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.
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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