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Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« on: August 10, 2019, 02:47:00 pm »
It's a simple question: Has anyone on here ever been stuck in a lift? (elevator for those of you who live over the pond) I personally haven't, but I came very close in some nearby medium shopping centre when I went up the escalator at the same time as a woman went up the lift and she got stuck)

EDIT: I would also like to know how long it was for and what it was like?
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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2019, 03:48:33 pm »
I have before, but the footage I took of it was lost

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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2019, 04:00:43 pm »
I have before, but the footage I took of it was lost
For how long were you stuck? What was it like in the lift?

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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2019, 04:27:56 pm »
I haven't been stuck yet, which is surprising considering the number of elevators i've been in...

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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2019, 11:52:45 pm »
For how long were you stuck? What was it like in the lift?
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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2019, 06:09:41 pm »
So far I've been stuck in an elevator once, and it was only a few minutes caused by a jammed door in a cheap generic elevator.
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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2020, 04:46:22 pm »
It's a simple question: Has anyone on here ever been stuck in a lift? (elevator for those of you who live over the pond) I personally haven't, but I came very close in some nearby medium shopping centre when I went up the escalator at the same time as a woman went up the lift and she got stuck)

EDIT: I would also like to know how long it was for and what it was like?
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It goes ultra slow for the distance (0.3 m/s going 3 floors) and I went down in it and it decided to stop for 10 minutes. Eventually it recalled to the ground floor.

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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2020, 12:22:47 pm »
I safety broke a Schindler 3300 once and I thought I got stuck. The lift reset itself after 30 horrible seconds of thinking that I had got stuck XD. It was risky though because I was in a hotel and the housekeeper was walking up and down the corridor outside the lift. I safety broke it between floor 2 and floor 3 and the housekeeper was on floor 2. Luckily it went down to floor zero and reset itself.

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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2021, 10:35:42 am »
Yes, 11 times. 3 of them were Otis, 1 of them were Kone, the other 7 were Schindler. My longest entrapment time was 7 minutes.

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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2021, 11:03:00 am »
For me, i currently still not stuck
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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2022, 05:39:43 am »
I've been stuck in an elevator once, but luckily not for long. The elevator stopped between the 3.rd and the 4.rd floor, the floor indicator went out. After 10 seconds it moved to the 3.rd floor. After 30 seconds it went to the floor -1. The elevator was built by Haushahn in 1988.

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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2022, 07:43:33 am »
I've been stuck in an elevator once, but luckily not for long. The elevator stopped between the 3.rd and the 4.rd floor, the floor indicator went out. After 10 seconds it moved to the 3.rd floor. After 30 seconds it went to the floor -1. The elevator was built by Haushahn in 1988.

Lucky! I get stuck all the time. The worst one happened fairly recently, I was stuck for around an hour before anyone came to help. Just kinda sat down, pulled out my laptop and posted a few stuff on here :D
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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2022, 10:21:07 am »
I've been stuck in an elevator once, but luckily not for long. The elevator stopped between the 3.rd and the 4.rd floor, the floor indicator went out. After 10 seconds it moved to the 3.rd floor. After 30 seconds it went to the floor -1. The elevator was built by Haushahn in 1988.

Lucky! I get stuck all the time. The worst one happened fairly recently, I was stuck for around an hour before anyone came to help. Just kinda sat down, pulled out my laptop and posted a few stuff on here :D

How old are the elevators in which you often get stuck?

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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2022, 11:30:53 am »
I've been stuck in an elevator once, but luckily not for long. The elevator stopped between the 3.rd and the 4.rd floor, the floor indicator went out. After 10 seconds it moved to the 3.rd floor. After 30 seconds it went to the floor -1. The elevator was built by Haushahn in 1988.

Lucky! I get stuck all the time. The worst one happened fairly recently, I was stuck for around an hour before anyone came to help. Just kinda sat down, pulled out my laptop and posted a few stuff on here :D

How old are the elevators in which you often get stuck?

Usually around 2007 approximately, not very old, not very new. I can get stuck in completely new elevators too, though (knowing my luck :D)
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Re: Have you ever been stuck in a lift/elevator
« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2022, 01:37:42 pm »
I've been stuck in an elevator once, but luckily not for long. The elevator stopped between the 3.rd and the 4.rd floor, the floor indicator went out. After 10 seconds it moved to the 3.rd floor. After 30 seconds it went to the floor -1. The elevator was built by Haushahn in 1988.

Lucky! I get stuck all the time. The worst one happened fairly recently, I was stuck for around an hour before anyone came to help. Just kinda sat down, pulled out my laptop and posted a few stuff on here :D

How old are the elevators in which you often get stuck?

Usually around 2007 approximately, not very old, not very new. I can get stuck in completely new elevators too, though (knowing my luck :D)

Do you often get stuck in generics?