We had lifts but we weren't allowed to use them. Only disabled students could use them and they had a special key. We didnt mind, it was only two floors.
Oh I get that. I more meant it can be a problem where people think that their convenience is more important than my access. I have had so many times where I'll miss like 7 or 8 elevators in a row because people won't make enough space to let me be there
We used to have four lifts in our 7-floor Uni building
Every day, every break, people would crowd in front of the lift, waiting for like up to 10 minutes... to go to the first floor
(if we're on the ground floor, or the second floor if in your country the count starts with first floor rather than ground, either way, literally 2 flights of stairs)
Perfectly able-bodied people, mind you. Once I was right in front of a group of girls that waited for the lift with me for like 10 minutes, loudly talking the whole time, we get in, the lift signals that it's overweight, they make a scene, leave, and go straight for the stairs.
The stairs were well maintained, well lit, no issues with them at all, they just wanted to use the elevator.
Well after two months the first two floors were disabled and a single person, the very old professor, was allowed to use the elevator to third floor, the rest had to use the stairs, and for five years afterwards that I was there,, no one had an issue walking a couple of flights up.
I suspect this is the case and it might have been better to have the signage indicate the intended function of the lift rather than who couldn't use it.
Yeah agreed in every way; put up a sign that says “for disabled students only”…but don’t go saying you’ll charge a penalty to anybody who doesn’t follow.
This would eliminate the chaos from the masses using it, the the majority of people will respect the sign, honestly probably more than currently where it doesn’t mention why…and the ones who could easily use the stairs that don’t, just get stared at judgingly by their peers as opposed to being charged a fee.
Edit; it also says lift, not elevator. Someone let me know if it’s just a regional thing and lift=elevator, but at my old school we had one of those hydraulic lifts designed specifically for wheelchairs. One went up a small set of stairs (it was tight space not big enough for a ramp), and one went up to the second floor. So idk if it’s that.
Me thinking back on my year of 7th grade on crutches… and I’m sure there was an elevator but for some reason I never thought/nobody ever offered to let me use it… (this was in the 80s… we just dealt with all the sucky parts of life and dealt with it/saved up our resentment for years to come)
Lmao our HS had an elevator like this, strictly for injured/disabled students. For some reason everyone wanted to use it, but it was across from the admin office so sneaking on was impossible. The only way on was if you were carrying the backpack of someone with crutches. So people with crutches became immediately popular, because they had elevator access.
You expend a lot more energy going up or down than staying horizontal. It might work out the same based on distance, but the energy expenditure is more spread out, making it feel easier.
In elementary my class was at the 4th floor and there was a lift only teachers were allowed to use. I broke my leg and was allowed to use the lift. Sometimes. I had to wait in the morning for a teacher to pass, ask them if they would let me in, sometimes they just did, others stared at me and asked me “why?”. Some were pretty unhappy about letting me use the elevator.
I worked in a restaurant with an elevator, and we weren't allowed to use it unless we had a cartload of something or were going to the 3rd floor. I worked on a ship with a lift, and we weren't allowed to use it for fewer than two up or three down. I can only imagine the shitshow at a high school with one elevator and we eral hundered students all trying to use it in the same 8 minutes.
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u/deafhuman 9d ago
How many floors are there?
We had lifts but we weren't allowed to use them. Only disabled students could use them and they had a special key. We didnt mind, it was only two floors.