There was one point in our ASB DC trip in March when we all rode down the escalator at the Metro. Then standing there waiting, Gak pointed out that the escalator we were standing by was going up. Even though we had just come down on the escalator. Weird. No one could quite wrap their mind around it. Gak came up with an elaborate explanation in which the escalators were somehow smart enough to switch directions every few minutes, depending on foot traffic. Then someone discovered that there were two escalators. And pointed out that we had come down a different one. We all felt very foolish. But that didn't dampen our spirits because we were also feeling very good about ourselves. We were ending hunger and homelessness.
The escalators at North Station are side by side, so you can clearly see which one is going up and which one is going down. This morning, however, they were switched. The one that usually went upward was going down and vice versa. I have no idea why the directions reversed, but it sure was fun watching people try to go down the wrong escalator. It's funny when people are dumber than I am. It makes me feel good about myself, almost as good as when I end hunger and homelessness.
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