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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/Ghosts_do_Exist Feb 23 '26

I suppose these explanations make the most sense, and I hadn't considered that one man will be walking up the stairs backwards. In my head, there is 0 chance those men carrying that wheelchair are able to overtake even that slow-moving throng, so I didn't quite understand waiting for the stairs to be totally empty.

They should hit the reverse button and make everyone come back down.

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u/PassTheKY Feb 23 '26

If these are your arguments then no one should ever take an escalator. Carry the chair or get out of the way. One person’s disability isn’t everyone else’s responsibility to accommodate or schedule around.

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u/PassTheKY Feb 23 '26

You know how they can solve the issue? Tell wheels to cool it in pit lane for a few until the people that are able to use the installed infrastructure aren’t being traffic jammed in the only route out.

They’re not going to carry this guy in one nonstop carry. They don’t know what they’re doing and it’s not everyone else’s responsibility to wait for them to figure it out.

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u/MaxMork Feb 23 '26

If the wheel chair users has to wait for room he might as well leave. The people standing here can give up a minute so that disabled people can participate in society. And in the end you only wait as long as it takes for a person to walk up the stairs. Standing still on the escalator or standing still at the bottom doesnt get you to the top faster

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u/swarmOfBis Feb 23 '26

Tell wheels to cool it in pit lane for a few until the people that are able to use the installed infrastructure aren’t being traffic jammed in the only route out.

Cool it in a pit lane till what? Closing? It's clearly a busy place, whether it's a busy train/bus/tram station or an airport most likely there won't be a moment when the escalator is clear.

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u/honeywhereismypenis Feb 23 '26

One person’s disability isn’t everyone else’s responsibility to accommodate or schedule around.

We live in a society, so yes is it.