Question

[crossroads]

I was fixing the lift at the complex as instructed, and the lift suddenly plummeted i would say about 14 floors. I was stood on top of it and a bit shook up afterwards but managed to grab onto the maintanence ladder. Is it legal for the complex to make me fix a lift with no saftey gear on?
The boss said if i didn't do the complex a favour i would loose my job.
(Think its because the boss fancys the complex owner)
Anyway, i fixed the lift but bloody hell, never am i going, on top of the lift of a 40 storey building when the lift is on floor 31.
Boss can take his favours and.. i better stop here.

[DotH]

Oh now stop it B00 you are making me feel guilty, i wouldn't make fun of crossroads, yippee ki aye lol

[nutgoneflake]

Ethel's right though - lifts don't drop. That's an uber-dramatic Hollywood-ism...!

[B00]

of course it dropped flakey (shortened it - hope you don't mind) Crossy said it happened so it must have, honestly such cyniscism here!

;-)

[whiffey]

I know quite a lot about lifts. One thing lifts don't do is drop. They can fall a short way, even with a halfwit perched on the top, but then a ratchet mechanism kicks in and they stop.

[DotH]

so are you all saying that the lift did not plummet say about 14 floors then? i'm all up and down over this I don;t want to escalate the situation.

[whiffey]

It might have dropped half a floor at most. All these stories about plummeting for 14 floors are rubbish. I think some people just publish complete nonsense on here, and it is a real shame. Don't pick on lifts, they are harmless.

[nutgoneflake]

Anyway, when they plummet, there's always JUST enough time to :
a. Climb out of the hatch onto the roof and leap to safety seconds before it crashes into the foyer. Or
b. Grab a ladder/cable/ledge as you careen past it at a million miles an hour.

Oh, wait a minute...a ladder??

[bobtheturkey]

i dont take the lifts at work i run up the stairs unless narky the Latvian cleaner is mopping the stairs for the 754th time that day and looks at you like you have strangled her budgie with a clothes peg

[RATTER15]

I have worked in a few places with lifts and often been responsible for the overseeing of the lift man and this is a subject that has come up on occasions, and I have always been told that it is all but impossible for a lift to drop!! their would have to be a handful of malfunctions for this to happen.

But I believe there was a case of this actually happening about 12 months ago where I think the lift occupants were killed, I'm not sure where it happened even but it was on the news!! So it is not impossible just extremely unlikely!!!

[DotH]

i just wondered, was it a stenna stair lift? maybe crossroads was playing about on it, that would make more sense

[whiffey]

Has anybody else noticed how the OP has said right at the end..... I better stop here ? Well I did. It's typical, like knocking on someone's door and running away. It's ultimately cowardly and I am sure we will all do something about it. This question is not about lifts, it is about the decline of common decency in Britain.

[stewey]

"Good 'til the last drop!"

An old 'Otis Elevator' advertising slogan.

[B00]

I think we can put crossy's lack of replies down to the fact that he's obviously had to go for a lie down after his traumatic experience.

[stewey]

I don't think he needs to lie down, Boo. He's obviously fallen down at his job.

[RATTER15]

DotH, please its "Stannah" I know, we have one!!! and it a terrifying ordeal if it goes down 14 stair a bit quick I can tell you!!!!

[DotH]

ah yes stannah! i was mixing them up with the shipping line lol

[jno]

all you have to do is jump as it hits the bottom and you'll be perfectly safe (unless the defective ratchet mechanism crashes through the ceiling and hits you on the head)

[crossroads]

When i said drop, i meant, the whole problem in the first place was to do with the lift cable. There is a saftey device on the lift that stopped it falling anymore. And i managed to grab onto the ladder because i was right by it and was holding onto it as the lift dropped.
Also, the lifts at work, do have a number of opther saftey devoice fitted but the other saftey devices fitted but they are only to stop the lift from falling more than 15 floors at a time and if the lift is falling the devices slow it down.

[B00]

well thank goodness you're ok- think yourself lucky that all was effected was your ability to spell correctly crossy, now we'll all sleep better tonight knowing you're alive and well :-)

[B00]

ooops, affected not effected.