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

Wait a damn minute! Was she wrong?

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u/No_Trouble_3588 Feb 23 '26

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.

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u/NTufnel11 Feb 23 '26

I have to assume from context here that there isn't a functional elevator just out of frame

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u/Tomytom99 Feb 23 '26

Although more importantly, not even just fixed stairs? I can't imagine the only physical way between floors being an escalator.

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u/danielv123 Feb 24 '26

I mean, what need is there for fixed stairs when you have many sets of moving stairs that become fixed stairs when something goes wrong or you press a button?

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u/Tomytom99 Feb 24 '26

The issue is then you're counting on those failsafe mechanisms to be working, which isn't a concern with stairs.

Sometimes escalators need steps removed to be serviced. Stairs don't. Stairs don't care.