fortunate and blessed I am to have escaped such a peril unscathed except for the lingering nightmares of the horrific fate that could have befallen me. Please. Heed this warning. Take the stairs.

[Screenwriter]

I think you mean ESCALATOR stairs. I've fallen on escalator stairs and torn up my knee. They are not preferable to regular stairs.

Escalator stairs are more slippery than regular stairs, which usually have some grit in the paint that covers them, whereas escalator stairs are shiny, metal "teeth," and part of the machine of an escalator.

[Sunrising]

If there are moving stairs I've usually have my folding cycle with me, and there's usually a sign saying no cycles, so I use the stairs.

Otherwise why wouldn't I use the moving stairs?

With an elevator it's different, and I usually prefer the steps, unless there are many floors to climb.

[rachel776]

normal you have to get every chance to exercise you can in case you're not able to get enough in that day

unless i'm in a huge hurry and then i'll walk or run up the moving escalator

[zagor]

If you want exercise then you should use the escalator, but the one going the opposite direction you are going.

[AviatorTom]

I assume by elevator stairs you are referring to an escalator.

I try to take regular stairs unless they are extremely long, in which case I take the escalator, most of the time walking on the left rather than standing on the right (escalator etiquette).

[NobodyXox]

Depends where I have to be. Usually when it's between 1 or 3 floors up I take the stairs. If it's more levels up I usually take the elevator or elevator stairs. If it's down I always take the stairs, way quicker.

[Flower7]

Nice system.

[Unycorn]

Usual stairs - I dont need a fitness studio. Move whenever you can. Step instead of parking in front of the fitness club helps more.

[DJB72]

Elevator or escalator. Not having a right leg makes stairs too much effort if the building isn't burning

[Flower7]

Do you have a prosthetic?

[DJB72]

Yes, but although I'm very active by amputee standards I avoid staircases if there's a moving alternative.

[Flower7]

Understandable.

[AgentG111]

Normal, if you are trying to get somewhere and those jackwagons who just stand and don't move especially when you ask and are trying to get some where in time they are a waste of carbon.

[mysteriousNicholas]

Time is money, g. Indeed Agent G - time is money 🤑💰

[Spencer10]

I take every opportunity to take the stairs... unless its a mega skyscraper.

[mysteriousNicholas]

@Spencer10 I hear ya man. I hear ya.
Not every human will appreciate the struggles of the fewer + 👀 those heights are scary 👀😶‍🌫️ they're scary alrighty 😶😶‍🌫️

[FreyaRed]

Elevator Stairs. My BMI is barely 18 and I need to save my energy

[Cidknee]

The escalators since I am due for knee replacement. I don't know if I will do it or not. The right knee.

[mysteriousNicholas]

@Cidknee genuinely, I hope you will be, all right 😃

[Cidknee]

Thank you, I'm not certain I will let them. I've heard horrible things from some. But I've also lately heard of successful replacements.

[Flower7]

@Cidknee You’re very young to be needing a knee replacement.

[Cidknee]

Im older than you think.

[Flower7]

Oh ok. All I had to go by was your profile age. 😊

But like Nicholas, I also hope you’ll feel better.

If it helps, my mom had a hip replacement many years ago and it greatly improved her quality of life. She now needs a knee replacement also but the doctors say she’s no longer eligible for those type of procedures because of her health conditions. So my advice is that if they’ll let you get one, you should. Because after some point, that option could be removed from you and then you’d be stuck with the pain.

(She does get injections done to her knees every few months that help a little with pain relief.)

[Cidknee]

Sorry to hear that about your mom. I had injections on my knee last year and it caused my feet to swell greatly. For about four months. So no more of those.

[MisterPandemonium]

Normal stairs. I like walking.

Unless I'm tired that day, or it's a LOT of stairs. Then I don't mind getting a little help.

[DrPepper12]

2-5 flights and I'll do stairs up. Always stairs down.

[Shiprex]

I don't mind escalators. It is comfortable if I am carrying things.

[WonderingManII]

Elevator Stairs because they are fun to ride.

[Likes2drive]

I’ll take the stairs most times instead of the escalator, especially if I am going down

[Paul09]

Stairs most of the time. Or I run up escalators. I ain't no lazy mofo.

[mysteriousNicholas]

@thegreenyogi Normal stairs.

Elevators do scare me 🛗 so can some escalators 👀

[Flower7]

What is scary about escalators?

[mysteriousNicholas]

@Flower7 the high ones / minimal railings - scary eh 😅- hip height

[mysteriousNicholas]

Lady if you go to enough malls - anyways - so I take the stairs or I stick to low ground malls personally as a life mantra for me - 🤭

[mysteriousNicholas]

Hell even some stadiums and some massive train stations / those escalators get scary high and scary they don't always put in guards - I know sometimes they finally do, thankfully - though usually it takes a wiser OHS soul or wiser inspection or even a incident yet thankfully I for one have always kept my feet to ground malls or I take the stairs - avoidance 😋😃

[mysteriousNicholas]

Guards ( a guardrail)

[mysteriousNicholas]

Or a perplex glass taller than the humans riding the said 'scalators + scary y'all lol. 👀

[jahaims]

Do you mean an escalator?

[thegreenyogi]

Yes.

[DishLady]

Both can be nice based on the space you're in.

[Miristheiss]

Regular.

I want to move and exercise.

[curiousandhonest]

Elevator cos I'm lazy. I should choose stairs

[exitseven]

normal stairs. not a fan of escalators.

[Xawyx-2]

I prefer normal stairs.

[msc545]

Elevator stairs are easier to use.

[Paige90]

Normal

[jazzy34]

Normal stairs.

[AngryCarl2]

stairs