Escalators

I’ve always wondered why the handrails on the tube escalators move that little bit quicker than the escalator itself. On more than one occasion I have found myself almost hugging the person ahead of me. All it takes is a thirty second daydream and you can find yourself seriously crossing the boundaries of appropriate social proxemics.

Perhaps it’s a ploy to remind us that we really shouldn’t be touching the handrails of the London underground anyway…