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When you live in Penn Quarter, it’s the small details that you relish. The perfect Chai Tea from Teaism. The view from the rooftop pool on a sunny summer day. The newest “must read” from Olsson’s. But it’s also the little things that drive you nuts.
And for me, the one little thing that made me practically apoplectic was the escalators at Bed, Bath and Beyond.
Being narrow beyond measure is one thing, but the fact that the down escalator was on the left and the up escalator was on the right was a constant annoyance. I don’t know how many times I stepped onto the right hand escalator before realizing that it was the wrong one. It seems like a small thing to remember, but when you’ve been indoctrinated to walk, drive and stand on the right: it’s a massive paradigm shift. And frankly, it’s completely un-American.
But I will be annoyed no longer. BB&B has finally normalized their escalators and saved me from being the airhead girl trying to walk down the up escalator. And for that, I thank them.
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although it was strange, i always assumed it was intentional – the way it used to be the up was on the side closer to the cash registers so you didn’t have to cross the “oncoming traffic”……. but i guess that is probably giving them too much credit.
You’re right! I was just there earlier today and didn’t notice (probably because I was too busy trying to remember what I needed). But it didn’t irritate me today. Normally when I go in and have to retrace my steps after heading to the ‘up’ escalator on the right, it always irritated me.
Sorry to hijack your post, but I’m looking at buying tickets to Tuesday night’s Verizon Center Autism Charity event where Seal is performing live while Olympic skaters Kristi Yamaguchi, Brian Boitano and others skate to his performance, and I need some feeback. The show is being broadcast live nationwide on NBC on New Year’s day. But when I look at tickets, it appears VERY FEW have sold. In fact I can buy tickets in one of the center sections just 4 rows off rows of the ice. The last time Seal played in DC, it sold out in hours (granted it was the 9:30 club). Now it appears he and NBC will be playing to mostly empty seats. Am I missing something? Is it because it’s a Tuesday night, or because of the skaters, or because Seal just isn’t very popular anymore? I would think between the olympic skate fans, Seal’s fans and the Charity supporters, a few more tickets would have sold by now. I hate to say this, but if I was Seal I’d be thinking that if this show was in NYC, it would sold a lot more tickets by now.
Given the seats available, and the fact that I can walk over to Verizon center and save $10 per ticket on the ticketmaster fee, I’m going. But it just seems odd. Even Stubhub doesn’t list a single ticket for sale, while Dancing with the stars, which isn’t even the TV show version and doesn’t have most of the stars, is booming. Here’s a link if anyone is interested:
Kelby, you can drop the price of sinlge tickets $5 by entering the password Applesauce. I have other plans Tuesday night but am half thinking of canceling and going to see Seal myself.
Looks like the City Paper has explained why the Seal/Skating/Autism Charity tickets aren’t selling, much as I expected:
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when visiting the 7th Street BBB, I often wondered if I’d actually been magically transported to Australia because I had to remember to get on the down escalator on the left side (from street level).