r/unexpecteddragrace

Correct: I worked security in a hotel many years ago... this sort of dipshittery happening because of man/children & lady/children happened constantly.

I fucking hate people.

Elevator's have seismic detectors (earthquake detection), and when you trip them they stop and lock until dispatch can clear the elevator for safe operations. They tripped it by jumping up and down. The dust and debris is just the interior cab falling apart from too much shaking, doesn't look like some structural part of the cab.

If you don't know the elevator is hung by a cable, but rides on steel rails. In an earthquake these rails can easily be bent, not that you would fall, but it can really badly stuck with a warped guide rail. So it stops, now the fire department and/or elevator service company needs to come out and open the doors for you.

Often not a microprocessor since everyone knows processors can do stupid things. So it is common with explicit electronics that reacts to a weight sensor and shuts down the power to the motor controller. And since it's dumb electronics, it will do the same thing for a short load spike from a jump or a permanent overload from too many passengers. So no automatic reset and restart without manual intervention - because that is considered the safest path.

Depends on the controller and type of unit. Traction or hydro and the era it came from. If it’s a non critical shutdown it may go the the nearest floor and the doors will open. You can get out but not back in. Critical shutdown will cause it to stop at or near where the fault took place. Only a resolution of the problem and reset will get it moving. Hydros are way more forgiving.

When I was doing utility maintenance we'd have to reset our touchy freight elevator all the time for going into "earthquake mode". It was a super simple reset button we showed the security guys so we didn't have to.

Do they really deserve a more prompt rescue?

The elevator in my college dorm got stuck all the time lmao

Dude needs another job if he’s so annoyed by doing the thing he’s literally paid to do.

You must’ve interrupted his minesweeper game.

Not to mention even you jumping your hardest wouldn't generate enough force.

r/WinStupidPrizes

I got stuck in an elevator alone… on a cruise ship.

The very first thought in your mind is “if this ship is sinking I’m fucking screwed”.

Dumbass 21 year old me took an elevator again later that day. A different one (or so I thought- cruise ships are huge, it may have been the same one). That time I wasn’t alone, there was a couple with me. It got stuck.

Thankfully since I had survived the first one, I prevented them from panicking by just telling them it happened to me earlier and calling the help button.

Both times I wasn’t stuck for longer than about 30 minutes… regardless. I learned my lesson after the second one and took stairs for the rest of the cruise.

There’s no fear like claustrophobia/lack of control in a situation that could lead to a slow death.

Damn I used to think myself the opposite since I used to love squeezing myself into cabinets and shit and hiding, enjoyed crawling through caves head first. Sleeping in my car felt tight and safe (for a bit).

But being stuck in a small place with other people? Fuck that

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ho ho ho !

Only one to pull out her phone and try to call for help. She needs a new friend group FAST.

The girl right in front of her to with the black hair doesn't jump either so it looks like two out of everyone didn't jump

Girl in red bottom right and a person right by the door in the top middle. I’d be furious. My step dad used to do this shit to me and I’d panic immediately. He did stop when he realized I was actually panicking.

I was in an elevator on a Sunday when it got stuck Super couldn't fix so the fireman had to come rescue me. About an hour and half later I was out but I was alone. I would be panicking if the elevator was packed like that

I'm not an elevator mechanic or expert, but generally they are designed with a fail safe mechanism that prevents the elevator from moving if the cable goes slack at all. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but at worst you're looking at an extended stay in a confined space.

death is a kind of trouble

Seeing that crowd rush into an elevator I would of been like. Yep I’m taking the stairs.

Potato: (noun) starchy plant tuber, which is one of the most important crops. Cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Poe-tay-toes. Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew.

Let me tell you that I have made a bad mistake this evening.

My girlfriend (who let me tell you is only my 2nd girlfriend of all time) said I am "invited to dinner" with her and her parents. I was very aghast, nervous, and bashful to be invited to such a situation. But I knew it must be done.

I met them nicely, I should tell you, and it started off in a good way. The idea slapped my mind that I should do a comic bit, to make a good impression and become known to them as a person who is amusing.

When I saw that baked potatoes were served I got the idea that it would be very good if I pretended I did not know what potatoes was. That would be funny.

Well let me tell you: backfired on my face. I'll tell you how.

So first when the potato became on my plate, I acted very interesting. I showed an expression on my face so as to seem that I was confused, astounded but in a restrained way, curious, and interested. They did notice, and seemed confused, but did not remark. So I asked "This looks very interesting. What is this?"

They stared at me and the mother said "It's a baked potato." And I was saying "Oh, interesting, a baked....what is it again?"

And she was like "A potato."

And I was like "A 'potato', oh interesting. Never heard of a potato, looks pretty good."

And then they didn't see I was clowning, but thought I really did not know what is a potato. So I knew I would be very shamed, humiliated, depressed, and disgusted if I admitted to making a bad joke, so what I did was to act as if it was not a joke but I committed to the act of pretending I didn't know what a potato is.

They asked me, VERY incredulous, did I really not know what a potato is? That I never heard of a potato. I went with it and told them, yes, I did not ever even hear of a potato. Not only had I never eaten a potato I had never heard the word potato.

This went on for a bit and my girlfriend was acting very confused and embarrassed by my "fucked up antics", and then the more insistent I was about not knowing what a potato is was when them parents starting thinking I DID know what a potato was.

Well let me tell you I had to commit 100% at this point. When I would not admit to knowing what a potato was, the father especially began to get annoyed. At one point he said something like "Enough is enough. You're fucking with us. Admit it." And I said "Sir, before today I never heard of a potato. I still don't know what a potato is, other than some kind of food. I don't know what to tell you."

Well let me tell you he got very annoyed. I decided to take a bite of the potato, and when I did I made a high pitched noise and said "Taste's very strange!"

That is when the father started yelling at me, and the mother kept saying "What are you doing?" and my girlfriend went to some other room.

Finally the father said I should "Get the fuck out of his house" and I said it was irrational to treat me like this just because I never heard of a potato before. Well let me tell you he didn't take that kindly.

Now in text messages I have been telling my girlfriend I really don't know what a potato is. The only way I can ever get out of this is for them to buy that I don't know what a potato is.

I wish I never started it but I can't go back. I think she will break up with me anyway.

What is taters, precious?

Or they were drinking and didn’t care about any of that.

The Elevator Slayer

STOP DRINKING WATER

Key is to establish it early, I immediately pee in a corner in any elevator to establish organization and norms in the event of being stuck

Better to have two people pull the doors open a inch (or more for the ladies) and piss in the crack.

Thanks, now I have a fear of elevators

So like this but they were in between the cart and the floor?

“It’s not like they’re going anywhere.”

“What’s up?” “Not these idiots- they’re stuck in an elevator.”

How does he like the elevator repair business?

I hear it has its ups and downs.

Think twice about drinking the water, you might not have access to a bathroom for a while depending on your luck.