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By Nancy - 08/07/2009 14:01

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

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By edodge - 15/10/2010 03:03 - United States

Today, at work, my boss and I went upstairs to storage. We got in the elevator, I pressed the second floor button, and it didn't move so I repeatedly pressed the button. It wasn't until the fifth press that I realized we were already on the second floor. She thought I was an idiot. FML

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By Anonymous - 10/09/2009 06:02 - United States

Today, I got stuck in an elevator for 45 minutes. I am an elevator mechanic. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/02/2013 07:18 - United States - Modesto

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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By ClaustrophobicNightmares - 28/03/2014 08:42 - Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Today, I was stuck in the elevator for almost two hours. Where was the elevator mechanic? Next to me in the elevator. FML

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By Tired - 13/07/2009 13:25 - Philippines

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

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By Jobless - 22/09/2024 00:00 - Canada

Today, I got in the elevator with my dog and pressed the button for my floor. Instead of going up, it dropped two floors and opened up to a random basement room filled with nothing but mannequins, and wouldn't go back up. I had to fumble our way to the stairs. FML

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By Stuckism - 15/09/2009 17:16 - Malaysia

Today, I got stuck in an elevator. The help-line told me, "Don't touch the door. We'll be there soon". Two hours later, I had a headache, my legs were stiff, and my date must've thought I stood her up. The tech finally arrived, pries the door open, then rudely asked, "Why didn't you do that yourself?" FML

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By Anonymous - 08/02/2025 12:00 - Australia - Melbourne

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

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By Anonymous - 24/10/2013 19:16 - United States - Albuquerque

Today, I got stuck in an elevator for well over an hour while riding it up to my weight and fitness class. Very funny, universe. FML

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borhos222 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:49

Oh, that sucks :/ I did that in a hotel once. haha there were two sets of elevators (1 from 1 - 13 and the other from 13 - 26) and I kept asking people "how do you get to level so and so" hahah it was embarrassing

kxlovesyou 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 19:53

thats not too bad... at least no one saw you

Comments

philosopher 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 23:15

I'm actually more in disbelief that so many people admit to doing it too... Why wouldn't you just try pressing (other) buttons? Or see if the emergency button was on? Or use the call box / button? Yeah... just wow...

LadyinPurple 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 23:27

aha. tthats funny. 10 min though? thts a long time to just stay there clueless not doing anything.

Reena03 0

Wednesday 8 July 2009 23:38

LOL, this is jokes, your pretty stupid to just sit in a none moving elevator, look before sitting in an elevator, next time.

adelaide_evening 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 0:17

This happened to me once. I thought I was stuck in there and couldn't get out, so I started screaming and banging on the doors as I cried hysterically. Of course, I was about six or seven when it happened. What's your excuse?

lilsurfergrlsp 3

Thursday 9 July 2009 0:36

haha this has actually happened to me too. Except I was in the elevator with my grandma and we were too busy talking to realize neither of us had pushed a button.

Kondustra 8

Thursday 9 July 2009 0:40

anybody who has been stuck in an elevator without realizing they nnever pressed the button right is ******* stupid

brrrx 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 0:40

Someone else would have called the elevator if it had actually been 10 minutes.

fretforyerlatte 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 0:46

i've done that...but um it only took me a few seconds of standing there to realize what happened. "oh damn, didn't push the button yet, derrrr."

zach5 0

Thursday 9 July 2009 1:45

Fake. First of all if you were stuck, you wouldve moved then stopped. Second of all if you didn't move at all, you press the button that opens the door to get out.