loracs | Fat Girl Stuck in Elevator

dbubley came to work with me today to keep me company. Once classes are over it becomes very quiet around here. I said, "come up to my office level." See, I'm in the basement, but my office is actual up about 4 steps. They put in a lift for access. She got in the lift, I closed the door and pushed the button. Up she started to go and then she didn't - go that is. It stopped about 1/2 way up.

My first thought was we popped a fuse. I went to the electrical room and my key wouldn't open it. In the 2 days I've been gone, they re-keyed that room! One of our teachers saw me trying to get in and asked me what was wrong. I explained about the lift and he said "I've got a fireman in my class, I'll get him." Next thing you know we have 5 fireman crawling all over the lift trying to find a way to let it down. This is not a pneumatic lift, it's electrical/mechanical. There didn't seem to be an easy way to do this. Finally, they managed to get the door open. It was only about 2 feet off the ground.

dbubley stood up, they carried her chair out of the lift and then, with a little wooden step thing, they helped her out of the lift and into her chair.

More fun than I should be allowed to have on a Saturday afternoon at work, ya know?