Too Close for Comfort

This morning Scott witnessed something he felt was truly remarkable. The elevators in his office building are probably about 6’ by 8’ – basically standard size elevators. In the U.S., the maximum number of people that would ever consider getting on said elevator is probably about 8 people max – even without the weight restriction.

Today on his way up to the office on the 24th floor, 21 people got on the elevator – prompting the phrase “Aren’t you glad you use Dial…. Don’t you wish everyone did” to play over and over in his head.

After the 17th person got on, the elevator started buzzing as if to say “good morning elevator travelers but at least one of you is going to need to wait 15 seconds until the next elevator makes it to the ground floor.” Despite the buzzing 4 more people wedged their way onto the sardine-like lift. The buzzing continued but finally dissipated as the doors closed to all 21 people staring across at the other elevator that had landed and was about to head up for its journey with only 3 passengers.