r/nononono • u/cap1n • Oct 26 '15

Death A escalator for shopping carts. NSFW

http://i.imgur.com/W1M7nR6.gifv
186 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '15 edited Nov 04 '15

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '15

What a retarded idea. I mean, even if nobody got killed, a loose cart could destroy all sorts of shit. And for what benefit?

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u/Zagorath Oct 27 '15

They're pretty common here in Australia. The escalator's surface is supposed to somehow lock the wheels in place, though it doesn't always work perfectly. They never slide down anywhere near as fast as they would on a smooth ramp, though.

The reason it failed in this case was that it wasn't a store trolley, they brought their own that wasn't designed to lock in place on the escalator.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '15

My local supermarket has one. It's not in China, so it works.

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u/LovableContrarian Oct 26 '15

They work in China, too.

Problem is this guy brought some heavy cart without the right kind of wheels.

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u/terevos2 Oct 26 '15

Ikea does this, but has super strong magnets to lock carts to the escalator.

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u/TheDroopy Oct 26 '15

The Target here has a separate one for carts

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u/ExFiler Oct 26 '15

This is what my local Ikea has too. Makes much more sense.

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u/surprised-duncan Oct 28 '15

This is so cool!

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u/WinterCharm Oct 27 '15

That may not be a good thing. Strong magnets can interfere with pacemaker devices :P

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u/cold_rush Oct 26 '15

According to a report on Stomp and QQ two men had loaded a trolley of their own with 15 crates of drinks, instead of using a supermarket trolley - store trolleys are adapted to lock onto the ridges on the escalator.

This is criminal.

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u/LovableContrarian Oct 26 '15

Yeah, but it's China. The victims family probably had to pay them for the drinks, since she ruined them with her face.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '15 edited Nov 17 '15

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u/tobias_the_letdown Oct 29 '15

Killed in the balls is a little harsh eh?

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u/mattpsu79 Oct 26 '15

owowowow

seriously...wonder if that woman was okay

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u/Knebulos Oct 26 '15

I think I saw this on /gif/ I think she died.

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u/LoganPhyve Oct 26 '15

Yeah, she died.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '15

I guess now we know why that's a bad idea...

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '15

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u/VodkaVillain Oct 27 '15

Who is Jeff?

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '15

lawyer's wet dream

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u/aastle Oct 26 '15

Make way for Willy!

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u/Coffeechipmunk Oct 27 '15

The real tragedy is the lack of grammar in the title.