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The button “close the doors”.
I got stuck in an elevator once. It was in my early twenties; I was feeding a friend’s cat while she was away. She lived across the street from me, so it was really no problem. She lived on the third floor of an old Victorian apartment building. The elevator itself looked just as old. It had fake wood paneling, and one light that would constantly flicker- an elevator made from nightmares.
I normally wouldn’t take it, because it was only three flights up, but one morning I was tired, or lazy, so I figured why not?
I must have been very tired, because it took my about five minutes to realize that even though it was making the noise an elevator makes, it wasn’t moving. I pressed the “help” button, and all it did was set off an alarm. The sound induced a panic attack. The doors finally opened after about fifteen minutes.
But that’s not what I’m posting about today.
Fast forward about a decade- I'm currently working in customer service in a downtown high-rise. I work on the 15th floor. Needless to say, I have to take the elevator every time I arrive and leave. The building is a newer building, so the elevator doesn’t give off any creepy vibes. But now I can only see that this was a sense of false security.
Today, I went out for a walk on my lunch, as I do every day. I had about fifteen minutes left when I hopped in the elevator. There was no one else waiting for one. I pushed the number fifteen. I was looking at my phone when I felt the elevator stop, followed by the “ding”. I started walking out, but stopped when I lifted my head and quickly looked out: it wasn’t my floor. This floor was dark. Very dark. I barely made anything out. I stepped back and looked at the screen that indicated which floor I was on, and it said 13.
I don’t think I have to go into too much detail here, but there is no floor thirteen in my building. It jumps from twelve to fourteen, as most buildings do. So even though the screen said 13, there was no button that could correspond with it. I was pretty shaken up.
I looked out of the elevator again. I could make out a long corridor. It was empty. No chairs, not even a plant. I felt the dimensions of the hallway wasn’t really reflecting the dimensions of the building. The elevator faced the front of the building, and it didn’t have a long lobby on the main floor.
As I was trying to figure out what I was looking at, I saw some movement at the end of the
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... To which the lift attendant replied, "Maybe not, but I brought you up, didn't I?"
Now excluding disabled people or any other people with disabilities who can’t use the stairs, people who use the elevator to go up or down only a single floor are scum.
99% of the time, the stairs are located almost right next to the elevator. People are very lazy and just want to ride the elevator, but for people who have to travel several floors, it is so infuriating to watch people get on to only go up a single floor when the stairs are right next to the elevator! It’s even worse coming down from a high floor and almost being to the bottom then someone hops on the 2nd floor to go down to the 1st floor. Like just use the fucking stairs!! It’s so easy to go down a flight of stairs, use your legs!
I hate you.
I'm stuck on answering the following:
"How efficient is this process?"
"How much energy was lost due to friction"
"What would the average force of friction be on the elevator"
Edit: The first question makes solving the 2nd and 3rd ones so much easier
They have two perfectly functioning legs that aren't broken. It's one thing if they're alone in the elevator and they're just lazy, but if the elevator is shared they should pull their heads out of their butts and think of people other than themselves. Especially if the elevator is super duper crowded. How hard is it to go up or down one flight of stairs? Seriously!
Last time I was in Paris (May 2017). There was an option to walk to the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower for 7 Euro. Then when you got to the 2nd floor, you could buy a 2nd ticket to take the elevator to the top for 6 Euro. This was a great way to skip the elevator lines below, and still see everything on the tower.
I'm going back next month and there doesn't seem to be any mention of this option anymore. Can anyone confirm if this is still available or if they removed the option?
