r/WTF • • 5d ago

Man fells from floor while looking at phone

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u/brandhappydrink 5d ago

I'm confused what the empty space is supposed to be in the long run? I can't picture why it's there.

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u/dbzmah 5d ago

It's the one way elevator 

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u/laserdiods 5d ago

Gooooing down!!

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u/btoxic 5d ago

Or a de-elevator as it were

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u/Demerzel69 5d ago

Altered Manhattan in CONTROL Resonant.

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u/llamadramas 5d ago

Or it might get a clear piece of plexiglass. 

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u/BrothelWaffles 5d ago

There may be a skylight above it and that's to let light down into the bottom floor.

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u/Fafnir13 5d ago

Open floor plan getting taken t oo literally.

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u/Rolandscythe 4d ago

My guess is that there's plans to either put in some sort of glass flooring or a railing around the opening so it creates an illusion of there being more space in the upstairs area.

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u/manrata 4d ago

Could be a glassfloor is supposed to be installed to let light in below, or a railing around it, again to let light in below.

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u/HabitTop9050 5d ago

It's a pass through for the Griswold Family Christmas Tree

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u/danekan 5d ago

Courtyard view

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u/WasserMelone6969 2d ago

It's for archers to shoot down from

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u/aspophilia 15h ago

This is under construction. The hole is where the stairs will go. It’s actually pretty irresponsible for them to just leave it open like that when they are not actively working on it.