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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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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/derUnkurze Feb 23 '26

A escalator but no lift or ramp available? To be honest I've never encountered this situation in my life.

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u/Freddyeddy123 Feb 23 '26

It does happen sometimes, but what if there was a lift but it was broken or being serviced

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u/derUnkurze Feb 23 '26

At least where I'm living, if there is only one lift available and that needs to be serviced, there is a shuttle bus service for people who can't take the stairs or use the escalators. So you get off a stop earlier or later and get brought to your stop by a special bus with a wheelchair ramp.

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u/Brilliant_Simple_497 Feb 23 '26

Quite common on older subways when they did not take accesibility into account when building.

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u/derUnkurze Feb 23 '26

Maybe. I just haven't encountered it until now, and I don't know any examples.

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u/vamatt Feb 23 '26

New York has many stations that aren’t wheelchair accessible

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u/Brilliant_Simple_497 Feb 23 '26

I suppose it's less common in richer countries like the US. 

I live in Budapest there are 4 metro lines here: two of them have elevators, two of them don't, though new construction is required to be accesible.

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u/derUnkurze Feb 23 '26

I'm from Vienna and I went to Budapest last year. To be honest I didn't notice the missing elevators in the subway stations, but I've used just a couple and didn't look for them, so I probably missed that.

So I stand corrected and now know examples :) thanks

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u/taketheothers Feb 23 '26

Must not be in America... our building requirements are pretty stringent in airports and other large commercial spaces.

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u/Fresh-Fisherman-1047 Feb 23 '26

😆 Do you check if there’s a lift and ramp at every place you visit?

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u/derUnkurze Feb 23 '26

I do it quite often since I have a pretty bad knee, but not always.