Stroller + Escalator = Accident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe you can really judge other people's parenting skills when you don't even have a child yet! Everything that I thought I'd NEVER do (like really YELL at my child, plop them in front of the TV so I could do something, etc) I have done, and I am still a really good parent. I am smiling, confident in the knowledge that you too will experience Karma.

OMG YES! THIS! Good luck with parenting, OP. Seriously. You will surprise yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL I'm amazed at your ability to not stick to the point! Among 25 people very few really answered OP's question. That said, did you frequent metro riders know that Metro advises you to stop at the next stop with an elevator and take a (gasp) free shuttle they offer to your stop?

How are you supposed to take the free shuttle if your stroller doesn't have a car seat? Do you hold the child in your lap? That seems more dangerous than taking an escalator.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like the nastiest of comments are coming from parents who do use escalators with strollers and are defensive about it.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone tried the free shuttle? (I have not). The only thing I can picture is the metro employee laughing their butt off when you request it because you have a stroller to transport. I have had metro employees offer to help me on the escalator when the elevator has been out. Not one of them ever offered to call the shuttle though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the nastiest of comments are coming from parents who do use escalators with strollers and are defensive about it.

Actually, I've never taken my stroller on an escalator (I agree that is it dangerous), but I do find OP's know-it-all attitude (and pride given that she has achieved nothing) to be laughably ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL I'm amazed at your ability to not stick to the point! Among 25 people very few really answered OP's question. That said, did you frequent metro riders know that Metro advises you to stop at the next stop with an elevator and take a (gasp) free shuttle they offer to your stop?

How are you supposed to take the free shuttle if your stroller doesn't have a car seat? Do you hold the child in your lap? That seems more dangerous than taking an escalator.

Not to mention that the shuttle rarely comes in a timely manner - those things are a joke. Have fun standing outside the station in the blazing sun with an overtired toddler and a hungry 6 mo. old in the stroller as you wait for a shuttle.

[Anonymous]

there is so much fodder in this post - OP's judging other parents solely based on a 10 second observation as she passes them by, the drama of being on an escalator where she tried to run off (?), the gall of her telling the mom what she should and shouldn't do, and then posting it on DCUM thinking she would get sympathy.

Ha! Where to begin...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL I'm amazed at your ability to not stick to the point! Among 25 people very few really answered OP's question. That said, did you frequent metro riders know that Metro advises you to stop at the next stop with an elevator and take a (gasp) free shuttle they offer to your stop?

How are you supposed to take the free shuttle if your stroller doesn't have a car seat? Do you hold the child in your lap? That seems more dangerous than taking an escalator.

Not to mention that the shuttle rarely comes in a timely manner - those things are a joke. Have fun standing outside the station in the blazing sun with an overtired toddler and a hungry 6 mo. old in the stroller as you wait for a shuttle.

The announcements that mention the shuttle also always say they're "for seniors and persons with disabilities." Based on that, it never ocurred to me to try to take a shuttle with my baby (even when the elevator at our closest Metro stop was closed for three months).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL I'm amazed at your ability to not stick to the point! Among 25 people very few really answered OP's question. That said, did you frequent metro riders know that Metro advises you to stop at the next stop with an elevator and take a (gasp) free shuttle they offer to your stop?

How are you supposed to take the free shuttle if your stroller doesn't have a car seat? Do you hold the child in your lap? That seems more dangerous than taking an escalator.

Not to mention that the shuttle rarely comes in a timely manner - those things are a joke. Have fun standing outside the station in the blazing sun with an overtired toddler and a hungry 6 mo. old in the stroller as you wait for a shuttle.

The announcements that mention the shuttle also always say they're "for seniors and persons with disabilities." Based on that, it never ocurred to me to try to take a shuttle with my baby (even when the elevator at our closest Metro stop was closed for three months).

They wouldn't turn you away if walked up with a baby and a stroller. I'd be shocked. (I know advocating for allowances for women with children is controversial on these boards, but bear with me.) That said, even with my two I'd be unlikely to take advantage. Seems like it would take an eternity. Easier to deal with the escalator while carrying the baby and holding the stroller (diaper bag, second child, etc) than to go that far out of my way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:there is so much fodder in this post - OP's judging other parents solely based on a 10 second observation as she passes them by, the drama of being on an escalator where she tried to run off (?), the gall of her telling the mom what she should and shouldn't do, and then posting it on DCUM thinking she would get sympathy.

Ha! Where to begin...

You're totally off.
OP never asked for sympathy. She asked for a reality check (in her own words) and she definitely got it.
The lady ran to hop on the escalator in front of her and she recognizes (and apologized) for being so loud when talking to her husband about the issue.
You women are so funny, your guilt, anger, defensiveness and frustration make you completely blind!

[Anonymous]

That's so funny! You are all screaming you can easily carry a baby, a stroller, your other children and all your bags up the escalator safely but you cannot put your child on your lap to give up their seat in the metro because that is not safe/convenient.
You're not sounding very convincing here today...

[Anonymous]

Actually, I both take my child up the escalator daily in a stroller, and let me five year old sit in a seat on the train. How do you like that?

I am quite sure that the shuttle bus operator would look at a mom with a stroller requesting that service like she had two heads, and then ask why she didn't just use the escalator.

OP - the child wasn't hurt when the stroller's wheel got eaten, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We're expecting ... and thanks heaven the baby was not hurt.
She left as fast as she could while people cursed and complained.

can you people even read?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's so funny! You are all screaming you can easily carry a baby, a stroller, your other children and all your bags up the escalator safely but you cannot put your child on your lap to give up their seat in the metro because that is not safe/convenient.
You're not sounding very convincing here today...

I totally agree. I guess the clueless are going to remain clueless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, you're not wrong, I do like passing judgment on others and it helps me also to evaluate my own opinion. I've changed my mind in so many ways after I started watching parents and reading. I can't imagine how many times I'll change after the baby comes. You're right. I can't wait for baby to come and learn from experience. I bet I'll laugh at myself thinking "I said so many times I would never to this and look at me, doing it right now". Life is a constant learning experience.

OMG, OP, welcome to DCUM! You will fit right in here!

This is exactly the response I thought when reading this post!

OP, you should have left out the part about not being a parent yet, and also about "teaching" your DH. The story about the stroller getting stuck is actually informative, and much less subject to judgement than the rest of your post.