(edit: It says he didn't, which confuses me, as he was making a food delivery... but never mind.)
[ April 06, 2005, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: Raia ]
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Fate, being the cruel wench she is, undoubtedly waited until after he had finished making all his deliveries before pouncing on him.
-Trevor
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
That, or he was delivering things like onion powder or cayenne.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Or Broccoli Beef. Poor guy.
Posted by Portabello (Member # 7710) on :
The title of this thread sounds like the plot for an episode of CSI or Law & Order.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I'm waiting for Jay to put some kind of wacko conservative spin on it. Like it somehow proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that George W. Bush is Jesus' favourite song and dance act.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Actually, half the fun of watching shows like that is trying to pick out which real life case is being used as the basis for the story.
Of course, I'm a fan of shows like "Forensic Files", so go figure.
-Trevor
Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :
PC, I think Jay just posted this because it was incredibly odd. Give him a break. Wait until he posts something you disagree with before attacking him.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Whenever I'm in an elevator, I think about what I'd do for three hours or so if I got stuck and they had to call the company to fix it. I usually have three or ten hours of things to do in my backpack, just because. Though I don't usually have any food. And if I run out of things to do, I could always do my homework. (nods)
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Besides you got it backwards, Jesus is George W. Bush's favorite song and dance act. (not that he considers Jesus an act, just staying in context)
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Yeah, I know nar, I really should stop making fun of Jay. I mean, calling him a conservative wacko really was reaching a bit, wasn't it?
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
In this thread, yes. It was.
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Yeah, we can’t turn a poor guy stuck in an elevator political.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
This is Hatrack.
Any topic can and probably will be turned into a long, long series of posts, ultimately interchangeable with a number of other threads, about Nazis, religion and politics - no particular order.
-Trevor
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Oh, I'm sure we could if we tried.
[edit--beaten to the punch by Trevor! Curses!]
[ April 06, 2005, 12:42 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Nazi liberals.
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
It's a good thing he was alone.
Can you imagine trying to contain your gases for 4 days?
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
I'm not saying anything against political threads or the nature of posts to get sidetracked -- as this one will surely be -- but I do disagree with the hypocrisy of demanding civility from a member when he's being slammed himself for no reason.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I knew the shooting would surface sooner or later.
-Trevor
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
I saw one report on the news where he did get a hold of people on the emergency phone or speaker in the elevator but that they couldn’t understand him.
I don’t mind being harassed, just means they like me!
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Here's what I don't get about this... HOW could someone be stuck in an elevator for FOUR days? I know that elevators are required to have emergency call systems. Even if they were nonfunctional for some reason, wouldn't the building have some kind of monitoring system to see where each of their elevators were located at any time? I've never seen a building that didn't have either thos dial things over the doors at the lobby level or a control panel nearby.
And Jay posts that the guy WAS able to call for help but that security (or whoever) couldn't understand him. If the delivery guy called on the emergency phones, that should have been an immediate alert that there was an elevator problem, even if security couldn't speak his language.
There just seems to be something very odd about this one and I'm not completely sure I buy it. Can we say April Fool's?
[ April 06, 2005, 03:55 PM: Message edited by: Goody Scrivener ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
It's not an April Fool, Goody -- they had a live interview with the guy (through an interpreter) on CNN: LINKY
I think the language barrier had lots to do with it. They might have heard him, but didn't realize what he was saying was "help!" so maybe they thought he was working on the elevator or something...
Farmgirl
Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :
If the poor deliveryman was stuck in an elevator for four days, it would have been best for him to be delivering porta-potties.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
He was working on the elevator for four days? Did they just think he was really, really dedicated? Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: If the poor deliveryman was stuck in an elevator for four days, it would have been best for him to be delivering porta-potties.
oh man! Ron! I hadn't even thought about that aspect of it! Eeewwww
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
I had.
But you figure with no food or water he wouldn't have produced much after a while.
Still, I'm glad I didn't have to clean that elevator.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Were this me, say, in a different country, the language barrier would not have been a problem. Screaming into the emergency phone every ten minutes would, I think, get the point across...
Posted by Audeo (Member # 5130) on :
They were actually searching for him in the building too. The police were going door to door asking people if they'd seen him, they had search dogs in a local park, and sent scuba divers to check out a reservoir nearby. The call box and camera in the elevator were working, and the security guards were monitoring it constantly. They said that there was a blind spot if he was sitting directly under the camera.
The elevator was an express elevator that didn't have stops between the 2nd and 32nd floor, and he was stuck between the 3rd and 4th floor. To make matters worse, a building maintenance guy had actually gone into the elevator control room, noticed it wasn't working, and shut the power off...while the guy was inside.
Apparently they thought he was just pulling a prank when he called on the phone. Also the New York Times says that he was only stuck 3 days (still pretty bad though), and he'd just finished delivery on the 36th floor, and was headed back down to the lobby when the elevator broke.
edit to add: He said that he was screaming the whole time. He kept track of the days by listening to the other elevator in the buildings. He said they ran more during the day time. The building has 12 elevators, and a history of problems. I think that they've been or were fined $2100 in the past for elevator malfunctions, and not having adequate fire escapes or something. They found him, after he had pressed the emergency alarm (it wasn't clear if he'd not pressed it before, or if they just hadn't paid attention when he pressed it before).
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