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Help! I’m Stuck
The largest elevator manufacturer in the world is Otis Elevator company. Otis was founded way back in 1854 by Elisha Otis in Yonkers, New York. Otis carries the equivalent of the world’s population on its elevators every 9 days. Yes, seven billion people travel on Otis Elevators every nine days. If you have ever been to the Eiffel Tower or the Empire State building then you have most likely ridden on an Otis elevator. Sometimes though, elevators do get stuck between floors, or the doors might not open for a variety of reasons. Hopefully, you have not been one of those unfortunate few.
So what do you do if you get stuck on an elevator? The first thing you don’t do is to panic. The second thing I would recommend you not doing that really won’t help much is to cry! The opportunity might give you a chance to make some friends during your stay rather than just looking straight ahead, down at the floor, or up at the ceiling. Don’t worry, on average most stuckees are freed from the elevator on average within thirty minutes.
Elevators in the United States are highly regulated and are inspected at least yearly by a state inspector who will only approve an elevator after a series of rigorous tests. Elevators typically have a push button which is tied to an automatic dialer. Once the button is pushed a called is automatically placed to a 24 hour emergency monitoring system who will in turn call the elevator company and management to notify them of the problem. Some cities also require that the call be tied into the local fire department. Most dialers do not however, automatically dial 911. I suppose the reason for that is that is much too easy for someone to push the button and walk out of the elevator as a prank. The 911 center needs to receive only true emergency calls.
The call from the elevator is usually audio recorded with the time and duration and any call activity information recorded. The operator will also respond with help even if the caller is deaf or can not communicate back for some reason.
If we get stuck in life we do have someone who we can go to who doesn’t even need an automatic dialer button. Hopefully we have been talking to him all along way before we get stuck. Thank you GOD for being with us always in the elevator of life, in our ups and downs, and when we get stuck. Thanks for being there for us and with us every day so that we don’t have to panic.
Rant Day
Too Much Rain
I’m not sure what it is? Maybe it’s because it has been raining almost non-stop where I live here in Oklahoma and I am getting a wee bit tired of it all! I don’t know exactly why, but I just feel like ranting a bit here today. Have you ever had those days where things get on your nerves? Here is a list of some things that get on my nerves.
1. It upsets me when people try to get on the elevator and I am trying to get off at the same time without giving me any room to get off the elevator. Don’t they know it’s a common courtesy to let someone get off first. It would sure make things easier on everyone if they would just give you maybe 3 seconds to get off the elevator without piling inside and bowling you over tying to get on.
2. I get upset when someone starts talking over me when I ask a question. At least let me finish the question and then you can start talking. That just tells me you don’t really care about what I am saying and aren’t really listening to me.
3. I don’t like it when someone rides so close to the back of my car that you can literally only put a few sheets of paper between the bumpers. I know you’re in a hurry, but come one!
4. I can’t stand it when someone asks me if I’m okay and they don’t really want the truth. They just want to speak those words and make conversation. Don’t ask me if you don’t really want to know!
5. I don’t like it when someone does not plan properly and then it somehow becomes an emergency for me to help them out of the jam.
6. I can’t stand it when people just throw their litter, cigarette butts, gum, and whatever on the ground for someone else to pick up. Clean up after yourself! Good grief the world is not your moma!
7. It really gets on my nerves when people with dogs do not pick up their dogs messes and leave them for someone else to step in or on. That is just rude and inconsiderate to the extreme dimension! You should just post a sign on your back that says I don’t really care about other people!
8. It bothers me when someone talks so loud in a restaurant that everyone in the entire restaurant can hear their conversation. Either they must be drunk, don’t care, or just naturally have a loud voice. If it’s the latter, try putting on your inside voice instead of using the outside one okay!
9. I can’t stand those kind of people who are always sarcastic when they talk to you. There has to be something mentally wrong going on there for that to always be the case.
10. I can’t stand those know-it all types either who think they know everything about everything when in reality they know nothing about nothing. They enjoy the game of one upsmanship and can’t wait to start playing.
11. I can’t stand it when right after a loss of someone dear to you someone says ” Well you know they are in a better place.” That may be true, but right at the moment I miss them and that somehow does not comfort me. I just want to talk about them, what they meant to me, and to know you care about me and my feelings and what I am going through.
12. I can’t stand those people who sit next to you on an airplane and never shut up the entire flight. Come on, drink a coke, eat some peanuts, sit back and enjoy the ride so that I can!
13. I can’t stand when people are consistently late to appointments they make. That just tells me one thing, either you are so disorganized in your life, or you really don’t care about me and my time!
14. It gets on my nerves when you use all the toilet paper and leave an empty roll for me to use. Come on, changing the roll out is really not that hard to do. If you need instructions, I will gladly show you how to do it.
15. I really can’t stand it when people start talking or texting or playing games on their phone in the movie theater. Go outside if you need to do that!
16. I can’t stand it when other people steal something from someone else. The other day I was in a major store – I won’t say which one. I went into the men’s bathroom and there on the floor were several stickers that looked like someone had taken off clothes. I am sure they stole them. I told the janitor that it looked to me like someone was stealing clothes in the bathroom when I was leaving and this is what he said. ” Oh yeah – it happens all the time, at night mainly – they steal clothes, pregnancy tests, and whatever they can hide.” I recommended in jest that they start putting cameras in the bathrooms to catch them and all he did was smile when I walked out.
Okay so I guess I have done enough ranting for today. If it keeps on raining, I may come up with some more to share with you. So what about you, is there anything that gets on your nerves?
Tony A. Smith 