Oh. My. God.

[indiana_j]

I had to call 911 this morning.  Because I was stuck in the elevator in my apartment building.  *stares*  It went down like normal but when it hit ground floor - nothing.  Doors didn't open, it wouldn't go up, just sat there.  I tried to push the door open but that didn't work, so I hit the call button aaaaand.

I got someone's fucking VOICEMAIL.  Voicemail.  I am still so unbelievably pissed that it's not even funny.

Luckily, I had my cell so I called Marissa and told her to try and reach someone from her end while I called 911.  I did make the operator chuckle a little bit after I told him what was going on, where I was, etc.

"Are you okay?  Any medical issues?"
"Not unless freaking out counts as a medical issue."

About five minutes after the call, the elevator suddenly decided to randomly go up to the 5th floor - to be honest, that freaked me out more than just being stuck.  Being stuck in an elevator that moved really didn't appeal to me.  Still no door opening but when I had it go back to the lobby, the doors veeeerrry slowly opened and I dived out of there like I'd been catapulted.

Marissa still hadn't been able to reach anyone in maintenance (voicemail!!), so she'd called the leasing office and right as I'd gotten out someone came running in.  I told her which one, called 911 to cancel the call and proceeded to go sit in my car with my head on my steering wheel.  (I was once stuck in an elevator at the old office building for an hour.  I hate it..)

Worst Saturday morning EVER.

Comments

[diamond-dust06.livejournal.com]

See, this is what happens when you put on pants.

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

*ded*

[technophobia.livejournal.com]

IAWTC.

[jim-smith.livejournal.com]

I actually think I'd pretty okay with being stuck in an elevator sitting at ground level. But randomly going up would mess with me, yeah.

At least you weren't stuck in the elevator with a pregnant woman going into labor. TV taught me at an early age that elevators can sense pregnant women.

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

If I'd been stuck for long, I would have pulled out the laptop (hilarious posts from inside the elevator! XD), so I would have been okay but the up and down part? Freaky.

Ahaha - TV totally rots your brain and turns elevators into creepy boxes...

[lady-cassidy.livejournal.com]

At least you had your laptop with you so that if you had been stuck for a while you wouldn't have been bored!

[deathpixie]

Ack! Yeah, I don't think I'd cope too well with that, stationary or not. :P I'm not one for confined spaces over a period of time...

[indiana-j.livejournal.com]

I'm just really grateful I had my cell on me. I think if I hadn't, then I would have really freaked out.

[hopeness.livejournal.com]

Glad you're okay... that is probably one of my biggest fears every single time I get on an elevator. My dentist is on the 30th floor and I HATE that elevator, even though it's an express.

[seraangel.livejournal.com]

Had that happen to me a month or so ago. Got stuck in the elevator at the train station. Luckily it was a glass one, so I could basically see out.