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Dropped my key down an elevator shaft

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Syringer

Lifer
I had rented a car while mine was in a transmission shop, and as I was going downstairs my room to return my manly Jetta to Enterprise, I was trying to attach the plastic tag that they have to label the car back to the original keychain.

In a moment of ultimate failure, just as the elevator opened, the key slips out of my hand, and falls down the crack in the elevator.

The building says I have to wait until tomorrow morning before they can do anything, and I'll probably be charged for having the car an extra day.

fffffuuuuuml.
 
We have a name for people like this in the rental car business. Another dumb customer. ^_^

Not the worst thing we've had. Somebody made a homemade slimjim to unlock a Cobalt they had locked the keys in. It got stuck, now we can't get it out.
 
good luck with that.

The bottom of elevator pits is usually pretty nasty, lots of hydro fluid and grease, sometimes standing water.
 
BUTCH1 said:
Not to mention urine and possibly other bodily fluids mixed in and possibly a rat or 2 as well..
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ewww that makes me wonder what is at the bottom of the hospital elevator shafts. Even in the basement when you look in the crack it's pitch black, so there's probably a big enough put under there. Every time I go in an elevator I think of the movie Speed lol.
 
mmntech said:
We have a name for people like this in the rental car business. Another dumb customer. ^_^

Not the worst thing we've had. Somebody made a homemade slimjim to unlock a Cobalt they had locked the keys in. It got stuck, now we can't get it out.
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That car should never be opened again anyways.
 
Back in college, we had a guy on our dorm floor who, after we all got on the elevator, was twirling his lanyard which had his room key. On the key chain was also a rabbit's foot. Another friend of ours attempted to snatch the keys and ended up knocking the keys down the crack. The only thing sticking out was the rabbit's foot. He yanked the rabbit's foot in an effort to get the key out and the rabbit's foot keychain broke off the lanyard. The keys fell down.

Not such a lucky rabbit's foot after all, was it? We gave him lots of crap for that.
 
MartyMcFly3 said:
Back in college, we had a guy on our dorm floor who, after we all got on the elevator, was twirling his lanyard which had his room key. On the key chain was also a rabbit's foot. Another friend of ours attempted to snatch the keys and ended up knocking the keys down the crack. The only thing sticking out was the rabbit's foot. He yanked the rabbit's foot in an effort to get the key out and the rabbit's foot keychain broke off the lanyard. The keys fell down.

Not such a lucky rabbit's foot after all, was it? We gave him lots of crap for that.
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Haha. I never understood people's fascination with carrying around a dead animal's limb. Seems kinda sadistic. 😱
 
Just got them back, luckily the elevator in our buildings are always breaking, so they had a maintenance person come by to fix that, as well as get my keys, win..otherwise it'd have been a $300 charge for emergency elevator maintenance.
 
Syringer said:
Just got them back, luckily the elevator in our buildings are always breaking, so they had a maintenance person come by to fix that, as well as get my keys, win..otherwise it'd have been a $300 charge for emergency elevator maintenance.
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were they covered in grease, feces and dead rat?
 
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Appropriate reaction.
 
Go to lowest floor, insert inspection key through hole in door, push doors open and climb down ladder on your left. Don't worry about the elevator car above you - the brakes are engaged whenever the doors are opened in this manner. Make sure you have a GOOD flashlight. Work quickly as you may stop someone above and they will be pushing the button ringing the emergency bell. Man those are annoying.

When you're done don't forget to click the doors together so the elevator resumes service. 😉
 
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