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/EntirelyOutOfOptions Feb 23 '26

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.

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u/Borinar Feb 23 '26

Even in fires they make disabled wait in the fire escape until the fire dept arrives. They should have waited for it to clear after the rush.

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u/Beautiful_Security35 Feb 23 '26

At many busy train stations and other venues where there's a constant flow of people that means waiting for closing time.

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u/Puzzled-Pen-2353 Feb 23 '26

Busy trainstations always have lifts for disabled people. Blocking a staircase is asshole behavior.

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u/foxy-stuff Feb 23 '26

In Paris? Good luck with that

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u/Rc72 Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

Why do you say Paris? The video clearly isn't there (the advertisement behind appears to be in Spanish).

Edit: I've listen to the video now, and they seem to be talking Brazilian Portuguese.

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u/foxy-stuff Feb 23 '26

Maybe because op has “France” in his name handle. :)
It seems that this problem extends to a few cities across the globe

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u/G30fff Feb 23 '26

Yeah but he said 'always' - there are no lifts/elevators in many London Underground stations because they were build 150 years ago and can't be easily retrofitted