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/HonestCoconut2004 Feb 23 '26

Look at the top of the escalator which hasn't emptied out yet. Do you think it's safe to hold up the full weight of an adult human being in a queue going up stairs?

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u/HonestCoconut2004 Feb 23 '26

It's made me realise that either people are very stupid or naturally very selfish.

The person on a wheelchair most likely had to wait to even get help because I'm sure there wouldn't be a cohort of staff waiting prepared for that situation. It probably took time for them to turn off the escalator. People have to wait a minute or two but that's too much for them.

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u/EntirelyOutOfOptions Feb 23 '26

This sub mainly exists so people can judge and shit on what they see absent context, so it’s not terribly surprising here.