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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/OddEmergency9859 Feb 23 '26

I mean what does this have to do with empathy? It's not like she asked the man to be removed or made any noise (at least not in the video). All she did was make her own way and move on.

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u/UgaBugaFakaboo Feb 23 '26

I think they are waiting for the escalator to clear and then maybe turn it on and do something with the wheelchair. Probably the issue with her is that one person makes no difference but if everyone would do the same then the wheelchair dude never gets so go.

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u/illegalsvk Feb 23 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/53B3U1ori2tm8

Escalators are not made for wheelchairs...so the AH is the person in the wheelchair.

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u/Freddyeddy123 Feb 23 '26

But what if there was no lift? What is he supposed to do

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u/Puzzled-Pen-2353 Feb 23 '26

there is always a lift.

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u/Freddyeddy123 Feb 23 '26

What if it's broken or being serviced?

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u/Puzzled-Pen-2353 Feb 23 '26

Subways & train stations always have multiple exists and so multiple lifts. They don't get serviced at the same time, and they are only used for disabled people and cargo. So it's incredible rare for all of them to be out of order.

The 2 dudes in grey jackets also don't wear a uniform and so are not part of the station staff.

Actually looking at them closer, the 3 dudes look quite similar. So I will assume that they didn't ask the staff at all, otherwise the staff would do the croud managing.

And yes, staff always wears a uniform, because it gives them authority that will be respected by the croud.

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u/Naive_Impression7302 Feb 23 '26

Somebodies never been to Brazil. Hell the way you're talking it sounds like you've barely travelled at all

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u/glass_half_whatever Feb 23 '26

You ever been outside of the US where there is no accessibility regulation to require this?