Dumb Rhetorical Question of the Day

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

This bothers me for some reason:

If you look at an elevator in a 2-story building, you'll see the usual buttons plus a button for floor 1 and floor 2. This is ridiculous. They don't need two buttons for the floors! If there's only two floors, the ONLY floor you can possibly travel to, regardless of which floor you start on, is the "other" floor. If you're on floor 1, you either travel to floor 2 or you get out where you got on. Instead of having a button for each floor, they should just have one button labelled "OTHER FLOOR". If you want to exit the same floor you started on, you have the DOOR OPEN button. Why do they offer individual floor buttons? It's pointless if there's two floors!

 

[CPA]

Probably because it makes simple sense.

 

[Frosty3799]

'1' and '2' are less text to put on a button than 'other floor'

and evereyone knows how to operate an elevator, so why throw them off by changing the design?

 

[Tu13erhead]

EDIT: Wait, that doesn't make sense. I'm an idiot.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Originally posted by: Frosty3799
'1' and '2' are less text to put on a button than 'other floor'

and evereyone knows how to operate an elevator, so why throw them off by changing the design?

Yea, its less text but they have to wire in and program two buttons vs. one. Plus you don't have to stop and think, "what floor am I on" and then push the button for the other floor. You would just get into the elevator and push "the button".

 

[fawhfe]

What if theres like a roof floor that only maintenance can access (we have an elevator like this in our Engineering building). What happens when the maintenance guy wants to go back down and presses the other floor button!?!!

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Don't the maintenance people have a key or something that "overrides" the buttons? Otherwise... if the elevator services more than 2 floors... then yeah it should have other buttons like in your case.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: fawhfe
What if theres like a roof floor that only maintenance can access (we have an elevator like this in our Engineering building). What happens when the maintenance guy wants to go back down and presses the other floor button!?!!

They have to put in a key to access those floors, so it's not a problem. Key+single button=roof access.

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead

Originally posted by: Frosty3799
'1' and '2' are less text to put on a button than 'other floor'

and evereyone knows how to operate an elevator, so why throw them off by changing the design?

Yea, its less text but they have to wire in and program two buttons vs. one. Plus you don't have to stop and think, "what floor am I on" and then push the button for the other floor. You would just get into the elevator and push "the button".

It is because people would get confused and you would have to rewrite the low level program to take care of that specific case. Why not just use what is already available for cheaper?

Acutally there would be no need for another button in the first place. They could just use the same buttons and rewire it to just activate the elevator to move up and down.

 

[Argo]

You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

 

[Amused]

Maybe because elevator button boards/control panels are standardized and it's just easier and cheaper to make it that way?

 

[dug777]

How the ****** you came up with this thread beats me

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

ADA

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

Haha. I thought that's what this thread was going to be about.

 

[Syrch]

i agree with this, it annoys me aswell

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: Amused
Maybe because elevator button boards/control panels are standardized and it's just easier and cheaper to make it that way?

It's probably the same panel for all buildings, and they just punch the number of holes in it they need, because even in two different two story buildings they might need 3, 4, or 5 buttons.

There are extra buttons for fire alarm, call for help, roof access, etc. Some buildings may not need the "call" button because it's wired to the phone. Pick up the phone and it calls. Others have a built-in speaker that requires a seperate button.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

People in wheelchairs, for starters. The elderly. Parents with kids in strollers. People who need to move A/V carts from one floor to the other.

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

People in wheelchairs, for starters. The elderly. Parents with kids in strollers. People who need to move A/V carts from one floor to the other.

That is what I thought of. Wheelchairs or people moving large and/or heavy stuff.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

People in wheelchairs, for starters. The elderly. Parents with kids in strollers. People who need to move A/V carts from one floor to the other.

Shhhh... you're ruining his half-assed rant about the lazy with your silly "facts," "logic," and "common sense."

 

[MattCo]

Actually, why do they need a button at all? After the doors close, it should just move to the other floor automatically with no interaction.

-MC

Edit: Why would you want to get out on the same floor that you got in on? If you are that scatterbrained, you should have to ride the elevator for additional time to keep you from screwing up anything else.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

People in wheelchairs, for starters. The elderly. Parents with kids in strollers. People who need to move A/V carts from one floor to the other.

Shhhh... you're ruining his half-assed rant about the lazy with your silly "facts," "logic," and "common sense."

ROFL! I'll try to watch myself in the future.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

I don't have any legs jackass.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

People in wheelchairs, for starters. The elderly. Parents with kids in strollers. People who need to move A/V carts from one floor to the other.

Shhhh... you're ruining his half-assed rant about the lazy with your silly "facts," "logic," and "common sense."

Those are valid reasons to have an elevator, but I work on the second floor of a 2 story building and I don't know of anyone other than me and my wife who take the stairs, even though the elevator is slower. People are lazy.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

it's called the ADA, dumb@ss

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Argo
You guys are all answering this question without realizing there's a much bigger problem hidden behind all this. WHO THE FVCK NEEDS AN ELEVATOR IN A 2 STORY BUILDING? Are we that freaking lazy?

People in wheelchairs, for starters. The elderly. Parents with kids in strollers. People who need to move A/V carts from one floor to the other.

Shhhh... you're ruining his half-assed rant about the lazy with your silly "facts," "logic," and "common sense."

Those are valid reasons to have an elevator, but I work on the second floor of a 2 story building and I don't know of anyone other than me and my wife who take the stairs, even though the elevator is slower. People are lazy.

I work in a 2-story building as well, and the only people I've ever seen use the elevators are the disabled, the maintenance crews moving equipment around, and one rather large lady carring lunch for her entire department (I hope!) Of course, there are open flights of stairs every 100ft or so, unlike some buildings that place stairs in dark recesses of the building.

Do you work at Dunkin Donuts Corporate headquarters, by any chance?