Dull to most, but a terrifying nightmare for others.
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I was wearing my backpack, I had to back into the elevator as there wasn't really room to turn around inside
That's a no from me, dawg.
Absolutely fucking awful...the elevator, not you.
Elevators without an inner door are quite common in Sweden, but most elevators are bigger than this.
Amount of room was my issue... not the lack of door... tbh, I didn't even notice the lack of door
That's terrifying. I can imagine a strap hanging off like a backpack or something and getting caught in the gap as the elevator rises.
That's something that really fascinates me after moving here. Sweden has a lot of water wings on stuff compared to the US but the elevators feel like they were designed to cull the weakest
Did you die?
Not yet.
If you are still in there, I would have serious concerns over its destination.
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I love caving. Show me a hole in the ground and if I can fit in it, I'm going in.
I would take the stairs everyday instead of getting in that thing.
My stage name is The Ground
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Just realized: Does the cabin not have a door??
Then it would be not dull, but terrifying! 😳
Elevators without an inner door are quite common in Sweden.
They do have safety mechanisms to detect dangerous situations, but we have these fun signs on many of them...
⚠️
Risk of crushing
🧑💥
Dangerous to transport goods in elevators that lack an inner door or gate
(for anyone else that is curious what it says)
Also, I love the term "Klämrisk".
This is exactly what deliberate fake-Swedish would look like :-)
Be careful! There might be clams!
Had mainly to chuckle because it just looks like the enswedification of the German word "Klemmrisiko". :-)
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TIL
Probably less actual than felt risk, but still...
On the other hand, I am also slightly frightened by moving stairs.
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Looks like a coffin.
Kinda felt like one when riding it
Have you been in a coffin before?
Hasn't everyone?
Not yet.
Given your username, this is actually surprising.
is that a window or a cat flap?
I was heading down when I took the photo, it is a window
So everyone can just see your feet as you go floor to floor?
No, I was wearing shoes.
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I've been in an elevator like this once. It made a bunch of scary sounds and did that shit that a roller coaster sometimes does as it's going up a big slop where it feels like it slips a little bit. I used the stairs the rest of the time I was there.
How many floors high was it?
You sure you didn’t get into a dumbwaiter by mistake?
No, I am not.
That's why I always make waiters take an IQ test before I enter them!
Looks similar to the one in our previous building.
Just big enough to let the new dishwasher ride alone to our appartment, with practically no place to spare, so appr. 60x60cm².
Had a mirror on one wall, trying to make you feel slightly less claustrophobic. :-)
Had one of these at my university, fun to ride if just for the novelty
DO NOT WANT
Oh. This reminds me of the old elevator at a place I lived years ago, that only had an accordion gate to separate it from the moving walls. My guests were often saying it "looked like the elevators in Titanic".
I rode on one that size in Uzbekistan. We crammed 4 of us into it.. It did have a inner door which is better .
Luckily it was only like 5 floors so it didn't take long.
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