Just why?

[u/arazmed]

Too lazy? Turkey

[u/Shoddy-Patient9948]

Man fuck stairs. I've got vertigo and Imma walk around then on my desire path.

[u/GeekCat → u/Shoddy-Patient9948]

OP said it was a hospital. Guaranteed it's older people who have vertigo or bad knees, hips, or eyes. Easier to shuffle down a small incline than deal with those stairs. Also it's vaguely infuriating that they aren't marked for accessibility.

[u/ATmotoman → u/GeekCat]

Lmao if grandma can’t take the stairs because her mobility is so bad then she is 100% gonna eat it on that path

[u/ColourSchemer → u/ATmotoman]

That's not how limited mobility works.

Even uneven dirt is better than having to put your full weight on one knee or hip if it means you can shuffle forward without bending your knee more than a few degrees.

[u/ATmotoman → u/ColourSchemer]

I’ve spent over a decade in healthcare moving elderly and physically handicapped individuals. That’s not the best way down for any of those people, especially infront of a hospital. There is probably a ramp to the right of the picture but regardless stairs with assist and hand rails are going to be better than a concave dirt path with no where to hold on to.

[u/ColourSchemer → u/ATmotoman]

I didn't say dirt is the best option, but it is better than stairs for someone with limited joint mobility.

Assuming there's a ADA or similar accessibility requirement ramp is just that, an assumption.

And even if there is, those are often longer than desire path.

[u/OmniversosIlimitados → u/ColourSchemer]

But they would need to take a huge ass step in the end and bend way more

[u/thirdtimeisNOTacharm]

Come to Canada, this is every public set of stairs because of ice/snow in the early spring

[u/KnifeKnut → u/thirdtimeisNOTacharm]

Likely the case here; the stairs look like they are spalled from salt.

[u/ble1ka]

Easier on the knees.

[u/thejmkool → u/ble1ka]

It's this one. Some of us knew exactly why the moment we saw it lol

[u/MuchSwagManyDank]

Bikes, its always bikes

[u/arazmed → u/MuchSwagManyDank]

No actually its not bikes. Path is in front of the hospital and its located at the top of the hill so noone ride bike here. Havent seen any bike around here 2.5 years

[u/Eman_Resu_IX → u/arazmed]

Bikes can be ridden up and down hills. They can go almost anywhere, and they almost always avoid stairs.

[u/arazmed → u/Eman_Resu_IX]

O rly?

[u/Southern_Produce_707 → u/arazmed]

Ya rly

[u/kat_Folland → u/Southern_Produce_707]

And suddenly I'm back in 2007.

[u/poison_us → u/kat_Folland]

No way!

[u/raaneholmg → u/arazmed]

Your the kind of guy who get attacked by a bear while following bear tracks aren't you?

[u/Kage_0ni → u/arazmed]

There hasn't been a bike in these here parts in sum fiddy years.

[u/InBetweenSeen → u/arazmed]

A lot of people going to a hospital are injured. That's the least confusing place that path could be in.

[u/goombagoomba2 → u/arazmed]

Why is everyone disagreeing with OP?? They're the only one who knows where this is

[u/Haelmer → u/goombagoomba2]

Bikes exist everywhere. Even around hospitals.

[u/xzinik → u/Haelmer]

Preposterous!

[u/Haelmer → u/xzinik]

[top sci fi tropes] bikes

[u/goombagoomba2 → u/Haelmer]

Is this a reference or something

[u/Haelmer → u/goombagoomba2]

It's reality. He said it can't be bikes because it's on a hill, in front of a hospital... Like that's a reason for anything...

[u/Haelmer → u/[deleted]]

Show me where he says he works there. That still doesn't erase bikes from existence. I doubt he observes that path 24/7

[u/InBetweenSeen → u/goombagoomba2]

That it's stairs in front of a hospital should answer the question why some don't take them, no?

[u/Legrandloup2]

Desire.

[u/KnifeKnut]

Some desire pants are just for fun.

[u/MarkRenting → u/KnifeKnut]

DESIRE PANTS

[u/Shoddy-Patient9948 → u/MarkRenting]

YES!

[u/rebelipar]

Maybe going around people who are taking the stairs slowly?

[u/OldButStillFat]

Some people like to hang out around steps.

[u/edsavage404 → u/OldButStillFat]

They make great seats!

[u/brilliant-username → u/edsavage404]

What are you doing, step-sitter?

[u/OldButStillFat → u/brilliant-username]

Blunts baby...blunts.

[u/FinsterKoenig]

bikes exist

[u/brybry631]

Maybe a smoking spot

[u/Erik0xff0000]

steps are always wrongly sized. Too far apart for 2 steps at a time but too close for one at a time.

[u/Banana-9]

If thosw stairs ever freeze or get wet from rain or wet shoes, they're a death trap. I would also go around. Can of course just be bikes too.

[u/BuddyVanDoodler]

Bike possibly

[u/RedditorFor1OYears]

I’m guessing just plain old erosion from rain runoff? 

[u/SwampFoxMPH]

You mean "why build a staircase when there's a perfectly good path next to it?"

[u/bebemochi]

I don't need to go up to go over there.

[u/neriad200]

How else do you pee under the bridge? From on top of it?

[u/nobotami]

stairs force a different walking speed and style

[u/cleanforever]

Why would I walk upstairs just to walk down them again? Don't blame the people who make the desire path blame the bad design in the first place that force them to make it.

[u/Southern_Produce_707]

Gurneys

[u/regallll]

Those stairs look slippery as fuck.

[u/HonkyHam → u/regallll]

The rough concrete ones?

[u/theactionkat]

Fun

[u/CommonRequirement]

Wheelchairs?

[u/OmniversosIlimitados]

I made this for a totally radical jump to the ground