And if you have for how long, were you with other people, did you panic at all etc.
Have you ever been trapped in an elevator?
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Never been trapped in an elevator, but I stood at one for over two minutes waiting for it to come down, but nothing happened, no matter how many times I pressed the button. Turns out it was out-of-order and no one bothered to put a sign on it. So, I got trapped outside an elevator, so to say.
Yes, a few years ago I was trapped in an elevator at work for about half an hour or so. Was alone. But I was talking to my coworker through the phone. Was not between levels so we were just waiting for someone to open the doors up. Was not very panicky, but immidiatly felt the need to pee.. so that added a bit of stress ofcourse lol.
And then I almost got stuck in the elevator once at home when the power went out, but the doors had managed to open up enough to let me push my way out..
It happened again at work the other week that I was stuck, or rather, that the doors just freaking would not open. But I held on to the emergency button and after 20 seconds the doors automatically opened. ( See.. I remembered that from the first time I got stuck LOL ). So this time I was just "argh.. let me out" and not afraid one bit.
Still.. I am not afraid of elevators.
And then I almost got stuck in the elevator once at home when the power went out, but the doors had managed to open up enough to let me push my way out..
It happened again at work the other week that I was stuck, or rather, that the doors just freaking would not open. But I held on to the emergency button and after 20 seconds the doors automatically opened. ( See.. I remembered that from the first time I got stuck LOL ). So this time I was just "argh.. let me out" and not afraid one bit.
Still.. I am not afraid of elevators.
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Yes, I was trapped in an elevator in a burning highrise that collapsed before they got everyone out. Plunged 30 floors to a messy painful flaming death. Of course I was up jitterbugging that very evening, see people were alot tougher in those days.
When I was a kid, my mom had to get some kind of checkup at the hospital, and we were stuck for 3 hours in the elevator. It was really annoying. I think I was 5 or 6.
Many years ago, a coworker and I got trapped in the cargo elevator at work for like 45 minutes. The sucky part of it was, it was after the store and closed and most people had already left.
It wasn't until the manager was about to leave that she realized we were missing.
What made it worse was, it was late at night and I'd put in a good 10 hour day. I was stupid tired so sitting in a smelly elevator for nearly an hour was not very welcome.
It wasn't until the manager was about to leave that she realized we were missing.
What made it worse was, it was late at night and I'd put in a good 10 hour day. I was stupid tired so sitting in a smelly elevator for nearly an hour was not very welcome.
I was stuck in an elevator at work for about an hour with 5 other people. It was first thing in the morning, so it took a while to get anyone in to deal with the problem. I'm also claustrophobic. Elevator rides usually don't bother me, but being stuck in one was not my idea of fun.
The thing that really got me was what happened when we hit the emergency call button. Someone in security answered promptly, but then they asked if we were actual employees or contractors. Um...why? Does one of those answers get us out faster?
The thing that really got me was what happened when we hit the emergency call button. Someone in security answered promptly, but then they asked if we were actual employees or contractors. Um...why? Does one of those answers get us out faster?
Did you try to bite off anyone's arm before you jumped?
I've thankfully never been trapped in an elevator, but I came damn close during the blackout of '03. I was taking my grandmother out shopping, and as we were heading back to her apartment, the power went out. If we had left the grocery store a few minutes earlier, we probably would've been stuck in the elevator. I guess fate was smiling upon us that day, although I did have to run up and down the stairs a few times to get her groceries into her sixth-floor apartment... no big deal really. Amazingly, my grandmother, who's not terribly mobile or in very good shape, managed to also climb the stairs to her apartment. I doubt she'd be able to repeat that accomplishment today, so here's hoping there's no major blackouts in the near future.
I was trapped in a hotel lift for about 30 minutes once. I was at a Trek convention of all things and the lift broke down as we were making our way to our room just after checking in. It didn't bother me in the slightest. It was years ago. However, sometimes I still remember that incident when I get into a lift and decide to take the stairs. The last time was in a very, very tiny lift in a hotel in Italy. It was about coffin sized. Just large enough for me and my suitcase. I remembed that lift from years ago breaking down so I opted to take the stairs and let my case take the lift journey all on its own.
Yes. When I was in high school we would often go to a local mall at lunch or if we were cuffing the afternoon. As stupid as this sounds, there was an elevator, and we would often pull the doors open in mid-lift in order to stop it for kicks. You close the door, it starts back up. The last time we did, it didn't start back up and someone from security had to come reset some latch on the outside of the car. Teenagers are pretty much retarded I think. 
I've been stuck in the elevator at my apartment complex a few times. I'm sure the elevator was made back in the stone age. I live on the third floor, but I usually take the stairs. One time, I was carrying a heavy box, so I took the elevator. I got stuck, and when I rang the alarm bell, nothing happened. I tried several times, and then I gave up and called security from my cell phone. (Thankfully, I had it with me.) They let me out a few minutes later. It happened again when I was with my very claustrophobic sister while we were carrying a Christmas tree. I stayed calm, and she panicked.
Yep. When I was 16, working as a nurse's aide in a nursing home, the elevator (the only one in the entire building) decided to get stuck between floors ... with the doors opened. Oh, THAT was fun. I was the only aide there, with four geriatric residents (among them a dementia patient who was more than a little crazy). I couldn't crawl through and leave them, and we couldn't get them out until we arrived at a proper floor ... Took a few hours, as I recall. Fun times, they weren't.
I was brought in an a block of flats and we lived 13 up, and if you jumped up and down hard enough in the lift you could actually stop is mid floors, much to the annoyance of people waiting for the thing, but much to the amusement of us silly children.
And let me tell you there is nothing like being in a overladen lift when it tries to stop at the bottom floor only to be so heavy that is cant slow down quick enough, and goes slowly by the bottm floor so that when the door opens alll you can see is a concrete wall.
When i think back at it those lifts were like something out of the stone age.
I wont tell you about the other idiotic things we did as i cringe at them myself these day.
And let me tell you there is nothing like being in a overladen lift when it tries to stop at the bottom floor only to be so heavy that is cant slow down quick enough, and goes slowly by the bottm floor so that when the door opens alll you can see is a concrete wall.
When i think back at it those lifts were like something out of the stone age.
I wont tell you about the other idiotic things we did as i cringe at them myself these day.
I'm not sure.
I think I have, when I was quite a bit younger.
But I can't really remember the details, so who knows, maybe it was a dream.
If it did happen for real, it certainly didn't bother me and the lift restarted fairly quickly. From what I remember, it just felt like a technical inconvenience rather than a scary situation.
I think I have, when I was quite a bit younger.
But I can't really remember the details, so who knows, maybe it was a dream.
If it did happen for real, it certainly didn't bother me and the lift restarted fairly quickly. From what I remember, it just felt like a technical inconvenience rather than a scary situation.
I was in an elevator that stopped and the door opened between floors. That was kind of freaky seeing my floor at about knee level. We were only stuck for about 10 seconds before the doors closed and we went back down to the ground floor. We took a different elevator back up.
This was the same elevator that one time had a broken speaker for about a week and when it announced a floor it sounded like Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama "14th floor, going down."
This was the same elevator that one time had a broken speaker for about a week and when it announced a floor it sounded like Dr. Zoidberg from Futurama "14th floor, going down."
I have never been trapped in an elevator, but I have been trapped in a similar-sized space for about 6 hours. And I discovered I'm quite uncomfortable with small spaces; after an hour or two, I'd gotten steadily more angry and about the time I forced myself out I was batshit insane. Which quickly subsided due to the feeling of fresh air, fortunately. I really don't like small spaces.
I was trapped in an elevator for about 40 minutes about 27 years ago. I was more than 8 months pregnant at the time and, as anyone who has been pregnant could understand, it wasn't long before I needed to pee.
I know I used the emergency phone. It seemed to be ages before anyone answered though. The man at the other end was nice enough.
I was suffering from backache from standing so long but I didn't want to sit down on the floor because it would be so hard for me to get back up again.
I know I used the emergency phone. It seemed to be ages before anyone answered though. The man at the other end was nice enough.
I was suffering from backache from standing so long but I didn't want to sit down on the floor because it would be so hard for me to get back up again.
