Down Is Not Up
I don't know what the swedish word for "down" is, but I can tell you that these 3 escalators from right to left are going: up, up, and not up.Since I took this picture in August I had planned to poke fun at the odd choice of "not up" instead of down. After all, direction is one of the few things that are always in absolute terms. Left is not "not right". North is not "not south". Down therefore should not be "not up".
But just now, 4 months later, it struck me...this sign is perfectly accurate. An escalator can be labeled as "down" only if it will take you to a lower level. If you are approaching an escalator coming down from a higher level, then unless you like treadmills, you are in fact not going up. Logic like that can really come in handy. Note to self: The door that says "do not enter" is not an exit.
I can admit when I'm wrong, so let's start keeping score.
Head of signage at the Stockholm public transportation agency: 1
David: 0
Labels: escalators, signs, stockholm, sweden
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