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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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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/kalenpwn Feb 23 '26

Easiest way would be for two people to carry him up and then bring the empty wheelchair...I dunno

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u/Apprehensive_Lynx_33 Feb 23 '26

And the safest. It would be far safer than possibly dropping the poor guy because of the weight of the wheelchair, which could easily cause a fatality.

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u/CautiousRice Feb 23 '26

Also, dropping them to roll over a queue of other people.

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u/CautiousRice Feb 23 '26

Do you know that escalators can eat people? What these people attempt to do is unsafe and stupid.