Comments on: Scenes from an LA mall

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:13:00 +0000

Just a quick note of appreciation for whoever fixed the images so that they don’t display thumbnails on click anymore.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:12:00 +0000

Do they still talk like that?! I thought that was an ’80s thing.

By: ihavenomouthandimustscream

ihavenomouthandimustscream — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 21:09:00 +0000

Brodie: Listen, not a year goes by, not a year, that I don’t hear about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent – I don’t care which one – but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator.

By: Quiet Wyatt

Quiet Wyatt — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 20:10:00 +0000

Like, omigod! Barf out! Gag me with a spoon! That is just grody. Grody to the max!

(we are talking about the Galleria and malls in Glendale, after all…)

By: Jimbo2K7

Jimbo2K7 — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:47:00 +0000

If you had ever seen what happens when a child’s foot in a gummy shoe gets dragged into the gap between the step and skirt of the escalator you might not think the sign is so amusing…

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/escalator.asp

A picture is not really necessary. The description should be sufficient. The injury is described as degloving – where the skin is literally peeled off the foot like a glove.

By: Dennis Smith

Dennis Smith — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:41:00 +0000

I think you confuse dog with rat…..

By: Bartacus

Bartacus — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:05:00 +0000

My wife works in a similar mall- I wasn’t there but all I can say is that the sound a small dog makes when its toe is mangled in an escalator is the most horrifying thing she has ever heard at her job.

By: Philboyd Studge

Philboyd Studge — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:54:00 +0000

These creatures are nothing but pure, motorized instinct. We must not be lulled by the concept that these are our family members or our friends. They are not. They will not respond to such emotions.

By: Brad Gall

Brad Gall — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:15:00 +0000

Or this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

By: jimkirk

jimkirk — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:02:00 +0000

So Johnny Bravo can’t use the escalator?

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:47:00 +0000

Picture is kaputt http://craphound.com/images/8061081106_7c4176962d_c.jpg

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 07:25:00 +0000

The solution/proposal was circular malls

That sounds familiar.

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:32:00 +0000

Malls are a whole other circle of hell

Back in the early nineties, a Mexican study was made of traffic flow in malls – why some areas are human swarm points, while others are accompanied by chirping crickets only.

The solution/proposal was circular malls, like an architectural donut with the food court in the center. Supposedly a mall was built like this in the city of Saltillo, state of Coahuila, to resounding success… then I never heard or saw anything about this “paradigm shift” ever again.

Then again, to this day greedy Mexican entrepreneurs have never understood the USA mall stroke of evil genius: 1/5 mall, 4/5 parking space.

By: Ǥɍǡḩḁᶆ Ӻᴙᴇᴇᴍᴀᴎ

Ǥɍǡḩḁᶆ Ӻᴙᴇᴇᴍᴀᴎ — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:30:00 +0000

Wouldn’t most people carry their chihuahuas in their handbags anyway?

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:13:00 +0000

I’ve never seen a Home Depot with escalators.
But yeah, I get your point, just had to say that.
…
Wait… wait… I’m having a thought… nah it’s gone.
Escalator signs! Small dogs cradled in arms!
It’s gonna cost a small fortune.

By: Simon Fraser

Simon Fraser — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 04:51:00 +0000

Attend _to_ children, surely?

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 03:27:00 +0000

How frikking stupid are the people who these signs are aimed at? And how is it that they have (presumably) jobs and money to spend at the mall anyway?

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 03:25:00 +0000

Escalators are scary fun!

By: Ian Wood

Ian Wood — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 02:18:00 +0000

I read that as “laptop.” I was confused, and vowed to just stay off of all escalators. There are five danger circles and one DO NOT EVER circle. Hell with that.

Although, to be fair: outside of airports, I haven’t been on a single escalator since moving to Santa Barbara in 2006. They don’t exist here, and are now half-remembered beasts of yore.

[EDIT] Wait! There is one, in a parking garage downtown. My god, I have cheated death without even knowing it, so many times.

By: gwailo_joe

gwailo_joe — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:13:00 +0000

As a Cali guy, I get the sentiment…it’s thoughtful.

But ten people out of ten thousand might even notice that sign; how many of those it’s actually intended for…I have no idea.

But the percentage of the type of person characterized that would ‘get’ it…and actually DO it?

I’m not even gonna go there.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 01:07:00 +0000

There was a couple in Home Depot in Palm Springs today with three little dogs in their shopping cart. Southern California is hardcore lapdog territory.

By: Marcelo Teson

Marcelo Teson — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:42:00 +0000

If that was the Glendale Galleria, you missed the amazing Kyo Chon chicken booth in the food court, featuring Korean fried chicken wings. In general the Glendale Galleria has a very unique food court. So does the mall in Little Tokyo downtown, which features Shojin, one of the finest Japanese restaurants west of the Mississippi. I loved that about LA malls when I lived there.

Also, the things you think are weird about that mall are much more California than America in general. Midwestern malls are a whole other circle of hell. Just sayin.

By: the human operators

the human operators — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:32:00 +0000

I guess a “don’t bring your f*in lapdog to the mall” sign would be too much to ask.