Ever been trapped in an elevator for 41 hours?

[Mon Rominee]

http://www.newyorker.com/online/vide...evators/?yrail

This guy has. Take a looksie. I think they edited out the parts where he peed in the corner. I most certainly would have.

Mon

[eedre]

Originally Posted by Mon Rominee

http://www.newyorker.com/online/vide...evators/?yrail

This guy has. Take a looksie. I think they edited out the parts where he peed in the corner. I most certainly would have.

Mon

I saw this video on Fark about a week ago... made me really sad.

I was angry when I saw people commenting on the page; bashing him for filing a lawsuit against that company (and probably the building owner) after making him seriously contemplate his own death. I would be scarred after going through that, and the only way big corporations make changes or notice a mistake is if they lose money.

[Mon Rominee]

Ah. I'll look for the comments.

That would seriously push me over the edge. And we think hamsters got it bad when they look nuts trying to climb outta the cage. Think about that, then this.

Look at how MANY times he openned the doors to check to see if he had moved. That guy had LOST it. And it didn't take that long. Delerium fully set in. No doubt...unreal.

[eedre]

Originally Posted by Mon Rominee

Ah. I'll look for the comments.

That would seriously push me over the edge. And we think hamsters got it bad when they look nuts trying to climb outta the cage. Think about that, then this.

Look at how MANY times he openned the doors to check to see if he had moved. That guy had LOST it. And it didn't take that long. Delerium fully set in. No doubt...unreal.

Yeah, the doors and when he started laying on his stomach for hours. That was creepy.

I think he got off with a little bit under a million. Small price to pay for that much negligence. You can see the maintenance men working on every single elevator but his.

[FL Knifemaker]

I've never been stuck in one for 41 hours. I think I've staggered around Mandelay Bay/Four Season for 41 hours trying to find the RIGHT elevator

[unbasslichkeit]

I say +1 on the lawsuit. The fact that they even had security cameras and no one even bothered to look at them was the kiss of death right there.

That last scene at 41 hours where the guy puts up the Out of Order sign is almost funny.

[TallLankyBastyd]

I spent a couple hours in a stuck elevator one morning. It was packed with people who had just made the drive into work with their morning coffees. When all that coffee hit all those various orifices... there were some VERY paniced folks. Luckily my sphincters were not under duress... but just being in an elevator with quite a few folks' who were crossing their eyes by the time of release (from the elevator that is) kept me taking the stairs for quite some time after that!!

41 hours eh?!? Yeah... there was poo/pee in a corner for certain!!

[FL Knifemaker]

That video is over ten years old.......so is the settlement. Today someone like Mark Garagos could have landed the guy a fortune

[eedre]

Originally Posted by unbasslichkeit

I say +1 on the lawsuit. The fact that they even had security cameras and no one even bothered to look at them was the kiss of death right there.

The security personnel at the building I work at are almost a joke. They'll let someone sit outside and buzz the doorbell for us (just one firm in the building) forever until they get up off their behind at find out who's there. Most of the time it's someone on business with other firms in the building (which we are not cleared to allow entry).

Point is, hired security is not the most ambitious or hard working sometimes. They probably had the elevator cams on a 13" monitor in the middle of a wall of monitors.

[Mon Rominee]

Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

That video is over ten years old.......

Ah, I had no idea. Buddy just sent me a link...

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

I've never been stuck in one for 41 hours. I think I've staggered around Mandelay Bay/Four Season for 41 hours trying to find the RIGHT elevator

Been there done that. Except it was Treasure Island. Stupid fufu pina colada drinks in the pool. I lost my taco. Ended up almost peeing the corner of our hotel room and when I passed out my wife wrote on my face.

[peterbright]

What did she write?

[Scarlet Fire]

Regarding the lawsuit:

If I remember correctly, he sued for something like $25 million. Then, he quit his job in hopes that it would make his case look better. So, the fact that he got less than $1 million and lost his job is totally his fault.

That being said, however, that would be a horrific experience. 41 hours with the elevator alarm on, no watch, constant light, no human contact... Yikes.

[FL Knifemaker]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Been there done that. Except it was Treasure Island. Stupid fufu pina colada drinks in the pool. I lost my taco. Ended up almost peeing the corner of our hotel room and when I passed out my wife wrote on my face.

That sounds like a night in Vegas We had a knife show at the 4 Seasons with all kinds of food and open bar. It was in the evening. When it was over, I TRIED to walk over to the Mandelay Bay part of the complex, headed for my room. After I passed the House of Blues for about the 10th time, I knew I was in trouble. I couldn't find the right elevator in the right tower Security finally figured out where I need to be and took me up to my room The next day, as I walked around, it all seemed so simple

[Mon Rominee]

It almost begs to be asked how well R. Kelley would do.

[Thor]

Happened to a friend of mine about 15 years ago at the
Park Plaza in Boston during a trade show. We left a hospitality
suite together around 1 AM pretty well gassed. We took the
elevator down to our rooms, I got off, the door closed and a
floor or two later the elevator got stuck. They got him out
about 7AM.

At that point he was screaming, partially from a massive
hangover, had peed about 3 times, and stared ripping the
panelling off the walls and going totally psycho.

It was not a pretty scene. The damage to the elevator was
Keith Moon quality, apparently.

Moral of the Story: Avoid the Park Plaza elevator at all costs.

[bassman1185]

Never been stuck anywhere near that long, but in high school I was stuck in an elevator for almost an hour with 12 or 13 other high school students. We had just come back from working with Habitat for Humanity all day in Oklahoma City, and we collectively smelled terrible.

On top of that, my friend Kenny found a glove and a stick in his backpack. He then proceeded to put the glove ON the stick and poke people while shrieking "GLOVE ON A STICK!!!"

We were all really glad when those doors opened.

[Mon Rominee]

Originally Posted by bassman1185

my friend Kenny found a glove and a stick in his backpack. He then proceeded to put the glove ON the stick and poke people while shrieking "GLOVE ON A STICK!!!"

You mean you didn't kill Kenny? You bastard.

[bassman1185]

Originally Posted by Mon Rominee

You mean you didn't kill Kenny? You bastard.

Nahh, he's a cool dude.

[need4mospd]

My friend got stuck in 4 different elevators within a couple years. We no longer take the same elevator as him.