Shoe Vs Escalator

It was an unbearably hot and humid Friday afternoon but i still had to drag my ass to work. Upon reaching the train station, i glanced at the electronic display which shows approximately how many minutes the train would be arriving in. Marina Bay, 1 minute, next train, 7, Sigh...
It was damn hot and i was still quite early so i decided against running to catch the arriving train. See im that kind of person who micro-plans my schedule according to the amount of time i have before the next train arrives.

Arriving : Run Forrest! Run!
1 - 3 minutes : Just enough time to get on the train without running.
4 - 7 minutes : Grab a pack of cigarettes or newspaper or top-up the o'l Ezlink.
8 - 10 minutes : ATM for cash deposit, withdrawal or checking of balance.
>10 minutes : Curse and swear at the idiot who jumped on the track before my station.

Okay lets get back to the story, since i got 7 minutes and less than $2 in my Ezlink, i went to the ticketing booth, paid $10 to listen to a recorded lady's voice telling me "Ten Dollars Added" and went on my way.

I arrived at the platform with 4 minutes to spare (You see, im still looking at the display!) and walked to my favourite boarding spot and waited. This was my favourite spot because i could see almost everything that is going on. People at the other side of the platform, people coming up from the escalator, swarms of people downstairs including students, buskers and insurance agents.

I turned my attention to the escalator, there was this woman and a secondary school student standing there just staring at the escalator. This scene soon became the focal point of the people arriving at the platform. I could see the student shaking his head and looking rather embarrassed and then i finally noticed it, his right shoe was missing! Upon closer inspection, i realise that the poor kid's shoe was jammed in the escalator and he apparently took his foot out to avoid having it crushed by the steps.

The interesting thing was, in this battle of the shoe versus the escalator, the shoe came out victorious because it caused the escalator to stop completely. Not willing to admit defeat, the escalator held on to its opponent with all its might, biting deep into the skin so much so that the referee was unable to pull the victor from the gripping jaws of the sore loser.

Just as i was about to go closer to view the carnage, i hear the ever familiar announcement for passengers to "Stand behind the yellow line", end of my 4 minute free show i guess...
While in the train, i thought to myself, maybe i declared the wrong winner in the battle of the shoe versus the escalator, because even thou the shoe managed to stop the escalator, the escalator didn't stop working, it just transformed, into stairs....

God i love escalators!