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[rm]

So, I was just in an elevator at the office with a few other people and there was a noise like a frigging gunshot and then the elevator sort of jerked a bit. Which, you know was unpleasant enough without the following exchange, between the other two people in the elevator.

1: Look's like this one is going to go too.
2: This building's elevators are terrible.
1: You know why the middle one is out, right?
2: No....?
1: The cable snapped.
2: Was there anyone in it?
1: Of course! I heard it was up on ten when it happened.
2: I hope she had shins of foam.
1: Well, she does now.

Comments

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

Weird. And why did they assume the person in the elevator was female? That is so random.

I once got stuck on an elevator in DC going up to an observation deck. There was a girls basketball team on the elevator with us, and half of them were laughing about how we were all going to plummet to the ground and needed to jump when we hit. One girl started hyper-ventilating, and they thought this was funny, so they got worse. We were stuck in there for 45 minutes, and they were calling an ambulance for the panicked girl. I guess some people say weird things to try and "lighten the mood" when they are afraid, but elevator "humor" usually is in poor taste. :p

[phaetonschariot.livejournal.com]

Because MEN would WALK! /sarcasm

[nicoli-dominn.livejournal.com]

Because in the movies, it's always a girl, and girls draw more viewers...?