📝 AITA for using the school faculty elevator?

By WorthTwo5203 • Score: 2 • April 5, 2025 5:44 AM


So there was a kid who needed to get upstairs, and he's in a wheelchair. Our school has an elevator, but its for disabled students and staff only. He was having trouble reaching the button, so I decided to help him go up. He passed me the key and I stayed with him to make sure he gets up there safely. After we got out I bumped into a teacher who saw me getting off and she said "you know the elevator is for disabled students and staff only?" and I said "yes" she asks why I was using it when I'm not disabled. I tell her I was helping him. She said "can't he come up here on his own?" and I told her he had struggled to reach the button. If y'all are wondering, The button height is higher off the ground than most elevator buttons, so not very convenient for wheelchair users. Plus the fact that (not judging) he is a bit shorter than most the other kids in general so it doesn't make things easier for him. She said in that situation I should "ask a teacher" but I didn't see any around. I told her that and she says that I should just find one. Why can't I just help him myself? Wouldn't it be easier than going to a whole other part of the school looking for a teacher. So yea AITA for using the school elevator.

TLDR: I used the school elevator to help a disabled student, even though non disabled people aren't allowed to use it.

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