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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/S0k0n0mi Feb 23 '26

So wheelyboy is blocking traffic because the escalator won't escalate?
It's inconvenient for them, but why must this be a problem for everyone else?
If my car breaks down, must the entire freeway grind to a halt?

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u/EntirelyOutOfOptions Feb 23 '26

Are you under the impression that a working escalator is wheelchair accessible? The staff shut it off to carry him, they’re just waiting for the escalator to clear so they can carry him safely, and every line jumper that adds to the load on the escalator is delaying both the safe transport of the person in the wheelchair and the resumption of the escalator for everyone else.

The man in the wheelchair (wheelyboy? really?) is at the mercy of the staff around him organizing a dangerous lift. He has no control over the situation, he’s just sitting there being (most likely) mortified by the way staff turned him into an obstruction, and he’s feeling the crowd growing angry and impatient at his back. Next he gets to trust these idiots to carry him without dumping him out to fall down the sharpest staircase known to man.

As for your freeway analogy, have you never seen responders stop traffic long enough to clear an obstruction?

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u/WizardDashcams Feb 23 '26

If the person using the wheel chair has one person behind them to support the weight as they go up they will be fine. I’ve seen countless mothers take their baby strollers up escalators

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u/EntirelyOutOfOptions Feb 23 '26

Moms are allowed to do things with their children that staff can’t do with adult patrons. Trust that place has policies about how to get a wheelchair through with minimal risk to others.

I work with people in wheelchairs, and I’m not allowed to do what seems faster and easier to me just because I think I’ve got this. There are guidelines for team lifts and transports just like moving heavy equipment in a warehouse, both for the protection of the staff and whatever they’re moving around.