That's awesome. Oh, no, wait, let me fix that. That's "awesome". ><
I was on a disability chit for about six months there, a couple of years ago when my back, shoulder, hips, and knee all conspired to make little things like getting in and out of the car or, you know, even standing pretty much a challenge of which inspirational movies are made. Except it's probably not very inspirational to see some middle-aged woman with a cane just standing there quietly crying to herself because she hurts so much and there's a fucking two-inch curb in her way that she can't get over. Somehow I doubt the Chariots of Fire theme would be playing in the background over that one.
That sign seems completely pointless and potentially confusing to me, making it the worst sort of boondoggle; but what is making me really mad right now is the bit about your subway station having no elevator and only an up escalator. Because, hey anyone can go down stairs, right? ><
Yes, unless you're in a fucking wheelchair, obviously; but last summer when things were acting up again I had to train Karl on how to separate the clothes and put a wash on (with step-by-step guidance, of course; he's really smart but also he was only seven) because there was absolutely no way for me to get down the basement steps to the laundry. I could just manage the steps to the upstairs, and the outside steps, because I had my cane in one hand and the railing in the other, and if I went slowly and carefully it was still agony but at least it was physically possible. The basement steps didn't have any railings for the top half and without one there, it was absolutely, literally impossible for me to get down. I simply couldn't lower either of my feet that far without having something on both sides to support me, and leaning against the wall wasn't enough.
So, Sabs's subway station, fuck you with your assumption of "everyone can go down." These designers really, really need to spend a day (or better yet, a week) trying to navigate the system in a wheelchair before they decide that an up escalator is enough. Assholes.
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Date: 2013-05-26 01:24 pm (UTC)I was on a disability chit for about six months there, a couple of years ago when my back, shoulder, hips, and knee all conspired to make little things like getting in and out of the car or, you know, even standing pretty much a challenge of which inspirational movies are made. Except it's probably not very inspirational to see some middle-aged woman with a cane just standing there quietly crying to herself because she hurts so much and there's a fucking two-inch curb in her way that she can't get over. Somehow I doubt the Chariots of Fire theme would be playing in the background over that one.
That sign seems completely pointless and potentially confusing to me, making it the worst sort of boondoggle; but what is making me really mad right now is the bit about your subway station having no elevator and only an up escalator. Because, hey anyone can go down stairs, right? ><
Yes, unless you're in a fucking wheelchair, obviously; but last summer when things were acting up again I had to train Karl on how to separate the clothes and put a wash on (with step-by-step guidance, of course; he's really smart but also he was only seven) because there was absolutely no way for me to get down the basement steps to the laundry. I could just manage the steps to the upstairs, and the outside steps, because I had my cane in one hand and the railing in the other, and if I went slowly and carefully it was still agony but at least it was physically possible. The basement steps didn't have any railings for the top half and without one there, it was absolutely, literally impossible for me to get down. I simply couldn't lower either of my feet that far without having something on both sides to support me, and leaning against the wall wasn't enough.
So, Sabs's subway station, fuck you with your assumption of "everyone can go down." These designers really, really need to spend a day (or better yet, a week) trying to navigate the system in a wheelchair before they decide that an up escalator is enough. Assholes.