Preppy White Boy: "Hey, let's go pop our collars in Abercrombie and Fitch, get on the descending escalator."
Eavsdropping Black Person: "UMMM BOY YOU MEAN THAT DESCALATOR!?"
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Person 1: Wow this party just got really sad all of a sudden...

Person 2: That descalated pretty quickly...
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A staircase that seems to slow down everything around you
The pictures on the walls seemed to elongate and contourt as Hallex rode the descalator, though she knew from past experience that it was simply the fact that they were moving far faster than her.
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a new communication of a problem to an IT support from a lowly customer via their senior management to your bosses bosses boss and back down
All in lieu of where a direct call to support would suffice.
Sometimes used to complain about non-existant problems to distract from ones own inability to deliver.
This is an example email trail of an descalation

8) Database team manager to Database support guy : No.

7) Database support guy to Database team manager : No - Are there any details?

6) Database team manager to database team : Are you aware of John's problem?

5) It Senior Boss to Database team manager : Are you aware of this?

4) Senior Boss to IT Senior Boss : I'm hearing that the databases arent working

3) Boss to his Senior Boss : IT support have f'd up again.

2) John: I can't deliver X because my PC isn't working

1) Boss to John have you delivered the new graph I asked you to do last year?
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