Baby steps to courtesy

It doesn't always work, but they try.

This was a sign on the floor at a subway station in Seoul. It was pointing at a narrow escalator, and a similar sigh with a fit man was pointing to the wide stairs. I'm guessing they're trying to say that preference to use the escalator should be given to frail folk.

I've no idea if this works though. Most people in Seoul, indeed in Korea, are very much in their own bubbles where nothing exist that they don't want to pay immediate attention to. They will not notice you right next to them until they literally trip over our feet and they will certainly not notice a sign like this that is not physically shoved in their faces.

I've noticed that the subways are trying to teach people general courtesy though, so maybe this will eventually become common sense.