Daddy Escalator

Reading this –funny, btw, and so true– reminded me of a similar incident. I was leaving Mediamarkt, an electrical appliance and, more importantly, CD and DVD shop in Brussels, a few weeks ago. At the top of the escalator going down, a young African dad was blocking the way. He had a tiny baby in a tiny stroller and was struggling to put them both onto the escalator. It can be done, of course, especially with such a tiny stroller (and if you do it right, O-man, there should still be plenty of room for JST people to pass ^-). But the man obviously had no idea of what he was doing, and whatever it was he was trying to do looked dangerous. All at once four women (me included) jumped at him.

-No no no!
-Really?
-YES!!
-Oh.
…
-She’s four days old.
-Ahh.
-Her mother’s over there.
-Whew…