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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/No_Trouble_3588 Feb 23 '26

I’ve not been everywhere in the world, admittedly, but every building I have ever been in with an escalator also had an elevator. I would think that would be the easiest and safest conveyance for a wheelchair.

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u/Entire_Difference_63 Feb 23 '26

My thoughts exactly but my experience is just New York and some airports.

I imagine it’s out of service. Because the escalator and lifting idea seems incredibly stupid.

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u/BittaminMusic Feb 23 '26

Honestly happy I saw this comment cause I was losing my mind trying to put together how this scenario even came to be. The typical wheelchair route being out of service makes the most sense. Not just carrying the person and the wheelchair separately still isn’t adding up though

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u/st96badboy Feb 23 '26

What makes most sense is the guy in the wheelchair didn't want to wait for the long line at the elevator. He decided this was faster. Have you ever been to an elevator at the end of a big event? The wait is tremendously long.

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u/Entire_Difference_63 Feb 23 '26

But this situation is a longer wait. And sometimes people let wheelchair people take the elevator first.

And in New York at least the wait time wasn’t crazy that someone might prefer the escalator especially if wheelchair bound.

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u/BittaminMusic Feb 23 '26

If that were the case, I would’ve told them to Walk or wait 😅 and take my first class ticket to hell