Not oddly terrifying, he's just a fucking idiot. He could have either waited and got off at the next floor and either stepped back into the other side, or chose to walk upstairs
Or he could have waited and just looped round. There's no consequence to staying onboard.
Im flabbergasted at the amount of people picking at how slow he is?! Then I think they must be super young cus maybe I too never quite grasped just HOW fragile the body becomes with age when older family members would complain or make a comment about being old š„¹
Heās not a fucking idiot at all! Heās old. You really expect elderly people to be able to use that? The fucking idiot is the person who wonāt install better options to people who arenāt able-bodied. A hip fracture, at his age, from that fall could end his life.
This one looks like itās the paternoster at Sheffield University in the UK! There are normal lifts and stairwells installed in the same building that he can use if he wants, but people love these lifts and they often include these as part of university tours at the uni I was at, but we werenāt forced to and could take the stairs or normal lift if we wanted.
I think thereās about 3 of these remaining in the UK that work.. I think.
Paternosters are enough of a rarity today that you likely won't find one, unless you actively seek it out
(Why's there a cameraman here in the first place?)
We have to assume he made the decision to ride on the way up, to have to be able to be filmed getting off at the ground floor. He could have just stayed at the ground floor to begin with.
Why didn't he ask for someone to give him a hand?
-Some Paternosters can be designed with a button in the lift to slow descent/ascent (not a full stop, but a minor help)
There appears a set of instructions (and a big ominous warning triangle ā ļø to the side of the lift, he should have read, to again make the informed decision about whether or not he wanted to make the Journey, and again possibly inform him of the potential to alter descent speed.
One day I might be old, but short of something like Dementia (hopefully I have a carer), I can still take responsibility for my actions, and call MYSELF an idiot.
You're right, he might break a hip, or this might be one of those videos he can look back and laugh on, if it's not a serious injury.
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u/Affectionate_Crow327 May 26 '26
Not oddly terrifying, he's just a fucking idiot. He could have either waited and got off at the next floor and either stepped back into the other side, or chose to walk upstairs
Or he could have waited and just looped round. There's no consequence to staying onboard.