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The scariest thing is when escalators malfunction.
At least with an elevator you'll either drop to your death or the brakes kick in making you just stuck for a few hours.
But an escalator, that's a cheese grater powered by a motor strong enough to lift dozens of people up a flight of stairs.
Why do we even bother with them?
They're just elevators with extra steps.
They're have more throughput. If you're somewhere high enough traffic they're pretty clearly the only way to serve it.
If I had to take a guess, its because elevators have to start and stop a lot - whereas escalators operate contiguously. So in an often (well maybe not so much now) crowded place like a mall, you could be waiting a bit if you needed to change floors.
Contiguously and continuously.
Because people don't want the exertion of actual stairs.
Guys, it is a pun. 😅
I thought you were going to segue into the Mitch Hedberg "the escalator is now stairs, sorry for the convenience" joke.