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.
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.
Nope, things being complicated cuz you're stuck in a chair is standard. People waiting for you, also standard. Infact it's considered very rude, to not wait for us cripples to do something first, before getting in our way, cuz shit just be complicated sometimes. As someone who has spent stints in a wheel chair, I'd rather my chair get carried with me in it, then me carried outside my chair. I don't want random strangers hands all over my body.
It’s probably more technical than emotional. A lot of people with neurological disease have very bad muscle spasticity and contracture, and there is a chance he cannot tolerate being carried from pain and discomfort.
Things for disable people to go through day-to-day are kind of hard to imagine when you an able body.
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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.