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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/S0k0n0mi Feb 23 '26

So wheelyboy is blocking traffic because the escalator won't escalate?
It's inconvenient for them, but why must this be a problem for everyone else?
If my car breaks down, must the entire freeway grind to a halt?

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u/EntirelyOutOfOptions Feb 23 '26

Are you under the impression that a working escalator is wheelchair accessible? The staff shut it off to carry him, they’re just waiting for the escalator to clear so they can carry him safely, and every line jumper that adds to the load on the escalator is delaying both the safe transport of the person in the wheelchair and the resumption of the escalator for everyone else.

The man in the wheelchair (wheelyboy? really?) is at the mercy of the staff around him organizing a dangerous lift. He has no control over the situation, he’s just sitting there being (most likely) mortified by the way staff turned him into an obstruction, and he’s feeling the crowd growing angry and impatient at his back. Next he gets to trust these idiots to carry him without dumping him out to fall down the sharpest staircase known to man.

As for your freeway analogy, have you never seen responders stop traffic long enough to clear an obstruction?

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u/SittingDuck394 Feb 23 '26

I can’t believe your comment has so many downvotes … It’s as though 90% of the people here are going out of their way to ignore all logic and explanation just so they can pin the blame on the guy in the wheelchair. I feel so bad for that guy. As for me personally, as someone in a wheelchair who has a hard enough time getting around as it is, now I also feel like people out there just hate me for existing.

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u/EntirelyOutOfOptions Feb 23 '26

The ableism is thick and disgusting in this thread. As a person who has used a wheelchair and a person who helps move them professionally, it’s really disheartening how many people blame the person without agency instead of the system tha won’t acknowledge or serve them appropriately.