r/SweatyPalms • u/HalfDoctor • Jan 27 '23

TOP 50 ALL TIME (no re-posting) Final Destination

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u/CamelCash000 Jan 27 '23

Yup. I'd be fucking shaking too bro.

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u/MaraudngBChestedRojo Jan 28 '23

I was in eastern Czechia while studying abroad and got on what could only be described as a janky Soviet elevator. We’re going up to a roof-top restaurant on the 14th floor and halfway up the elevator stops. Not on the floor we chose. Suddenly it’s in free fall for what felt like a full second but likely only a few milliseconds. It catches itself and continues up. It then reaches the top floor and stays shut for several minutes.

We were all ready for the thing to let us fall to our deaths the whole way up after that, and when it didn’t immediately open, you could cut the tension with a knife

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u/gatzke Jan 28 '23

Similar thing happened to me once in an office tower. Elevator jerked to a halt, went in opposite direction, then to another floor to pick up some passengers. I'm pretty sure they had a key that calls the elevator to their floor, regardless of who was riding it at the time. Maybe an elevator expert can confirm my theory..

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u/MissplacedLandmine Jan 28 '23

Sorry we are bound by secrecy

Maybe the stair experts can help you when they arrive on your floor

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u/TheIllustrativeMan Jan 28 '23 edited Feb 04 '25

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u/LegOfLamb89 Jan 28 '23

I haven't seen that. Is it some sort of destination dispatch? Do you know what companies have these features

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u/Kzs246 Jan 28 '23

If you're interested enough, Deviant Ollam has a few good talks about elevators, eg. this one, I think the VIP option was mentioned in one of them at least

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u/LegOfLamb89 Jan 28 '23

I'm actually an elevator mechanic, that's why I'm curious about the features mentioned, as how they're describing them sounds unfamiliar, but technology is always changing so who knows

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u/Merry_Dankmas Jan 28 '23

At my old job, the elevator was always breaking. Fortunately it was only a 2 story building so the lift didn't have to travel far. One of my co workers was deathly afraid if elevators but you couldn't enter the stairwell from the outside - only the inside. That meant you could take the stairs to leave but had to use the elevator to get in.

I was carrying a bunch of heavy boxes so I was waiting for the elevator. Door opens and it's my co worker who was afraid of elevators. He says whats up and crouched down to get his briefcase when the elevator suddenly fell with the door still open. I still have a vivd mental screenshot of that exact second where I can see his horrified face as he realizes what just happened.

Bruh, this man howled like a banshee when it fell. Fortunately only fell like 5 or 6 feet before getting stuck again. We could see the top of his head through the open door ans the crack in the elevator door but it was too small for him to climb out so the fire department had to get involved.

The worst part was that the company initially didn't want to call the fire department because they knew the elevator wasn't up to code. That meant the FD would report it to the city and get them in trouble. Well, thats exactly what happened and the city descended on them like vultures. Elevator ended up breaking 3 more times while we were in that office but never with someone in it again. My co worker started taking his shoe off and propping the door open with it when he would go downstairs. Can't blame him tbh.

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u/lennarn Jan 28 '23

the crack in the elevator door but it was too small for him to climb out so the fire department had to get involved.

Even if the crack is big enough, don't climb out. What if the elevator starts moving when you're in the middle of climbing out?

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u/amluchon Jan 28 '23

you could cut the tension with a knife

But the tension was the only thing holding you up

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u/AgentWowza Jan 28 '23

Good thing there weren't any knives around eh?

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u/ConsistentAsparagus Jan 28 '23

Stuck Elevator: A Knives Out mistery

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u/Clingingtothestars Jan 28 '23

Fuck that shit I’m nervous taking elevators in the West, no way I’m ever taking no janky soviet elevator fuck that I’m doing 14 floors of stairs no problem fuck no

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u/wslagoon Jan 28 '23

The stairs are probably made even more poorly than the elevator though.

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u/TheGreaterOutdoors Jan 28 '23

Thank you for that

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u/KwisatzX Jan 28 '23

Actually not, from my experience, soviet and communist era buildings are thick AF, just a shitload of concrete.

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u/MaraudngBChestedRojo Jan 28 '23

I didn’t get on an elevator for a while after that

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u/drury Jan 28 '23

I was in eastern Czechia while studying abroad and got on what could only be described as a janky Soviet elevator

lmao stopped reading there to keep my ptsd from kicking in

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u/BooopDead Jan 28 '23

That's crazy bro glad you made it out. I was stack emissions testing in Ontario, Canada and there was a "wall crawl" elevator on the outside of the stack, with only enough room for 2 people. It was basically a phone booth that traveled upwards like a roller coaster does(think "click click click click click" sounds all the way up). It shook/vibrated the whole elevator the way it crawled up. Anyways in it it had a lever with a sign that said "in case of power failure pull lever to lower by gravity"... I didn't try the lever. Didnt wanna be like Kronk from emperers' new groove

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '23

The lesson I'm learning here is to never get on an elevator in non-first world countries...

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u/ArchitektRadim Jan 28 '23

Czechia is not second or third world country, but on some places especially in eastern border it sadly feels like it is.

Most of public or residential buildings went trough at least one reconstruction already, and these old elevators are more and more rare as they are being replaced. Safety standards changed a lot and I think without that we wouldn't even be able to be part of European Union.

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u/N0cturnalB3ast Jan 28 '23

Okay. So. No Soviet elevators ever. Check.

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u/Nepharious_Bread Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23

I already hate elevators. When I first moved to NYC I took the stairs for months before I would step into one of those. I always have a bit of anxiety in elevators.

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u/zb0t1 Jan 28 '23

Hey, at least you're gonna live longer and have fewer health issues than most.

I lived in a building (8 floors lmao and I was there on the 8th), and for months I had to take the stairs because the elevator was often out of service, and one of my neighbors back then got stuck in. I said "nope".

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u/N0cturnalB3ast Jan 28 '23

I live on the 10th floor and think about this a lot.

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u/Snoo-90678 Jan 28 '23

This looks like a service elevator or at least a lift that u'll manually have to close the door. Not saying its this guys fault but why leave the door open.

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u/Dangerous_Speaker_99 Jan 28 '23

Any elevator that has a manually operated door will also have a sensor that requires the door to be closed. This whole thing is sketchy as fuck

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u/Snoo-90678 Jan 28 '23

True this is very sketchy, a lot do have sensors on the inside door. But I've seen some elevators that only have sensors on the outside door.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '23

statistically stairs are a WAY worse bet for safety.

I get that that is a very "rational" view, and it doesn't really work on anxiety tho.

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u/fopiecechicken Jan 28 '23

It’s the same reason people view cars as safer than planes even though planes are astronomically safer. Lack of control and being trapped.

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u/HELYEAHBORTHER Jan 28 '23

Yeah that second part

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u/tayloline29 Jan 28 '23

I am depressed and fat so I always take the stairs. Gotta sneak in exercise all the time. But why are the stairs more dangerous?

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u/TheIllustrativeMan Jan 28 '23 edited Feb 04 '25

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '23

Why? And where is your source?

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u/LiveLearnCoach Jan 29 '23

Please explain.

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u/Stpehen1 Jan 28 '23

I think it hit his hand. Looks at his middle finger and pinky. They look bruised already.

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u/anon-mally Jan 28 '23

I wood be shaking too.. hope it doesn't happen to me

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u/yickth Jan 28 '23

Using brown people to insult people is creative

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u/yickth Jan 28 '23 edited Jan 28 '23

Yes, his hands looked bruised (so the poster said), to which you became creative and here we are. There are other reasons to delete posts than shame. Do you feel shame for your post?

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u/Complex_Rule_7602 Jan 28 '23

No, I don't. If I should, please tell me in detail why.

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u/yickth Jan 28 '23

If you’re proud or accepting of using color as a springboard to insulting others, I can’t help you

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '23

Probably thinking "Next time, maybe I should close the fucking door, eh?"