moving on up(or down)

"The escalator as we know it was later re-designed by Charles Seeberger in 1897..."Wikipedia

I decided to do a bit of research on escalators today, in preparation for a bit of a rant. While the majority of people just get on and off these modern wonders of enginnering there are a couple of sub-groups I have observed.
The Hoverer: this person likes to stand with one foot extended, hovering just above the actual step. Waiting. Usually there are a couple of test runs before finally selecting the perfect step to stand on and then they go for it. Great, except in the meantime the rush hour crowd has started to build up behind him and everyone else just gets pushed on.
The Skimmer: likes to be forced off the escalator by the forward movement of the mechanism. No stepping off for this person, no, they like to be carried as far as possible.
Often, members of both of these groups are also adept at The Ruminator school of escalator use. This is the person who, so pleased to have successfully negotiated the whole experience takes the time to look around, to smell the roses. Unfortunately for the general public 3 inches from the end of the escalator is not the most practical of meditation spots.
There are a couple more groups,but possibly I've gone on too much already!
And in the course of looking up just how long escalators have been around I discovered (thanks to Wikipedia) that some of the fear may be justified, apart from the trapped shoes and minor fall type events, there have been people killed.
so now I feel bad for being less than patient with my fellow TTC underground passengers.....