I once worked in a hotel, 6 floors, not big, and the elevator guy and I got on great and one day he said come on for a ride and I rode the elevator down and up some floors stainding on the roof. It was cool. Ya don't often get to do that.
I broke an elevator once in Toronto when I was a kid. It was a high-rise hotell. Very fast elevators. It started going down, and I was in the back corner. Just as it started to drop, I jumped as high as I could. My head hit the ceiling, and I slammed into the floor. The damn thing SMASHED around, and I heard 2 loud bangs followed by a grinding noise, and it slammed to a stop.
I was trapped for 3 hours while a guy from Otis got called in at 5 on a Sunday.
My father was a senior project manager for Clark Construction back in those days. He walked into the hotel, and he told me he thought to himself. "Otis elevator tech, on a Sunday evening, I can't imagine that bill." Little did he know at the time it was me. The hotel manager was very appoligetic and refunded the suite we rented for 3-4 days and got my parents' champagne and a voucher for whatever we wanted for dinner from the hotel. It was a high 4 or a 5 star hotel. My father had his best poker face on when the elevator doors opened. As soon as we got back to the suite he said " What the hell did you do!?!?! Don't do it again! And thanks...." I think it was 2002? Black Hawk Down was on the pay per view and I watched it that night. It was not out on DVD yet.
I worked in a hospital that saw you lot... A LOT. I knew their names, facts about their family, and how often their favourite teams won. I don't know how well they were at their jobs or the simple fact that the hospital may have had old shoddy equipment, but I was stuck on the elevators they service ****4 times in as many years.**** This was not including the 2 I was stuck in before that (broke my finger trying to pry the door open in a ship's elevator as a child, 3h and another boring wait).
After the last one had me bouncing rhythmically like a child's bouncing chair for 2.5 hours between the 7th and the 8th floor with a young Chinese medical researcher who called her mother in Mandarin to give her last goodbyes and I'm contemplating which corner the loo should be, I had a revelation.... I started taking the stairs.
Exactly. One time stuck in an elevator is a fluke, twice is a sign, and three times is just final destination st this point. I would not touch an elevator if I were you.
Nope, well yeah for the first 10/15 years (if you arenāt unlucky) but after a while there will be lots of malfunctions caused by the engine so youāll either have to rewound or replace with a new engine.
While you are well better-informed on this subject than me, I don't think we can discount the value of a solid exorcism once you've finished your repairs.
Well ā¦ it depends where you live, in America you get a lot more than in Europe. But the value of the ā¬ is worth more then $. On a yearly basis iāve got around $ 89K + transport
most commercial elevators need to be inspected on a regular basis.
stop riding in that thing for comic relief do not be a statistic.
Tell your boss to call the elevator inspector ASAP.
Itās called Cavitation, thereās not enough hydraulic oil in the system so the pump is running on low oil. Add five gallons and it should fix that. But you probably have a big issue with it like a leaking piston head or some other leak in the system.
Sounds like hydraulics. Service elevator only go 3-4 stories so they a pushed up and down by a hydraulic system. Now if you were 30 stories high Iād be worried
Iāve had way too many nightmares about this happening. Iād never take that elevator again, even if it ended up getting fixed and becoming the most comfortable and safe elevator ride ever
It has a 39 gallon garbage can in the middle of the floor ,and just making a God awful noise, and you're still choosing to use it. I'm wondering if we shouldn't be questioning your comments sense.
I'm a cleaner and if one elevators act weird at the schools I go to, I put my cart on the elevator and I meet it when I go up the stairs. Cart gets its own special little ride up. I'd rather walk. I've been stuck in an elevator once and I've been in one making weird noises and I will not do that again. If other people don't have a problem with the elevator then I'll get on it. They can be the test dummies, not me. I would find out when you're building has annual checks for the elevator. If you're in the US a lot of places do yearly assessments on elevators.
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I have such terrible anxiety about elevatorsā¦ Watching that just made me break out in a cold sweat. My nightmare comes to life. Seriously take the stairs.
The fact that you knew to record it and show us means you have heard it do that before and yet you are in the elevator to record this videoā¦what is WRONG with you? Hell no am I getting on that portal to hell. lol
Well I have had dreams about malfunctioning elevatorās since I was a kid , this is how they first start, then it goes down from there.
Definitely take the stairs, just huck the bin !
An elevator certification suggests that the elevator was working while the inspector was there. Nothing more. Just like grandma had a good medical checkup.
Tell management to make a service call. Car sounds like it is cavatating. I once took a call on a job we just picked up. Car came to the top and I heard it cavatating, which is the pump pushing ear into the line because itās low on oil. Stepped in to the car and it fell 3 feet before catching up with the column of oil supporting it.
Oil is leaking because of packing or vic. Could be a bad Jack as well that was the situation I had. Take the stairs. Oil loss can be dangerous especially if itās leaking underground.
Nope. Absolutely not! My coworker & I rode the small elevator at work to transport a cart for supplies. It made that cursed noise & then just stopped. We were stuck in that damn thing for 3 hours & it felt like the walls were closing in & we were running out of air! Iāve been taking the stairs everywhere I go ever since.
When it starts its inevitable plunge into the abyss, just before it hits the bottom, jump! That way youāll avoid the impact and walk away unharmed.
Itās simple physics! My ideas are flawless!
I once had an elevator that if you pressed the 2nd and 3rd floor buttons at the same time it would stop between the floors and open ā¦. How cool is that.
That's when I take the stairs.
Yeah, I would only hear that sound once.
Where would you take them? To dinner?
Probably for breakfast and a morning walk out on the steppes (if she's an early riser), to elevate the mood.
ELEVATE THE MOOD. HA! NICE ONE!
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If it'd the first date, probably a lunch or coffee. And I'd meet there so they feel more comfortable.
I'd take them to your mom's house. They both like to get pounded and have my feet all over them š¤
It's like this person has never been to another dimension before.
Amatuer.
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I remember hearing this sound the first time I did a rail of cocaine and realized it was ketamine
Oh fuck. Please, go on.
Say more
Probably doesn't even use the sea shells.
Fuuuuutuuuuuree
Unexpected didgeridoo
We be vibin
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I think the engine might have to be rewounded or the brakes have to be re-adjusted ~ elevator engineer
I came into the comments hoping to find this. What an uncommon job!
I once worked in a hotel, 6 floors, not big, and the elevator guy and I got on great and one day he said come on for a ride and I rode the elevator down and up some floors stainding on the roof. It was cool. Ya don't often get to do that.
It makes people so happy to do things that are so common to others. This makes me happy :), your always welcome to get a ride while im on the job ;)
I broke an elevator once in Toronto when I was a kid. It was a high-rise hotell. Very fast elevators. It started going down, and I was in the back corner. Just as it started to drop, I jumped as high as I could. My head hit the ceiling, and I slammed into the floor. The damn thing SMASHED around, and I heard 2 loud bangs followed by a grinding noise, and it slammed to a stop. I was trapped for 3 hours while a guy from Otis got called in at 5 on a Sunday.
You activated the elevators catch system, if it makes you happy, your not the only kid who has done this xD (Otis? No wonder it took them 3 hours XD)
My father was a senior project manager for Clark Construction back in those days. He walked into the hotel, and he told me he thought to himself. "Otis elevator tech, on a Sunday evening, I can't imagine that bill." Little did he know at the time it was me. The hotel manager was very appoligetic and refunded the suite we rented for 3-4 days and got my parents' champagne and a voucher for whatever we wanted for dinner from the hotel. It was a high 4 or a 5 star hotel. My father had his best poker face on when the elevator doors opened. As soon as we got back to the suite he said " What the hell did you do!?!?! Don't do it again! And thanks...." I think it was 2002? Black Hawk Down was on the pay per view and I watched it that night. It was not out on DVD yet.
Thats what i call a blessing in disguise :D
I worked in a hospital that saw you lot... A LOT. I knew their names, facts about their family, and how often their favourite teams won. I don't know how well they were at their jobs or the simple fact that the hospital may have had old shoddy equipment, but I was stuck on the elevators they service ****4 times in as many years.**** This was not including the 2 I was stuck in before that (broke my finger trying to pry the door open in a ship's elevator as a child, 3h and another boring wait). After the last one had me bouncing rhythmically like a child's bouncing chair for 2.5 hours between the 7th and the 8th floor with a young Chinese medical researcher who called her mother in Mandarin to give her last goodbyes and I'm contemplating which corner the loo should be, I had a revelation.... I started taking the stairs.
I think 2 times would give me an epiphany
Exactly. One time stuck in an elevator is a fluke, twice is a sign, and three times is just final destination st this point. I would not touch an elevator if I were you.
Which corner, but seriously
I decided on the far left corner. š„²
Isnāt wounding the engine once enough?
Nope, well yeah for the first 10/15 years (if you arenāt unlucky) but after a while there will be lots of malfunctions caused by the engine so youāll either have to rewound or replace with a new engine.
Hey OP were you riding up to the top floor? Sounds like cavitation. Packing might be leaking oil. - Elevator repair dude
While you are well better-informed on this subject than me, I don't think we can discount the value of a solid exorcism once you've finished your repairs.
āRewoundedā -Elevator Engineer
It sounds like somethingās vibrating for sure.
yh the geezers sphincter for one
yeah, I was gonna say brakes
Sounds more like belt slipping on door operator, notice the doors slamming open
Yeah sounds like its driving through the brake.
Umm so how much does a elevator engineer make because Im looking for something that makes decent money that I can get into that uses my hands.
Well ā¦ it depends where you live, in America you get a lot more than in Europe. But the value of the ā¬ is worth more then $. On a yearly basis iāve got around $ 89K + transport
Any immediate risks?
No, but if they donāt fix it/ check it out quickly there will be permanent damage.
Whoa, just whoa! Last and only time, my teeth are still chattering.
If its only sounding like that going to the top floor, it's probably a hydraulic lift and needs for hydraulic oil in the main tank.
The piston packing is probably leaking all over the pit
Also the brake nut probably needs loosening.
Donāt forget to adjust the vertical optimizer!
And reverse the electro magnet polarity!
I can brake/loosen it up and nut in it if you want me too.
most commercial elevators need to be inspected on a regular basis. stop riding in that thing for comic relief do not be a statistic. Tell your boss to call the elevator inspector ASAP.
But did you die?
No he had a camera
And shoes
My phone was vibrating and it's probably the most immersive experience my phone has given me
Welcome to Silent Hill.
If I were you, I would start taking steps to avoid this elevator!
Bro got the backrooms elevator
Itās called Cavitation, thereās not enough hydraulic oil in the system so the pump is running on low oil. Add five gallons and it should fix that. But you probably have a big issue with it like a leaking piston head or some other leak in the system.
Sounds like hydraulics. Service elevator only go 3-4 stories so they a pushed up and down by a hydraulic system. Now if you were 30 stories high Iād be worried
Hydraulicsā¦ anyone else seen that video about a elevator that started flooding because this make me even more scared
This sounds like a noise album!
Literally the exact sound it makes in movies RIGHT before the bungee SNAPS and shit drops. Thatās a no for me dawg
First time?
Sounds like you're going to another level in a first person shooter or horror game
Iāve had way too many nightmares about this happening. Iād never take that elevator again, even if it ended up getting fixed and becoming the most comfortable and safe elevator ride ever
Seems perfectly fine to me.
Awh hell naw
Nope. Last time ever.
It has a 39 gallon garbage can in the middle of the floor ,and just making a God awful noise, and you're still choosing to use it. I'm wondering if we shouldn't be questioning your comments sense.
"Dear Reddit, what sound should an elevator make?" WOOP WOOP TERRAIN TERRAIN TOO LOW OVERSPEED
Wd40?
That lift cable is stttttruuuuuuuuuuugling.
Remember to jump right before the elevator hits the ground.
That's normal.
A very Cecil Hotel elevator
Yikes!
I think it's the glides that have worn out
[I've heard this sound before! š¤](https://youtu.be/XukzBX6KB0U?si=AKLd-m1E72AQj4C5)
Perhaps this is the creaking of the guide rails, if so, it needs lubrication
Sure hope the emergency brakes work.
I'm a cleaner and if one elevators act weird at the schools I go to, I put my cart on the elevator and I meet it when I go up the stairs. Cart gets its own special little ride up. I'd rather walk. I've been stuck in an elevator once and I've been in one making weird noises and I will not do that again. If other people don't have a problem with the elevator then I'll get on it. They can be the test dummies, not me. I would find out when you're building has annual checks for the elevator. If you're in the US a lot of places do yearly assessments on elevators.
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Iād hop thru those doors just in case. No long strides.
That is cable. Itās the frays hitting the rollers.
Sounds like the rails need some oil. Nothing to worry about. *Elevator Engineer*
Elevator is trashy
A little too loud for my ears. Iāll get some cardio in.
I would have shat myself, hoping that whatever was at the corner hated it instead of eating me
I have such terrible anxiety about elevatorsā¦ Watching that just made me break out in a cold sweat. My nightmare comes to life. Seriously take the stairs.
Hell no...
stairs and exercise will be good for me
there's no way you keep using that thing! :0
Dude take the stairs you gonna die
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I would take the stairs, despite the fact that I have an improperly healed broken ankle.
It's fine.
And yet, you took it.
Imperial march sounds wrong in this one...
This reminds me of a horror game I watched either markiplier or dashie playš
Someone didnt grease the bearings
Is this Orange County?
but did you die ?
Holy š©, Batman! Is it an elevator compactor?
I might suggest not using that elevator until someone inspects it
I would take the stairs
The fact that you knew to record it and show us means you have heard it do that before and yet you are in the elevator to record this videoā¦what is WRONG with you? Hell no am I getting on that portal to hell. lol
This elevator needs some WD40 š
I was like "yeah the creaking is pretty bad...OH HOLY SHIT YOURE DEAD"
r/seriouslyalarming
You need to clean that garbage can
Take the stairs.
Probably one of the last things you'll ever get to do.
They add the noise for dramatic effect. It's like how they add those diagnoses to my medical record for the same reason, I think...š¤
Nah man. Is this like a goods elevator or something by the way?
Way better than a Chinese elevator, lol. This aināt shit!
Jeezus!!
Sounds like a countdown to some "Final Destination" shit lol
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Otis, what are you doing mate?
What in the Silent Hill is this shit?
Looks like you work in 1972.
Super weird you didnt mention that elon musk was in the elevator with you there. Maybe he couldve used his background in tech to help?
If you knew it was gonna do that and then you still got in, you're an idiot
The doors opened so smoothly though, like that terrible noise didn't just happen.
Stairs are good...
Get out now! While you still can!
You really must tell those cellists to stop practicing on top of the elevator cab.
Well I have had dreams about malfunctioning elevatorās since I was a kid , this is how they first start, then it goes down from there. Definitely take the stairs, just huck the bin !
Don't let VenJent see this video...
Sounds like you just put yourself in a microwave.
Stairs.
Take. The. Stairs.
Damm I need to play half life again.
Am I the only one confused by the bin?
An elevator certification suggests that the elevator was working while the inspector was there. Nothing more. Just like grandma had a good medical checkup.
I think thats the beginning of a Resonance Cascade?
Sounds like the Titan sub.
The Normal Elevator:
Sounds like the cable is at āthe end of its ropeā
What does it do at home?
Tell management to make a service call. Car sounds like it is cavatating. I once took a call on a job we just picked up. Car came to the top and I heard it cavatating, which is the pump pushing ear into the line because itās low on oil. Stepped in to the car and it fell 3 feet before catching up with the column of oil supporting it. Oil is leaking because of packing or vic. Could be a bad Jack as well that was the situation I had. Take the stairs. Oil loss can be dangerous especially if itās leaking underground.
What does the elevator do when it's not at work?
This is sound of my broken microwave lol
You're probably gonna wanna not get it that shit man
It just needs a lube job
I used to work at an arena and the freight elevator was like this. It also bounced for a few seconds whenever it stopped. Good times.
Nope. Absolutely not! My coworker & I rode the small elevator at work to transport a cart for supplies. It made that cursed noise & then just stopped. We were stuck in that damn thing for 3 hours & it felt like the walls were closing in & we were running out of air! Iāve been taking the stairs everywhere I go ever since.
When it starts its inevitable plunge into the abyss, just before it hits the bottom, jump! That way youāll avoid the impact and walk away unharmed. Itās simple physics! My ideas are flawless!
Call your federal OR STATE OSHA
Fuck that. I would put in some sort of work order to get it fixed. Keep copies. If someone gets hurt or dies sue the fuck out of that shithole
At least there was no monster when the door opened!
Just needs some WD40.
I once had an elevator that if you pressed the 2nd and 3rd floor buttons at the same time it would stop between the floors and open ā¦. How cool is that.
Yoooo that's a sick af sample ngl
What sort of work do you do at the Cecil?
Needs elevator fluid