OFFICIAL in a lift line thread

Pat.t

Pat.t

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This thread is dedicated to chit chat while in lift lines.

Yes this thread was created in a lift line
 
I'm queuing for a lift, and by lift I mean elevator. Damned university, shutting the paternoster (best invention ever) at weekends and only putting in two normal lifts in a 17 storey building.
 
Im in a lift line right now.

Its dark. I dont think the lift is running anymore. I hope its not broken. There's no one down here, so I'm guessing the issue is at the top. There's no one else in line with me, so I'm super stoked about the fresh tracks I'll get all to myself when they get this bitch up and running.

I keep hearing shit in the trees. I've called out a couple times because I'm nervous its ski patrol just waiting for me to blaze up. They haven't responded, so I'm not touching my pipe.

Damn. Whats taking so long.
 
13334784:CaptainObvious. said:
Im in a lift line right now.

Its dark. I dont think the lift is running anymore. I hope its not broken. There's no one down here, so I'm guessing the issue is at the top. There's no one else in line with me, so I'm super stoked about the fresh tracks I'll get all to myself when they get this bitch up and running.

I keep hearing shit in the trees. I've called out a couple times because I'm nervous its ski patrol just waiting for me to blaze up. They haven't responded, so I'm not touching my pipe.

Damn. Whats taking so long.
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The suspense is killing me. This looks like a good setting for Frozen 2. Wolves attack captain obvious.
 
13334784:CaptainObvious. said:
Im in a lift line right now.

Its dark. I dont think the lift is running anymore. I hope its not broken. There's no one down here, so I'm guessing the issue is at the top. There's no one else in line with me, so I'm super stoked about the fresh tracks I'll get all to myself when they get this bitch up and running.

I keep hearing shit in the trees. I've called out a couple times because I'm nervous its ski patrol just waiting for me to blaze up. They haven't responded, so I'm not touching my pipe.

Damn. Whats taking so long.
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I'm picturing someone actually standing in full gear at the bottom of a lift in the middle of the night just getting way too stoked to ride a lift that's been closed for hours... and it's absolutely hilarious. +k to you
 
I was in the lift line with this creepy gaper and he kept on looking at me like I'm from another planet so i asked him what's wrong and he started singing YMCA then cut the whole line.
 
13334350:*DUMBCAN* said:
I'm queuing for a lift, and by lift I mean elevator. Damned university, shutting the paternoster (best invention ever) at weekends and only putting in two normal lifts in a 17 storey building.
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just googled paternoster, seems like a super sketchy way to get around
 
13335424:Peter. said:
just googled paternoster, seems like a super sketchy way to get around
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That's exactly right, it's sketchy as fuck and half the university is scared of it. Also it has an annoying habit of stopping, that's why you shouldn't ride it through the turns at the top and bottom.

It has massive advantages compared to normal elevators though. Say you have 100 people, each needing to get from the ground floor to any of the other 17 floors. Then, you also have 100 people who want to get from the other 17 floors to the ground. This was a test the university actually did, it took the paternoster around 20 minutes and the two elevators well over three hours.

Image for those who don't know what I'm talking about:

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Basically one of those carriages goes up and the other comes down, they never stop unless one of the many safety mechanisms gets tripped. Just in case some of you are wondering: the step onto the capsule is hinged so you can't trap your toes in it, but if you trip this the whole thing stops. Basically you have to be competent to use it, which is why Americans don't have them (it actually is, but for less sarcastic reasons).
 
13335574:*DUMBCAN* said:
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Two things I forgot to mention: this photo is our one. Other thing: it takes roughly 8 minutes to ride all the way round, and by that I mean from ground floor -> top floor -> through the top where it turns round -> basement -> through the bottom -> back to ground. The paternoster challenge is to drink a whole bottle of wine in that time without getting caught. The latter part of that is easy, because your compartment is hidden between floors, which is at least half the time. I must admit I am yet, in two and a half years of opportunity, to complete the former part.
 
13335016:FaisalHassani said:
I was in the lift line with this creepy gaper and he kept on looking at me like I'm from another planet so i asked him what's wrong and he started singing YMCA then cut the whole line.
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alpha
 
I had a lift line stop because some young girl tried to get into the chair that seats 4, but she was number 5. So the entire lift stopped for like a minute because of her. It was an offense that carried the penalty of death. Anyway some guy yelled "This is why we can't have nice things" and I had a chuckle.
 
13338961:freestyler540 said:
I hate it when you are riding alone, wanting to socialize, and the guy (or girl) refuses to share a chair with you.
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I'd rather ride a chair alone than with some dude if its a chick than its okay, I just prefer to take in all the nature and beauty thinking about life and space.
 
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