After boarding, we pressed the "1" button. The door began to close and got about three quarters of the way over. Then we heard the sound of metal scraping and catching as the door pleaded with itself to 'go ahead a close already'. The sinister door couldn't quite make it all the way to the closed position. We tried the "OPEN DOOR" button. And then the "CLOSE DOOR" option also. Then we waited. And tried again. We decide it is time for the red "EMERGENCY" button.
We politely ring it. Wait. Nothing. Ring more insistently. Wait. Nothing. Ring several more times. We notice that the permit for the elevator expired in the summer of 2007. We try the ancient rotary dial emergency phone without a dial tone. Nothing. Good thing I had my handy iphone with me. Google: San Ramon Community Center. Phone number appears.
Operator: Hello, you have reached the San Ramon Community Center. How may I help you?
Britt: Um, yes. I am at the SAN RAMON COMMUNITY CENTER. I am stuck in the elevator. You could help me get out.
Operator: Oh, my. We could hear the bell ringing, but thought it was just kids playing in the elevator. Oh, I am so sorry. We will be right there.
And if a jiffy some nice men pried the door open and set us free.
We took the stairs down.
6 comments:
i always wondered what people did in that situation. iphone to the rescue alright! whoever said technology was overrated was dead wrong!
thank goodness for iphones! wow... maybe i DO need one! :) so glad maren wasn't there!
So glad that it didn't get worse as i was thinking way ahead of myself. Thoughts of falling elevators...being stuck in an elevator for like three full days like that poor dude on u tube. Alas all was well thank freakin goodness!!!
Good thing you had your iphone. So, Maren loves roller coasters but is afraid of elevators.....interesting.
How funny! Were the girls FREAKING out?
yay! another reason to convince my husband I "need" and iphone.
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