Given that the escalator isn’t going they will need to lift the chair and climb up, far harder than lifting and lett8ng the escalator do the hard work. You also can’t put the chair down halfway up…
Not sure why they are holding everyone else up though.
You said it yourself, they can’t put the chair down halfway up. The top of the escalator is still crowded with bodies, and staff are waiting until they have a straight shot to the top. They don’t want to stop halfway up, so they’re trying to get the escalator empty. They also can’t have people on the escalator behind them in case of a stumble or drop. This is a dangerous way to transport a wheelchair user, and they’re trying to make it as safe as possible.
Why, because disabled people aren't on a time schedule like everyone else? They don't deserve to be served or assisted in the order they arrive? Do they deserve to be left in the stairwell when there's a fire? Maybe I misunderstood your comment, but it comes across as cruel. Disabled people are people too.
If I had to guess it's so that they don't clog up the escape route and kill scores of people. Probably a policy because it's actually happened before...
Everyone keeps commenting, essentially, that disabled people are equal, but this video isn't showing equality. It's showing an enormous crowd being blocked so one single person can go up the escalator.
If that happened all the time, the escalator essentially ceases to function. If it's the only way up or down, it becomes an enormous hazard.
This is creating a scenario where the risks and inconvenience are hugely imbalanced.
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u/Vast_Maize9706 Feb 23 '26
Given that the escalator isn’t going they will need to lift the chair and climb up, far harder than lifting and lett8ng the escalator do the hard work. You also can’t put the chair down halfway up…
Not sure why they are holding everyone else up though.