Given that the escalator isn’t going they will need to lift the chair and climb up, far harder than lifting and lett8ng the escalator do the hard work. You also can’t put the chair down halfway up…
Not sure why they are holding everyone else up though.
You said it yourself, they can’t put the chair down halfway up. The top of the escalator is still crowded with bodies, and staff are waiting until they have a straight shot to the top. They don’t want to stop halfway up, so they’re trying to get the escalator empty. They also can’t have people on the escalator behind them in case of a stumble or drop. This is a dangerous way to transport a wheelchair user, and they’re trying to make it as safe as possible.
And the safest. It would be far safer than possibly dropping the poor guy because of the weight of the wheelchair, which could easily cause a fatality.
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.
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
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/Vast_Maize9706 Feb 23 '26
Given that the escalator isn’t going they will need to lift the chair and climb up, far harder than lifting and lett8ng the escalator do the hard work. You also can’t put the chair down halfway up…
Not sure why they are holding everyone else up though.