Monday, December 13, 2004
Lovin’ it up till I hit the ground
Last Friday, I was heading back to the fifth floor (where my desk is located) from the first floor training rooms. Our office building has a beautiful open center area with three glass elevators. I got in the elevator with nine of my students. I was a little worried, because the elevator was carrying a lot of weight… Well, between the third and fourth floors, the elevator jumped a little and then stopped.
For thirty minutes.
We used the emergency phone to call 911, and they contacted the elevator company, who sent a repair man. He opened the doors manually, and we all climbed out of the elevator. I held it together while we were trapped, even letting people use my cell phone to make day care arrangements and stuff (it was near the end of the day, and we had no idea how long we would be stuck there). It was pretty terrifying though. Being trapped in a glass elevator when you are scared of heights is not that much fun. Even though we were stuck between the third and fourth floors, we were pretty far off of the ground. The ceilings here are pretty high. We could see the cables suspending the elevator through the glass walls, and I kept watching them to check for breakage. Every time anyone moved, the elevator would sway a bit. Happy new job, Mandy.
Luckily, the rest of the day went well… Ryan and Mark drove up from Austin for our Christmas gift exchange (I loved all of my presents), and Joe joined us on Saturday for more fun. The guys took off yesterday afternoon. Victor and I spent the rest of the day vegging on the couch, watching TV and playing video games.
Last Friday, I was heading back to the fifth floor (where my desk is located) from the first floor training rooms. Our office building has a beautiful open center area with three glass elevators. I got in the elevator with nine of my students. I was a little worried, because the elevator was carrying a lot of weight… Well, between the third and fourth floors, the elevator jumped a little and then stopped.
For thirty minutes.
We used the emergency phone to call 911, and they contacted the elevator company, who sent a repair man. He opened the doors manually, and we all climbed out of the elevator. I held it together while we were trapped, even letting people use my cell phone to make day care arrangements and stuff (it was near the end of the day, and we had no idea how long we would be stuck there). It was pretty terrifying though. Being trapped in a glass elevator when you are scared of heights is not that much fun. Even though we were stuck between the third and fourth floors, we were pretty far off of the ground. The ceilings here are pretty high. We could see the cables suspending the elevator through the glass walls, and I kept watching them to check for breakage. Every time anyone moved, the elevator would sway a bit. Happy new job, Mandy.
Luckily, the rest of the day went well… Ryan and Mark drove up from Austin for our Christmas gift exchange (I loved all of my presents), and Joe joined us on Saturday for more fun. The guys took off yesterday afternoon. Victor and I spent the rest of the day vegging on the couch, watching TV and playing video games.
<< Home
