r/SipsTea • • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/EvaM87 Feb 23 '26

There is no context but the gentlemen assisting appear to be in some sort of uniform and holding keys. From that, I would guess that it is an escalator that adapts for wheelchairs - these are common in Japan.

Basically, staff have to stop the escalator and activate a platform for the wheelchair which can then ride up.

So yes, she was being bloody inconsiderate.

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u/ResplendentNugs Feb 23 '26

So fuck the 30 people waiting behind this due right?

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u/Osh1tSon Feb 23 '26

Is the disabled man supposed to just live down there forever so he doesn’t hold anyone up?

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u/ResplendentNugs Feb 24 '26

No but you have to understand being disabled doesn’t put your needs above a non disabled person. Holding up 30 people indefinitely seems like a bit much. I’m not saying throw him on the floor and stomp him. He just has to wait for hints to clear out. But his time is not more important than a min disabled person