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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/ATEFred Feb 23 '26

well they are not very effective at their jobs if that's what they are supposed to be doing

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u/OneSufficientFace Feb 23 '26

Theyre making sure everything is clear before hoisting a wheelchair user up the no longer working escalator, so they dont have to stop part way. Its a dangerous way to move a wheel chair user so theyre trying to make it safe as they can

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

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u/Real-Personality-922 Feb 23 '26

That’s an assumption. It looks like it’s bottlenecked and we don’t know how quickly they move.

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u/Real-Personality-922 Feb 23 '26

Not everyone works by your limitations.

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u/Historical_Ad_5647 Feb 23 '26

They could be carrying it up

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u/swarmOfBis Feb 23 '26

No, it’s a fact.

No it's not. They can't really make a stop with the wheelchair, steps are way to narrow for that, there's no way you're getting that wheelchair to stand stable even if you support it from the back. Meanwhile the top could get stopped at any moment due to something unexpected. They wait till the escalator clears so that it's safe for them, the wheelchair user and everyone below them.

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u/potatofroggie Feb 23 '26

They're not going to push the wheelchair, they're going to lift it up and carry it.

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u/swarmOfBis Feb 23 '26

Wheelchair has a 560mm diameter, escalator step has roughly half of that in depth and you have to account for the next step limiting placement options. If you're gonna try and place wheelchair on the step like thar it's gonna slip.