Originally Posted by
orbitmic
Conversely, over the years, I've heard plenty of grumbling in Australia about Brits insisting of standing on the right of the escalator instead of staying on the left to let people pass them on the right!!
In London, you stand on the right and walk on the left which is probably why they do it even when overseas but it causes no end of issues here, especially with Americans, they can't comprehend stand on the right and don't stop as soon as you step off the escalator and I would presume those Brits doing similar in Australia, they don't travel frequently enough and so are guilty of the same charge.