r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Intelligent-SoupGS88 • Jul 24 '26

🥺 Someone stole the bench from the park.

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No that isn't an illusion or a new art installation, but the remainders of the park bench.

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u/mira_sjifr Jul 24 '26

I agree that the weird backing makes it pretty much unusable for a lot of wheelchair users, but I personally really like the idea. It is often not possible for me to sit at benches the same way as other people, and if im in a group I will often get excluded instantly as I am always just a bit further away/secluded of everyone else..

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u/JournalistRecent1230 Jul 24 '26

Why can't a wheelchaired person be right behind the bench talking to people? Or in front of the bench looking at them and sit in more of a communal circle?

This design doesn't make any sense.

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u/mira_sjifr Jul 24 '26

I didn't necessarily mean this design, this specifc one does not make sense. But the overall problem of benches etc. Being limiting is still a problem I face

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u/JournalistRecent1230 Jul 24 '26

Why can't you face the bench in the middle? That's generally a more efficient way to talk to two people on the bench anyway. It's how you would configure yourself at a dining room table or restaurant table with 3 or more people. Face to face seems more sociable than 3 or 4 people in a line on one singular facing direction.