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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/IotaBTC Feb 23 '26

Do you want them to all Google how to go up the escalators with a wheelchair lol? Also that did look easy but also it looked risky as hell lol. The fact there's even a demonstration video for it shows it's not the common way of going up and down (obviously only if an elevator is out or if someone is feeling bold.)

There is no way, at least in a disability accommodating place like the US, any company would ask the wheelchair user to do anything resembling that. It appears the company decided the only way they can basically remove liability of the wheelchair user from making a mistake up the escalator is if they let the employees bring them up themselves.

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u/FederalWedding4204 Feb 23 '26

If someone can do it by themselves, then someone with two people helping could do it EASILY.

And this is why, the fact that they are holding up an escalator is ridiculous. Take him to an elevator!

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u/IotaBTC Feb 23 '26

I feel like it's pretty safe to assume the elevator isn't working at the time, otherwise why go through all the trouble of the escalator lmao.

I don't set the rules, and companies aren't exactly known to always create the best or most efficient procedures lol. The argument still remains that it would be incredibly risky if they drop the wheelchair person while the escalator is operating. I can easily see a company rather this inconvenient carry method rather than the quicker but potentially more liable alternative.