Re: Where are the wheelchair people in VA???
Posted by:
Fairfax MF-er
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Date: July 21, 2006 02:43PM
RESton Peace Wrote:
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> Metro stations are notorious around here for
> fucking over the handicapped, including:
>
> - leaving the elevators broken for weeks on end
> - having the elevator work in the station you get
> on at, and not the one you get off at. You get to
> your destination and suddenly you cannot leave the
> station because of:
> - the attendants/managers of the stations being
> unwilling or unable to provide assistance getting
> the person in the chair up the escalator.
>
> Frequently this problem is "solved" by sending the
> handicapped individual BACK on to the train, and
> sending them to a station with a working elevator,
> and when they get there, a car is supposed to be
> waiting from Metro Access to shuttle the person to
> point C. Frequently the Metro Access Guys fuck it
> up, such as:
>
> - Not arriving at all
> - Getting lost and not asking for help.
> - driving to the wrong place to get the
> handicapped person.
>
> I'm not saying this entire area disses the
> handicapped, but Metro for sure could give a
> flying fuck about how well the 'capped get around.
> I would recommend you steal a medivac helicopter
> before I would recommend Metro Access.
Yeah. I seem to hear periodic stories about handicapped people being stranded for 10 hours here and there.