The lazy bit of Yrael (which is most of him) would like to take the escalator. The cat bit of Yrael (which is also most of him and overlaps quite a bit of the lazy bit) doesn't want its tail to be caught.

It's the same reason one will never see Yrael sitting in a rocking chair.

"Here we are," he says, heading into the large entry under a sign proclaiming it to be the Big Easy T-Shirt Co.