The unfortunate thing about working in a tall office building is that you have to ride in the elevator. And in the elevator, when somebody wants to have a conversation, it’s impossible not to hear it, because you’re already standing right on top of the person.
Anyway, this conversation just transpired between two ladies:
Lady 1: I don’t like to go in that bedroom during the the morning, because it gets really hot.
Lady 2: Oh, does the window in there face east?
Lady 1: No, I think it faces south during the morning.
Lady 2: Oh.
In our building, you have no choice but to use the elevator.
Once you are in the stairwells, you cannot re-enter any of the floors.
Security, I assume, so no one will fly the building into an airplane.
(But I think they were like that before 7/11.)
Yeah, same for my building, but it still pisses me off. Those companies that have two consecutive floors should have stairs between the two. I have heard of companies doing that.
And given the current electric load curtailment program they’ve turned half of the elevators off. It can take more than ten minutes to get where I’m going now.
If you can’t take the stairs one floor, you really need to start using the stairs.
I’m glad I don’t work in a tall office building. My big concern would be getting stuck with someone coming back from lunch who had just downed three jumbo burritos and is in the process of digesting it and emitting flatulence. How often do you have to deal with this sort of olfactory nuisance on long elevator rides?
In multi-office buildings with a limited security staff, it is reasonable to keep those doors locked. I was a network administrator and often worked alone late at night. I would not have been very comfortable with an unlocked door between my company’s floor and other floors.
At least some buildings will allow card readers on the doors in the to allow access between floors. The company i wasworking for had them in the Boston office, but not New Haven. Sometimes it’s simply a budget issue.
I’ve dropped the bomb on an elevator, right before the door opened for some unsuspecting newcomers to board. So I just hopped off on that floor and left them to enjoy their ride.
As far as the stairwells being locked, it’s usually the law. If the building catches fire, the fire dept doesn’t want people coming back in. You go into the stairwell and walk to the ground and outside. It’s for your safety, not your convienence.
