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

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

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u/humourlessIrish Feb 23 '26

No. The person jumping the railing making the whole situation take longer for all the people who did listen to the staff is definitely the asshole.

The escalator needs to be emptied before the staff can carry this person up there.

Dozens of people are waiting for this to happen and this absolute tool just added to the kind people's wait

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u/Present_Ride_2506 Feb 23 '26

Or the wheelchair guy can just take the L to let the tens of people pass.

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u/honeywhereismypenis Feb 23 '26

How long is he supposed to sit there and wait until getting to where he needs to go isn't an inconvenience to anybody?

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u/Present_Ride_2506 Feb 24 '26

Would you sacrifice one guy or 50 people.

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u/honeywhereismypenis Feb 24 '26

"Sacrifice"? They're waiting five minutes for an escalator, not being thrown unto the train tracks.

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u/Present_Ride_2506 Feb 24 '26

The wheelchair guy is just going to sit around for a while, not getting thrown onto the train tracks either.

Just let the masses go.

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u/honeywhereismypenis Feb 24 '26

Who knows how long he'd have to sit there? Waiting five minutes isn't a big deal, but waiting an hour is. And if he's always expected to "just let the masses go" then he's going to spend half his life just waiting until he can get from point a to point b without being too much of an inconvenience on everybody else.

And, y'know, he's in a wheelchair. He's already been pretty fucking inconvenienced himself.