I've observed so many times a person struggling to balance a stroller with a baby in it while they're on an escalator. It doesn't take much for the person handling the stroller on an escalator to accidentally let go of the stoller and hence, jepordizing the safety of the baby.
Parents sometimes prefer to save time by riding on the escalator at the expense of the baby's safety. I do feel that this is an unacceptable trade-off between time and safety.
A safer alternative would be the elevator. I urge everybody to ulitize an elevator in place of the escalator whenever you need to move between floors with a baby in a stroller. At the very least, please carry the baby on your person if you insist on using the escalator. You may fold the stroller and hold it with one hand though it will better if you hold the baby with both hands.
So far thankfully, I haven't witnessed any accident that involved a baby in a stroller falling off the escalator. I've no desire to watch one.
Please think of the baby people.
p/s - leader of the opposition Lim Kit Siang, laments the exclusion of Universiti Malaya from Newsweek's top 100 global universities. For me, I consider rankings as overrated and inaccurate - this includes the US News' list. While rankings may differentiate the top tier from the other tiers, it does nothing to differentiate schools within that top tier. For instance, in the Newsweek's list, is #1 Harvard really better than #10 Columbia? Is #11 Michigan (Go Blue!) better than #34 London School of Economics?
Is #34 National University of Singapore better than #66 Vanderbilt, #52 Universiteit Utrecht or #56 Brown? C'mon.
Trivia: could you find Ohio State University in the ranking?
I know. I'm a cruel person. Related, do read Time's Who needs Harvard?
Parents wants convenience and strolling. However, when they get into an accident and their kids gets hurt, they will know the price of their action.
By Maverick SM, at 16 August, 2006 11:24
hey, greenie. the answer is yes, nani will appear in "mukhsin".
By yasmin, at 16 August, 2006 12:23
lol, earthnic, what's your beef with Ohio State Uni? :P
Incidentally, my alma mater got a respectable smack middle 50th place in those rankings. Yeah, they're too American orientated lah, kicking the British institutions way down the list.
P.S.: Why do rankings hate King's College so much? :P 85th in this one, and 73rd in THES 05. I'm suprised Nazmi didn't rage against Newsweek yet :D
By sigma, at 17 August, 2006 07:46
Yasmin: Ma'am, I'm deeply honored to have your here. IMHO, you and nani are probably the best thing that has ever happened to Malaysian film industry in recent times. You made me want to watch Malaysian film for the first time in my whole life! And say hi to Nani. LOL!
Sigma: Heh, Brit's no longer has the best universities. Pax Britannica has given way to Pax Americana. For OSU, see Wikipedia.
By __earth, at 17 August, 2006 12:37
