I was at a conference this past week at the COBO Center in Detroit MI. For those of you that have not been there before, escalators are all over the place.
I was there with 2 other people in the exhibit area on the ground floor.
We were about to go up the escalator to the next level when we were stopped by this guy asking for something (I don't remember what).
When I stopped I already had my hand on the moving hand rail (key word moving) when I turned to the guy when he called out to us.
I'm not sure how I did it, but what happened was, I turned around and evidently leaned up against the railing when it grabbed a hold of the seat of my pants! For about 5 seconds I was like an upside down turtle with my arms and legs flopping about trying to gain my balance. It really scared the shit out of me. I was finally able to 'roll' off (I think wiggle is the more appropriate word) on to the stair side as I surely didn't want to fall the other way.
When I got myself up to the top I just kept walking out the door, I really needed a smoke as I was shaking so bad.
When Bill and Jaime finally caught up with me they beet red and suffering from hysterical laughter. Bill says he was looking for the 'emergency stop' button, but I doubt it.
