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The rarely updated blog of Joel Dixon
Thursday, November 15, 2007
When small annoyances attack
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 15/11/2007 23:27:19Updated by Joel Dixon at 08/01/2008 10:16:13
Not much of a story - but funny all the same!
Hitman, the Hoff, another mate from work (let's just be real insensitive and call him Piņa Colada, or PC for short) and I were about to catch a lift up to our floor. I don't know what possessed me, but right before we got in I said "It'd be funny if we got trapped in this lift". I'm sure you can guess where I'm going here.
We were traveling to level 7, so PC thought it would be amusing to press buttons 1 to 6 (he was correct - it was amusing). Hitman was feeling a little surly, unrelated to alcohol consumption I'm sure, and the lift stopping and starting at every floor wasn't helping. To speed up the trip he started to press on the "Close Doors" button repeatedly, like a tween at a pedestrian crossing. The lift stopped at level 6 without the doors opening at all which was worrying, and when it stopped at level 7 the doors remained closed. The "Open Doors" button was not as dutiful as its evil twin, so we appeared to be stuck.
Hitman started to get a little concerned, and admitted he could get a little claustrophobic at times, which amused us a little more. We tried to go to level six and the doors still wouldn't open, and I think it's fair to say Hitman started to panic. He pressed the "Alarm" button as we went down to the ground floor, and let the security guard know of our predicament when he came on the small speaker.
Showing a mixture of brute strength and girly-man fear, Hitman forced open the lift doors and we all poured out. The Hoff and I lamented the fact that we missed out on an excuse for 2 hours away from our desks, but I guess it's better than being stuck in a lift for an undetermined amount of time. I guess.
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 Hoff Posts: 39 |
 Says it all really. Good times. I'm sure Hitman wouldn't agree... but that was damn funny. I'm pretty sure I would have been more entertained in an elevator for 2 hours then back at my desk. I think we still have a billing code for "stuck in the elevator" too. So Sad Bout time you posted something... You've gotten slack since you came back  # Posted - 16/11/2007 09:25:48 |
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It takes true Hitman strength to force open lift doors # Posted - 16/11/2007 11:22:14 |
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