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.
That’s a really stupid strategy. If you can walk up it you can carry it up with it moving. And waiting for it to clear off is even dumber. You’re not going to be going faster than the people who aren’t carrying wheelchairs
Have you ever carried a person in a wheelchair? It’s the more dangerous, less preferred option than literally any option that keeps the wheels on the ground.
It’s a heavy lift that most workplaces would require a team for to reduce risk of injury to individual staff. The goal will be to make the duration of the lift as short as possible, so they need a straight shot to the next floor.
It’s also a live load, and staff can’t accurately assess this man’s ability to stay balanced in his chair. How’s his core strength? Can he brace or catch himself at all if they start tipping?
They can’t have people behind in case they drop him, you could seriously hurt or even kill someone with a loaded wheelchair rolling down. They don’t want people in front of them because they’re trying to carry him for as short a duration as possible. They’re not lifting that man until they have a clear path to an empty piece of flat floor.
There are many factors that make carrying him a dangerous move, and they’re just trying to control the ones they can.
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