TikTok’s success is growing by leaps and bounds every day. The social network algorithm allows the user to be aware of the topics of interest to them and the videos spread quickly.
What is happening around the world now? Airport chaos. So, videos of strategies for avoiding all queues have already appeared, but only now the problem has become clear, which has led to “Watchman“.
Heathrow general manager John Holland Kaye has noticed a huge increase in passenger mobility problems. In these cases, passengers request a wheelchair and from there avoid queues. Where did the idea come from? tik tok
In June, a young man shared a video in which he began to take off a sock and then requested a wheelchair, thus avoiding security lines and having access to more spacious seats on the plane.
The video has already garnered more than 200,000 likes and thousands of shares, which has already led to real problems at London Airport.
“We have more demand from passengers who need wheelchair support than we had before the pandemic. Why is this happening? Part of the explanation is that people are trying to use a wheelchair to get to the airport quickly. The head of one of the world’s busiest airports told LBC Radio This is not true at all.
Another point that reinforces the theory that the strategy emerged from the social network is that most passengers only ask for help when they are actually on the plane. The big problem is that it is impossible to check whether the passenger requests are correct or not.
In this way, John Holland-Laye asks all people who need a wheelchair to pre-order it so there is a team to service. The general manager of London Airport also asks passengers who pretend to have been harmed: “Please don’t do this.”
The airport manager isn’t the only one criticizing this type of episode. Even on social networks, there are thousands of comments lamenting this act. There are still reports and complaints from people who have been forced to wait hours for a wheelchair, when they really need this service.
Just this month, the Heathrow Department of Transport said there were not enough workers to meet the needs of passengers with physical disabilities. “All we can do is hire more people, to make sure that everyone is able to travel in a wheelchair. But we also have to make sure that people who don’t need it don’t use the service,” John Holland said. -for any.
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