Ninefingers @ 9/7/2012 20:52

Do you ever gather up the family and go on vacation to the elevator?

Are there any other places to go on vacation?

hot springs, elevators, repeat

Ari @ 9/7/2012 21:00

Ninefingers @ 9/7/2012 20:52 Do you ever gather up the family and go on vacation to the elevator? Are there any other places to go on vacation?

None even half as cool. Ari puhlleeeaaase let me come on vacation to the "up and down box" with you all the next time you go!

Also I totally forgot - I have been on a malfunctioning elevator before.

In Disney's Hollywood Studios - The Tower of Terror.

Oh god is that the Twilight Zone one? That gave me nightmares for weeks

Boc @ 9/7/2012 21:08

Oh god is that the Twilight Zone one? That gave me nightmares for weeks

It is indeed!

Tower of Terror rules

Amazing story.

I personally use elevators a fair bit but my balance isn't great at the best of times and I'm quite lazy. I used to be pretty intimidated by them but they don't tend to bother me much anymore.

I think I'd judge the state of the building before deciding to use one or not.

BUMP!
gat-damn this story was indeed well-written, considering my rather bad english back then + the state I was in ;)
oh btw. fun fact: that thing never got replaced. and there was another "incident" not that long ago actually - and of course, good ol' Henry was involved!

what happened!? I was about to head out for groceries or something like that so I was calling for the elevator: but that thing just showed no reaction at all.
whenever you call it, usually, the button you push shows a red ring around it. RING OF DEATH I KNOW RITE?!...well...not this time. nothing happened, no sign of it working.

backpedaling: we moved from the 7th to the 3rd floor due to the kids years ago, more space down there etc....so now, a liitle more down to earth, from the 3rd floor I just took the stairs and went down to the lobby. arriving there, I see the lady from the 9th floor with her bike standing in front of the elevator, cursing, looking confused.
so I said: "yeah it doesn't work, AGAIN, one of those days eh?!"
she replies: "were you in the elevator?!"
I had to chuckle, getting flashbacks, saying "no I tried to call it but it wouldn't react at all, so I just took the stairs"
now she gets pissed, muttering something like "my bike eh, not again, wtf..."
I felt bad for her, so I tried to lighten up her mood saying "yeah it's bad, but you wouldn't wanna get stuck in there, would you?!" - she just shook her head and sighed in disbelief.

a little background: the elevator is just bitching out every half a year or so. it has hick-ups on the regular, like it won't start to go up as the doors close no matter what floor you choose, then it opens its doors again, and then you push for the floor again and only THEN, on the 2nd attempt it finally starts to go up. one of the residents once said you need to give it a little push. oh haha.

well, seeing the lady from the 9th floor in need of help with her bike, I said:
"you know what could help?" and then I simply punched the elevator doors and gave it a bit of a high kick low kick combo (I was in a rather agitated mood to begin with, well...)
and TADA....the doors opened! (hahaha....myself, I couldn't believe that actually worked....hahaha)
and then, to both our surprise the dude from the 8th floor is standing in the elevator, or rather getting up from the floor as he just sat there...hahaha....and he says:
"OH FUCK YEAH, FINALLY, YOU JUST SAVED ME MAN! I WAS STUCK IN THERE FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES..."
kind of proud of my actions I just replied "free of charge man...sometimes you just gotta use lethal force in life" - and with that, I fled the scene, leaving behind happy people to return to their lives.

can you believe it?! hahaha, death traps man, again...fucking death traps!

PS: I love this thread, probably gonna come back in 10 years to bump it again, probably with another story to tell.

I am so happy to have received an update in this thread