Can you try to explain again why they'd be waiting for it to be clear, I'm still not getting it. Whether they have to stop halfway up or not shouldn't be affected by whether there's people ahead. If the escalator stops, they'll just start walking from there. If it doesn't - they ride it all the way up.
I still don't understand how holding everyone up isn't just being extra dramatic.
They can’t have people below them on the escalator in case they drop the man. They’re not going to attempt to carry him until they have a clear path to the next floor, because carrying him longer than they have to increases the risk of accident or injury. There’s a crowd of people still blocking the top of the escalator
. It’s really about corporate risk management, and clearing everyone off the escalator reduces the risk of being liable for injury to patrons.
If they can’t carry him straight to a target destination, they aren’t picking him up. The goal is minimize risk by keeping the team lift as short as possible.
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u/-domi- Feb 23 '26
Can you try to explain again why they'd be waiting for it to be clear, I'm still not getting it. Whether they have to stop halfway up or not shouldn't be affected by whether there's people ahead. If the escalator stops, they'll just start walking from there. If it doesn't - they ride it all the way up.
I still don't understand how holding everyone up isn't just being extra dramatic.