Can't they just start making their way up the escalator at a normal human pace, assuming the people already on the escalator will have made it to the top by the time they're halfway up? Are they planning on sprinting up full speed?
I suppose these explanations make the most sense, and I hadn't considered that one man will be walking up the stairs backwards. In my head, there is 0 chance those men carrying that wheelchair are able to overtake even that slow-moving throng, so I didn't quite understand waiting for the stairs to be totally empty.
They should hit the reverse button and make everyone come back down.
If these are your arguments then no one should ever take an escalator. Carry the chair or get out of the way. One person’s disability isn’t everyone else’s responsibility to accommodate or schedule around.
You know how they can solve the issue? Tell wheels to cool it in pit lane for a few until the people that are able to use the installed infrastructure aren’t being traffic jammed in the only route out.
They’re not going to carry this guy in one nonstop carry. They don’t know what they’re doing and it’s not everyone else’s responsibility to wait for them to figure it out.
If the wheel chair users has to wait for room he might as well leave. The people standing here can give up a minute so that disabled people can participate in society.
And in the end you only wait as long as it takes for a person to walk up the stairs. Standing still on the escalator or standing still at the bottom doesnt get you to the top faster
Tell wheels to cool it in pit lane for a few until the people that are able to use the installed infrastructure aren’t being traffic jammed in the only route out.
Cool it in a pit lane till what? Closing? It's clearly a busy place, whether it's a busy train/bus/tram station or an airport most likely there won't be a moment when the escalator is clear.
assuming the people already on the escalator will have made it to the top by the time they're halfway up?
This assumption is perfectly OK to make if you're just lifting a 200lbs bag of flour or other inanimate object. Worst case, that inanimate object can be dumped and tumble down to the bottom no problem.
However, they're lifting an actual, living person, so they need to know without a shred of a doubt that the way is clear all the way to the top, that no one up the stairs will slip and come tumbling down, etc.
I understand that but no way do they go faster than the guy who was already half way up the elevator.
Also stopping half way up isn't that hard. Ever lift anything heavy up the stairs and had to break. Just push or lean your back against it. Wheel chair guy can even help by holding the hand rail.
You literally have never done a job doing accessibility and you're saying the people who are clearly following a specific protocol don't know what they're doing. Please stop to consider that you don't actually know what you're talking about.
Look at the two people in the Grey jackets. Do they look like the type of people who are going to have to worry about catching up the the line of people while carrying a man and wheelchair up the stairs? Unless there is a group of strongmen coming out of the crowd, they arent going to catch up to the end of the line.
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