Rat Stuck on Escalator is Metaphor for Life By Author Tattle Taylor Published: Dec 19, 2013 at 3:52 PM • Updated: Apr 15, 2022 at 9:54 AM • Category Animals Reading Time: < 1 minute Reading Time: < 1 minuteTalk about your rat race, right? This rat is stuck on an escalator. It’s moving up. He’s moving down. Well, he’s trying. Really he’s just running in place. Life, man.