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Woohoo! Excitement!
Jul. 11th, 2006 06:18 pmMy day started with me seeing a two foot long black snake hanging out on my front steps. He was either snoozing, or menacing lizards. Either way, snakes don't squick me. I don't disrespect the snake, but I don't freak either. This occurance was rare enough that I figured my day wouldn't get any more interesting. Boy, was I wrong.
Shortly after arriving to work, a teenage girl came running into the office, setting off a chain of events. Her news was that two other young women had gotten stuck in the elevator, between floors. I gave the first advice I knew; press at all the buttons to make sure that one isn't jammed in. No dice. I got the key to the elevator door, and called maintanance. Vinnie, the maintanance guy, tried to give me a couple of instructions, and there was a gaggle of young men eager to help. Too eager. Annoying. And loud while I was trying to speak to Vinnie. Still no dice. While I could open the outside door, the inner door remained terribly stuck. Suddenly, like a knight on a white charger, Tony arrived. Tony is the other maintanance guy. He began to work on it. There were still 15 kids surrounding him, talking, and bugging. One girl actually worried that they would run out of air. Hello? No. Elevators are not hermeticly sealed. I did use a nicer voice to comfort her though. (Though maybe with a hint of "Don't be stupid.") Anyway, befor long I had to call the elevator company. They were off away, and would be "30 minutes" which translates to two hours, right? Finally, after abit of consulting back and forth with the Manager, we called the Fire Dept. They showed up quickly. Then the manager showed up. I went back to the nice cool lobby to stay out of the way. The fire dept couldn't even get them out. The elevator guy finally shows up, and sets the girls free. Life is good. The lobby grows quiet. And then....The elevator guy calls down to report that now *he's* stuck in the elevator. He tries to coax one of us front desk girls to go to the roof and switch the power off and on. We refuse. Then another elevator guy shows up. He frees his co-worker. Now the elevator from Hell is off line, and will be fixed tomorrow. And hopefully life will be good. Plus maybe I sweated off another pound.
Shortly after arriving to work, a teenage girl came running into the office, setting off a chain of events. Her news was that two other young women had gotten stuck in the elevator, between floors. I gave the first advice I knew; press at all the buttons to make sure that one isn't jammed in. No dice. I got the key to the elevator door, and called maintanance. Vinnie, the maintanance guy, tried to give me a couple of instructions, and there was a gaggle of young men eager to help. Too eager. Annoying. And loud while I was trying to speak to Vinnie. Still no dice. While I could open the outside door, the inner door remained terribly stuck. Suddenly, like a knight on a white charger, Tony arrived. Tony is the other maintanance guy. He began to work on it. There were still 15 kids surrounding him, talking, and bugging. One girl actually worried that they would run out of air. Hello? No. Elevators are not hermeticly sealed. I did use a nicer voice to comfort her though. (Though maybe with a hint of "Don't be stupid.") Anyway, befor long I had to call the elevator company. They were off away, and would be "30 minutes" which translates to two hours, right? Finally, after abit of consulting back and forth with the Manager, we called the Fire Dept. They showed up quickly. Then the manager showed up. I went back to the nice cool lobby to stay out of the way. The fire dept couldn't even get them out. The elevator guy finally shows up, and sets the girls free. Life is good. The lobby grows quiet. And then....The elevator guy calls down to report that now *he's* stuck in the elevator. He tries to coax one of us front desk girls to go to the roof and switch the power off and on. We refuse. Then another elevator guy shows up. He frees his co-worker. Now the elevator from Hell is off line, and will be fixed tomorrow. And hopefully life will be good. Plus maybe I sweated off another pound.
