Stuck in a lift

kfallon · 05-08-2010 04:19PM

9 of us stuck in a lift in work for about half an hour, very uncomfortable but a bit of craic too.

We had a gentleman's agreement that none of us would fart

Can't say I'd want to do it again but the experience made me a better person :rolleyes:

D-Generate · 05-08-2010 04:35PM

I was stuck inside one in UCC for about 20 minutes but wasn't so bad at all really. I never used that elevator again though.

That poor guy stuck in it for 41 hours must be haunted from it now. Says here that he is currently unemployed and has spent his settlement money. Guy is much worse off because of that lift.

kylith · 05-08-2010 04:39PM

I refuse to use the lift in work because it terrifies the life out of me. It's juddery and shuddery, and prone to drop by a couple of feet during descent. I'm not usually nervous in lifts, but I'm not using that one; I'll take the stairs, thank you very much.

beauty101 · 05-08-2010 06:07PM

Been stuck in a few lifts in my time..no longer than about 20 minutes + I'm not even slightly claustrophobic so it doesn't bother me.

Got stuck in 1 in Arnotts with my mum one time and she had a panic attack + threw a freaker then went mad at security when they got us out..I was more scared of her than anything tbh. Now anytime we go anywhere..it's the stairs

Bob Z · 05-08-2010 06:14PM

During a power cut I got stuck on an escalate for an hour and a half. It was hell

In the end up I just walked off.

nevaeh-2die-4 · 05-08-2010 06:53PM

i grew up in ballymun you havent got caught in a lift till you got caught in a ballymun lift, must of got stuck at least 50 times, i got used to the smell of piss and **** after the first couple of times.

Dunjohn · 05-08-2010 08:08PM

Rockn wrote: »

I worked in a shop that had a lift for bringing stock between goods inwards and the stockroom and it used to break down all the time. You'd just have to shout for help and someone would go up to the roof and hit the reset button. But if it happened late in the evening you could be stuck for up to an hour. Sitting around playing snake* was better than working anyway. I imagine being trapped with panicky people would be a nightmare.

*the phone game

Nah, at least you'd know who to eat first, come to that.

bonerm · 05-08-2010 08:18PM

I live in Dublin the low-rise capital of the world. I work on the fourth floor of an office block and I have two working legs. Hense I never use a lift.

Which reminds me, I can't believe some of the lazy ****s I've seen who'll take a lift from 4th and get out of 3rd. They couldn't even go DOWN one flight of stairs without using the lift. I'd love to see them trapped for 41hrs tbh.

Ronin247 · 05-08-2010 08:36PM

I remember that story about the man trapped 41 hours in New York.I heard they offered him $3million to walk away but he sued instead and allegedly got $21million.
Lawyers probably took $20.5million and he got $500,000

Doom · 05-08-2010 08:38PM

If your stuck in a lift for more than a reasonable time( which is open to interpretation on whats a reasonable time) you could make a claim for stress......and also all lifts are required to have an emergency call system, and to be inspected by the lift company and have a thorough inspection carried out by a inspection body (i.e. engineer surveyor) every six months too, as it outlines in the 'Safety, Health and welfare at Work Regulations 2007.......does your lift comply:cool:

Doom · 05-08-2010 08:40PM

kylith wrote: »

I refuse to use the lift in work because it terrifies the life out of me. It's juddery and shuddery, and prone to drop by a couple of feet during descent. I'm not usually nervous in lifts, but I'm not using that one; I'll take the stairs, thank you very much.

very seriously....get somebody to look at that lift, you may safe a life or ring HSA

todolist · 20-02-2017 11:20PM

If someone was trapped on a lift with a child for and hour would they have a claim?

Zaph · 20-02-2017 11:24PM

todolist wrote: »

If someone was trapped on a lift with a child for and hour would they have a claim?

Well if the child wasn't theirs and the kid annoyed the crap out of them they probably should. But generally no, what exactly would they have a claim for? Lifts break down sometimes.

todolist · 20-02-2017 11:49PM

Zaph wrote: »

Well if the child wasn't theirs and the kid annoyed the crap out of them they probably should. But generally no, what exactly would they have a claim for? Lifts break down sometimes.

Just curious because i read a case of a woman who was trapped in a lift in a well know dublin shopping centre for FOUR minutes.She was awarded 25k for distress,panic etc.That was back in 2012 i think.

Spanish Eyes · 20-02-2017 11:54PM

Was once. For about twenty minutes, and when the doors eventually opened the lift was halfway between floors, so we (one other person) had to climb up to get out. No panic that I recall.

I'd say an MRI scan in the tube thing is much worse. Well it would be for me especially if you are told not to move at all for the duration. I sweat thinking about that TBH but hope I never have to go through it.

MilesMorales1 · 21-02-2017 12:23AM

I'm not claustrophobic so thats not the issue if I were hypothetically stuck in a lift, but if I need a ****e bad enough, I ain't holding it for long. So I'd be paranoid about that.

PTH2009 · 21-02-2017 12:31AM

This could of happend

https://youtu.be/aqKmFY6NqX8

retro:electro · 21-02-2017 01:09AM

Ya don't feel 7 years going by reading these threads

Johnboner · 21-02-2017 01:20AM

Stuck in an elevator?? Oh man I would start writing my claim while being stuck in there and would contact my lawyer ASAP.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 21-02-2017 01:37AM

This is one of my biggest nightmares. Even thinking about it makes my heart feel fast. Even if a lift stalls a second or two longer than I think it should I get a bit antsy

milehip · 21-02-2017 01:44AM

anna080 wrote: »

Ya don't feel 7 years going by reading these threads

Anyone who posted in the original thread and posts in the revival deserves a all for one voucher.

MadamRazz · 27-02-2017 03:19PM

Stuck in a lift with 13 others in Vegas one time. The engineers decided they wanted to get the lift right down to the bottom floor before letting any of us out. So nothing would happen for 5-10 minutes and then a load of jerky freefall moments for about 10 seconds.

One of my group pointed out that it didnt state a weight or person limit anywhere inside the lift. You could actually see the claims being created in peoples minds. One girl had fainted after less than two minutes. With that many people jammed in together, we really couldnt afford having someone taking up that much space on the floor. There was also an elderly couple who couldnt seem to grasp what had happened so they kept complaining and asking when was it going to be fixed. And finally, one woman was recovering from knee surgery, so everytime the the lift jerked it hurt her. At one point there was silence, the lift jerked downwards and then a loud POP as the womans knee popped out of the joint. Fun times.

Winterlong · 27-02-2017 03:35PM

I would not particularly mind been stuck in a lift. Until someone told me that they had found a mouse nest above the ceiling of the lift in their apartment complex.
Now that freaks me out. Been stuck in a lift and a load of mouses falling from the ceiling.

27-02-2017 04:19PM

Stuck for about 2 minuets in the pitch black got the fright of my life and would make me wary of lifts.

Winterlong · 27-02-2017 04:29PM

And then there is this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUD4cuTQn2E

ScumLord · 27-02-2017 06:07PM

CreepingDeath wrote: »

I'd escape through the roof and climb up to the next floor.

That's another hollywood trope. The last thing the elevator designers want is people climbing over the mechanics of the lift while there could be other elevators either side zipping up and down. The elevator shaft isn't equipped to let people escape that way either.

Elevators tend to get locked in place when they're not moving so it is safer than standing outside the elevator.

LordSutch · 27-02-2017 06:21PM

If I ever got stuck in a lift I'd press the alarm button & wait for help to come!
Failing that I'd jump up and open the hatch in the roof, then climb out and stand on top of the lift waiting for the opposing lift to go down, then I would jump onto their roof, open their hatch & let muself down into their lift (much to the surprise of the other occupants) :-)

Sorted, simples.

PS; If I was in America I'd do the very same thing in an elevator.

Yourself isit · 27-02-2017 06:31PM

Winterlong wrote: »

And then there is this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUD4cuTQn2E

Jesus. There is a country that isn't litigious

Yourself isit · 27-02-2017 06:34PM

LordSutch wrote: »

If I ever got stuck in a lift I'd press the alarm button & wait for help to come!
Failing that I'd jump up and open the hatch in the roof, then climb out and stand on top of the lift waiting for the opposing lift to go down, then I would jump onto their roof, open their hatch & let muself down into their lift (much to the surprise of the other occupants) :-)

Sorted, simples.

PS; If I was in America I'd do the very same thing in an elevator.

I was stuck in a lift and pressed that emergency button. Useless. They did have a number to call though and that worked.

In the mobile phone eta getting stuck is less of a worry but it was still annoying. I was in a suspended box for 40 minutes without any idea is when it wound start to move.

Fart · 27-02-2017 06:48PM

smash wrote: »

Were you on your own? did you fart?

I honestly can't remember.

Stuck in a lift

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