Let's all laugh at people tripping on stairs There's a step on the NY subway that commuters just keep tripping over. A CURIOUS imperfection on this flight of subway stairs in New York means that people trip over themselves. All the time. And it's hilarious. Apparently one of the stairs on the 36th Street station is a "fraction of an inch" higher than the rest. Which is enough to throw anyone off. We don't usually go for schadenfreude, but this is harmless, and it's not happening to you. So we give you permission to laugh. There. That felt good, didn't it.