It's pretty horrible! Actually, where I live there aren't that many elevators, so it was never much of a thing. In fact, I still think there is only one escalator in the town where I grew up. Not the same thing I know, but basically just a whole lot of flat in my part of Michigan!
Haha that sounds familiar. In my hometown there was only one escalator. It was at the JC Pennies in the mall. It led to (more) women's clothes, so there was never any reason for me to take it, but sometimes I did anyway just because... escalator!
I hear you there about the escalator. Ours was in a museum that I used to love going to as a kid. I used to get sick on elevators, so they weren't usually that big of a deal for me.