London Underground: The Slow Fast Lane

Moving to London 5 years ago, it didnt take me long to figure out that u werent allowed to stand on the left on the escalators. Maybe it was the fact that it was plastered all over the place ..."Please stand on the right". Or more for the reason that, the only way u can get someone to say a single word to you on the London Underground (the Tube if you may) was to stand on the left. Hell if you're lucky you might even get someone to be rude to you.

Anyway... i'm just figuring out these past few weeks that the idea behind standing on the right is so theres sort of a fast lane for people who've got so much energy to walk/run/sprint [delete as applicable] down the escalators if they so wish.

Now the problem arises where even among the "people in a hurry" there are levels of how much in a hurry one can be. Some people walk down the escalators but put no soul in it... it's like they're only taking a step every 2 seconds just to qualify to be in the fast lane, but slow enough to piss u off if you're behind them.

I think i'm gonna smack someone in the back of the head one of these days. Maybe i'll just hold onto that thought because i also find that its possible to weave inbetween the traffic of the fast lane and the other lane and sometimes even go up to the full speed of sto steps at a time in the supposed slow lane.

Escalator drag racing anyone?