I work on the second floor of a 3-story building. Just to be clear, that means there's one floor above me and one below me. So, can anyone explain to me why it takes twice as long for the elevator to come when I call it than it takes to travel between floors once I'm actually in the elevator?
If the elevator doesn't happen to be waiting at the second floor, which I assume it isn't, then it can only be at worse one floor away. I realize that nobody would splurge for an express elevator for a 3-story building, but this is ridiculous. I can press the button, run down the stairs to the first floor and back again, and still be back before the elevator arrives.
What happens when I press that button? Does it send an electric shock down to wake up the hedgehog that is secretly turning the crank that moves the elevator up and down? Does he have to scratch and groggily wipe his eyes before he can get to work?
I wonder what the firefighters would do...watch the building burn down while they waited for the elevator?
