By elevatorFAIL - 10/08/2009 23:00 - United States

Today, I got stuck in an elevator. After ringing the alarm bell consistantly for 10 minutes, I called someone I was staying with. She went down to the front desk and said that there were people stuck in the elevator. Front desk- "Is that what that is? I thought it was some kids messing around." FML
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To clear this up: it was mainly because the people in the hotel were not helpful at all and this was just one of the last straws. The FML part was the guy at the front desk of the hotel in New Orleans was like the most unhelpful person ever. And it's also kind of akward if you don't exactly get along with the person you're stuck with. And no, I am not usually claustrophobic, but in extreme cases, like such, it is rather disconcerting. As for the cell phone service in the elevator, we were only about 4 inches up from the ground floor. And if FML let me post a longer story, it would have been entirely different. If the girl I called had posted, it would have been mainly about the fact that the hilarity of this whole situation caused here to piss herself. Especially with the fact that our adult leader used force to open the elevator doors...

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Luckster 0

*Facepalm* WHY do these people get hired at all? It doesn't matter how many times a kid may 'cry wolf' in the elevator...you NEVER ignore the alarm!

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caancoha 0

They seriously should lose their job. That's a life or death situation, it doesnt matter if it was a prank. You could have died. (allergic reaction, seizure, etc.) I'd personally **** their lives so hard they couldn't walk for a week.

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RuralNinja 0

I'd complain to the manager until he gets fired. There's plenty of hardworking people who could use a job, and he obviously isn't one of them.

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imazaari 12

One of the receptionists at my work somehow gets away with only doing half of her job; she answers phones but she refuses to take vitals when the patients first come in. I have no idea how she's still working for us...

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teentee401 36

Wow, what did the front desk think that button was for? Yes, kids press buttons, but you should at least respond. I agree with 91

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2011_schuyler 1

I'm so sorry OP. To those who get stuck in an elevator it's actually super frightening regardless of how long you're in it for. I hope that you spoke to the manager and they gave you some sort of compensation, and if they didn't call corporate cause they definitely should have.

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