I don’t have a great
history with elevators so I really try
to avoid them but I went on a photo shoot with the Island King last week and
the condo he was shooting had an elevator that opened directly into the unit.
It was only the 2nd floor so the elevator didn’t
really bother me.
A few minutes into the shoot he needed something from the
truck so I went to get it.
I got in the elevator, pushed 1 and nothing happened.
I pushed 1 a few more times and the elevator didn’t move.
Back into the condo I go to tell the Island King that the
elevator won’t work.
He tells me to use the code the realtor gave us.
But there is no keypad – just the elevator buttons.
Back into the condo again to tell the Island King that there
is no keypad to enter a code.
He tells me to use the elevator buttons like a keypad.
Ok.
I get in the elevator, enter the code and…
Nothing happens.
It’s been a solid five minutes of me trying to make the
elevator go and now I’m feeling a strong affirmation that me and elevators just
don’t mix.
I go back inside and start looking for the stairs – which I
couldn’t find.
I thought all buildings with an elevator had to have stairs
but if this place had any I sure couldn’t find them.
The Island King is getting frustrated because he needs his
bag from the truck so he stomps over to the elevator, enters the code, smirks
at me and then waits for the elevator to move.
I have to admit I was quite happy when nothing happened.
See? It’s not me, it’s the elevator.
He frowns, looks at the keypad and says “so every time you
push “P” nothing happens and nothing happens when you enter the code, right?”
Push “P”?
I never pushed “P”
P stands for Penthouse. We need to go to the 1st
floor – not the penthouse.
He gave me one of those “You are a complete moron” look and
said “You didn’t push P? P stands for Parking”
I told him that I thought P stood for penthouse and that I
was pushing 1 because our car was on the first floor.
“No, there is a condo on the 1st floor and our
car is on the parking level.”
“Why do you think that?”
“Because of the symbol next to the P”
“Where did you learn that? Are you making this up?”
He’s staring at me like I’m crazy and I’m staring at the
buttons looking for some kind of legend that tells me the symbol means that’s
where my car is.
He pushed P and down we went. Uuhhggg.
I had no idea a special parking symbol existed in elevators
– and why isn’t there a legend somewhere for people like me?
Ya know, I really do hate elevators.
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