Comments on: Trapped

By: patricia

patricia — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:50:04 +0000

I was trapped in an elevator for two hours once, three other people were with me. One of them was a very nervous woman who couldn’t understand why we wouldn’t let her light up. Granted, it wasn’t my most enjoyable two hours but given that the building was only four stories high, I wasn’t too worried about plunging to my death.
What killed me about this story is that security guards were on duty the whole.damn.time and they completely missed seeing him all weekend. Holy hell. Now that is frightening.

By: martymankins

martymankins — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:11:25 +0000

I’ve never been trapped in an elevator before, but being anywhere by yourself for 41 hours, let alone not having food, water or internet access, I would go nuts.
Now as brandon mentioned, there are things that I’ve done in elevators that I bet were caught on some sort of video.

By: sandra

sandra — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:55:46 +0000

I would have stared Blue Steel at the camera for 41 straight hours.

By: brandon

brandon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:35:29 +0000

the only thing that’s horrifying about this is that OMG ELEVATORS HAVE HIDDEN CAMERAS??!?
i don’t think i can ever show my face in 7 cities again…

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:09:02 +0000

Re: the hatch
Apparently, it’s there for the rescue workers — trained elevator peeps — to save you. The article says the safest place to be during an elevator kerfuffle is inside the elevator. Of course, this being true would totally ruin the Die Hard movies, so perhaps we shouldn’t spread it around.

By: jenny

jenny — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:40:46 +0000

shari: i don’t blame you. we just had a wild cougar on the loose in the city, too. if it’s not the machines, it’s the animals – they’re all trying to kill us.
dustin: that’s totally my nightmare!
jen: NO WAY! we’ve been bamboozled all these years! what’s the point of it only opening from the outside?
jay: you and me both. now i’ve started to think that i might need to always bring food and water with me in the elevator. and make sure i’ve just gone to the bathroom…

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:42:12 +0000

I am having fits of claustrophobia just thinking about it.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:59:38 +0000

The New Yorker article that ran with this video let us in on a few insights about elevators — that hatch at the top? Can only be opened from the outside. Bruce was faking it. Also, the “door close” button we all love? Doesn’t actually work on modern elevators. It’s a placebo!
(And yes, he did open the doors to pee into the shaft. He also smoked his remaining three cigarettes.)

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:37:07 +0000

I soooooo thought you were going to tell us about how the crazy elevator system in your building “took a liking to you” and wouldn’t let you leave.
“Elevator, I demand to be let OUT!!!”
“I’m sorry Jenny, I just can’t do that”

By: shari

shari — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:49:04 +0000

Egad, can you imagine that situation with the neat new elevator system in your building? Whoa. That’s it. I’m never coming to Chicago.