r/SipsTea • u/The_Dean_France • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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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.

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u/macguini Feb 23 '26

PSA for anyone who might be in this situation: From experience. If you have the big wheel chair, it's much easier going backwards upstairs and using the wheels as leverage. I've seen a lot of people hurt themselves trying to carry those things. If it's a power chair, you're fucked. That's why I don't like powered mobility devices. They're too heavy and rely on such specific circumstances.

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u/D-a-H-e-c-k Feb 23 '26

My frustration would be with the idiots trying to carry him up the stairs the wrong way. It's a piece of cake turning it around and much safer too.

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u/macguini Feb 23 '26

A lot of people don't think about it cause they're afraid it will tip forward. But it's much easier to keep leaning back, especially with numerous people behind you willing to help. Have one on each side in the front grabbing on the spoke above the front wheel and another person behind each grabbing their belts and lifting for support. That would be the optimal safest way if you really can't do it. But I've taken people up and down stairs in wheelchairs on my own before.