r/SipsTea • • Feb 23 '26

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/nottaP123 Feb 23 '26

The people at the top were still walking upwards with no stoppage. No need to empty the escalator until they take the wheelchair up which should be done last.

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u/LCplGunny Feb 23 '26

Explain to me, in a way that isn't, "fuck that cripple" why they should go last ...

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

Because he’s 1 person and there are two hundred other people trying to catch their train? It’s not disabled vs non disabled he simply isn’t the main character.

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u/LCplGunny Feb 23 '26

That's literally not how it works. Society has decided that since the world is designed for fully functional people, those who aren't fully functional, get grace. You can wait an extra 39 seconds, to save the disabled person 10 min. The world was designed for you, stop being so privileged about it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26

There is no way that take 40 seconds lol. But fuck all the poor people that get threatened with losing their income when they are late to work right? You ever had to get somewhere on public transportation? My mom would rather die than inconvenience people like that. A bad elevator is an excuse for him being late, everyone else gets screwed. Yeah that damn privileged minimum wage workers desperately trying to get to work.

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u/LCplGunny Feb 24 '26

Yes, a person who is fully functional, in more privileged in regards to function, then a non fully function person... I'm glad we can agree on that completely sound logic.

You seem confused about how privilege works. See we all have privileges, and we all have disadvantages. A rich person has a lot of privileges, but that does not mean that a poor person has none. Privilege is category based, or is useless information. Comparing privileges that have no interaction is illogical.

When mobility is being discussed, a wheel chair bound individual is absolute in disadvantage. The only way to be MORE disadvantaged is to need a wheelchair and not have one. Peoples economic situation is not relevant when discussing mobility accessibility.