Today, I worked up my courage and took an elevator for the first time in my life. Unfortunately, it was also my first time getting trapped for several hours in an elevator. FML
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Today, at my first day of work at a new job, I got stuck in the elevator going to the parking garage. I have claustrophobia about both elevators and parking garages. They said this never happens. FML
Today, I got stuck in an elevator for 45 minutes. I am an elevator mechanic. FML
Today, I finally sought help for my crippling fear of elevators. When I arrived at my new therapist's office, I found the door to the stairs locked. To get to my appointment on the third floor of the building, I have to take the elevator. FML
Today, at work I got in an elevator to go upstairs. It wasn't until the doors opened minutes later and people stepped in that I realized I had zoned out and forgot to press the button for the floor I needed. I then promptly exited the elevator and waited for the next elevator to go up in. FML
Today, my building's elevators were temporarily out of service. I climbed up 17 flights of stairs only to realize I left my keys downstairs. After the painful climb back up, the elevator lights came on. FML
Today, I was late for work and sprinted to catch the elevator. I made it just in time, only to realize I was in the elevator alone and had just dramatically dived into it for no reason. FML
Today, I started the first day of my job as newspaper distributor, after a year of struggling to find a job. I got stuck in an elevator for two hours very early in the morning. FML
Today, after being trapped in an elevator for 4 hours, I really had to pee. Just when I decided to pee in the elevator shaft, the lift doors opened. FML
Today, I sat on an elevator for 10 minutes thinking I was stuck. After waiting awhile I looked at the screen to see what floor I was stuck on, only to realize I hadn't pressed a button so I had just stayed on the ground floor. FML
Today, despite being claustrophobic and avoiding lifts at all costs, I had to use the lift at work to carry boxes of paper to the 3rd floor. It broke down. FML
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Psycho_Babydoll 26
.... Well ****.
mangoboy1 19
Elevators can smell fear
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Comments (86)
hgarza93 3
Think I saw you on tosh
mysweetinsanity 3
How did you go your whole life without needing an elevator? Of what you say is true you have some pretty terrible luck :(
CharresBarkrey 16
Every place that has an elevator also has stairs.
cristianzir 1
Hhahhahahahaahhahahaha
vbmg152 19
As a kid, I loved elevators! Now, I'm terrified of them, I make the sign of the cross every time I have to get in one. Not to mention my claustrophobia!!
outoftown 27
Sorry you missed the childhood joy of pushing a button and making a machine full of people move. Try it again; you've already been through the rare hard part.
hallow239 3
There's a first time for everything
KiddNYC1O 22
Better start 'fessing up your sins or feel the wrath of the devil.
sythe511 28
Elevators aren't scary. I used to be claustrophobic, but then I locked myself in a closet for a few hours and was fine.
Izabushel 65
I do a similar thing when I need to have a MRI. A few days before the appointment, I clear a space underneath my bed and slowly wriggle under. It gives me the exact same feeling of going in a small space, but I can calm myself down as I do it. When I had my first MRI I had to be sedated, now I am generally fine. Still get panicky if I see a picture of some idiot adult stuck in a kids jungle gym.
paprika_pilipili_fml 14
Tough luck...
Izabushel 65
Lucky you were not stuck in there for 41 hours like Nicholas White in 1999. Google the story it's unbelievable.