[changoplatanero]

I had to sleep overnight in the phoenix airport once. All night long a loud speaker was repeating at high volume "Caution: the moving walkway is coming to an end." I remember wishing that it would indeed come to an end.

[CGMthrowaway]

Hit the E-stop button next time. The belt will stop and won't get restarted until the morning when a maintenance guy comes around.

[SR2Z]

I'm sure the belt will stop, I'm less sure the audio will.

[kstrauser]

That sounds like a great way to get tossed out of an airport.

[CGMthrowaway]

Sir this is hacker news not hall monitor news

[kstrauser]

I’m not the hall monitor. I appreciate a good hack. But I’ve also been around the hall monitors enough to recognize what behavior is likely to summon them.

I don’t particularly care if someone shuts up an obnoxious, unused piece of equipment. The armed federal hall monitors running the place probably see it differently.

[a-b]

Sounds like ill advice. Have great potential to discover the authentic beauty of Amtrak and Greyhound modes of traveling.

[dredmorbius]

Generally the e-stop button will trigger an e-stop alarm of some sort: buzzer or horn, mandated by regulations.

[enthdegree]

No materials on the escalator

[crooked-v]

The white zone is for loading and unloading only. There is no stopping in the red zone.

[pdonis]

The really fun part is that the couple who read those lines in the movie Airplane actually had been announcers at, IIRC, LAX airport. They must have had a great time doing the movie.

[ternaryoperator]

The actual quote, both from the movie and IRL is: "The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only."

[stooart]

The red zone is for loading and unloading only. There is no stopping in the white zone.

[oaktowner]

The red zone has always been for loading and unloading. There's never stopping in a WHITE zone.

[stooart]

Oh really? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.

[josuepeq]

Same problem at LAS, SLC, and DEN.

Whenever I have an overnight layover in any of these airports I now pack NIOSH certified ear muffs, along with an eye mask.

I look ridiculous, but I don’t care.

[m463]

Female PA Announcer: The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.

Male PA Announcer: The red zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a white zone.

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[dinobones]

Those walkways are only in between each set of gates, there aren’t any actually near gates or anywhere near seating. Where did you sleep lol?