June 26th, 2012

Thanks for reminding me what to do when the elevator is out of order

Every few years, the building maintenance people have to perform tests on the elevators to ensure they meet safety regulations. And the real estate department sends out the usual notice informing the building occupants that the elevators in the building will be taken out of service at various times during the day. They were kind enough to include the following advice:

If an elevator is non-responsive and/or has out of order signage posted, please use another available elevator.

One of my colleagues sarcastically remarked, “Wow, thank goodness they sent that email. I’d have no idea what to do had I seen a non-responsive elevator with an ‘out of order’ sign posted on it.”

Author

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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