Who the fck designed this?
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I had a dr's appointment at the local hospital and got in the elevator and went to push the button to get to my floor as we all have done for the last 100 + years and ..and NO button? Not a single one. Then, while I was standing there perplexed, the elevator went to a floor I didn't ask for where the person said -- oh there is a touchpad screen down in the lobby and that's where you choose your floor (outside the elevator).
Which made me ride the elevator back down to the lobby and get out of the elevator, figure out the non-intuitive screen and get back in. Hoping my data entry worked.
It is very weird to be in an enclosed steel box without any controls! Talking about feeling claustrophobic and at the mercy of robots. You can't switch floors if you made a mistake or changed your mind where you wanted to go. You can't hold the door open for someone. You can't close it quickly. I didn't even see an emergency button, but you gotta figure they have to have one.
A prime example of something that didn't need fixing. And they made it worse.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: TommyGutt
Its getting weird.. Alan go
Its getting weird.. Alan go pro
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: TommyGutt
Its getting weird.. Alan go
But yeah wtff
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> A prime example of
> A prime example of something that didn't need fixing. And they made it worse.
And they'll probably make bank peddling it as the next big thing. Google sez there are about a million elevators in the US.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance HTT Newberry
>>>to be in an enclosed steel
>>>to be in an enclosed steel box without any controls<<<
You made this whole story up just to ruin my day, didn't you?
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creepy
creepy
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
So the touchpad is awkwardly
So the touchpad is awkwardly centered between the 2 elevators and the interface is not intuitive, so people poke at it and then mill about waiting in a hallway without the usual visual cues we are conditioned to see around elevators - ideally a clock-like mechanical arm pointing to numbers, or lights, or flashing arrows, etc. So everyone is slightly confused even before any elevator arrives. Doors open at random and then you spot the little tiny arrow on the touchpad that tells you which elevator to get in to. Hmmmmmmm. Since it is s a computer screen and not a built in wall lamp directing you, it somehow feels more sinister.
Then when you are in it, you are just hoping your input registered. The consensus of everyone sharing the button-less space is: this is fucking weird and this change is unnecessary -- especially in a hospital when people don't need more confusion in, and less control of, their lives. Another brief moment of shared bewilderment and slight misery knowing shit is changing and no one asked us beforehand if we were ok with it all.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: rich harrow’d
control
control
https://youtu.be/LH8xbDGv7oY
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: jazfish
Thanks for the heads up. I
Thanks for the heads up. I haven't noticed. Do elevators still have phones?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: reverend
Stairs are less confusing.
Stairs are under-appreciated.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Zzzzzz
I imagine it's a lot cheaper
I imagine it's a lot cheaper to fix a stand alone board than one in an elevator. We have one at my dentist and i actually don't mind it. If the elevator's full then you don't have to ask or jostle. And then it's organizing different elevators for efficiency and speed. I prefer it.
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..and NO button?
..and NO button?
Welcome to the 21st century
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: DZ
"lotta buttons to push in
"lotta buttons to push in this modern world"
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MikePA
See this all over the place
See this all over the place as i go into Office buildings and hotels all over the world. You tell the touch pad outside the elevator what floor and it tells you what elevator ti get into. There are small LED on the inside on the door jam that will indicate to which floors the elevator you are on are going. its creepy and at first disconcerting but after a while it makes sense
the sell is that you have less wait times for an elevator
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
Why do I think they will soon
Why do I think they will soon be showing us commercials while we wait, like they do at gas pumps?
Probably just another way to sell advertising -- probably connected to our data collection devices (cellphones), i.e., you are on your way to the dentist and automatically see commercials for Colgate.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
After working for my AI boss,
After working for my AI boss, I got out of my driverless car, the doors automatically opened, the button-less elevator read my text reminder for my appointment and whisked my to the 4th floor, where the digital dentist scanned and cleaned my teeth, on the way out my credit card was radio-frequency scanned and my bank account was auto-debited, and I went home and kissed my robot wife who defrosted a thc infused chicken pot pie and I contently ate it, pondering when is the last time I talked to a fellow human? I can't remember...
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
"commercials while we wait,
"commercials while we wait, like they do at gas pumps?"
On Chevron pumps, you hit the second button down on the right side. Shuts off the commercials/noise coming from pump.
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I've definitely seen ads on
I've definitely seen ads on elevators
If you haven't - it's coming.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
At the Chevron where I buy
At the Chevron where I buy gas, as soon as the gas starts flowing I get back in the car until it's done. Why stand there breathing hydrocarbons? I don't think there are any commercials, but if there were I wouldn't see or hear them.
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You never wash your
You never wash your windshield or check your oil?
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You can pump your own in
You can pump your own gas in Oregon now?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Def. High
>>>>>You never wash your
>>>>>You never wash your windshield or check your oil?
I do that at home. The ww fluid at the gas station is usually pretty dirty, and you don't get an accurate oil level when the engine has just been running.
>>>>>You can pump your own gas in Oregon now?
Yes you can, for a couple of years now. They are required to have a full service lane as well.
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Mr Otis rolling in his grave
Mr Otis rolling in his grave
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
Count me out as well!
Count me out as well!
Imagine being a kid and not getting to push the floor you're going to if you're with your family? Or press all of them if you're not with your family!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
So in a termporary fit of
So in a termporary fit of curioisity I just googled "Why elevators have no buttons" and lo and behold....it is a thing. In bro culture.
Apparently I am behind the times and things like this take 6 months to percolate up to old guy culture.
(This must be some kind of AI generated magazine beacuse this picture makes no sense -- is that the same guy?, who is the guy in the middle?, why are there buttons?)
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> Apparently I am behind the
> Apparently I am behind the times
I'm finding that's the way to be anymore because the times are so seriously fucked.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: It's me Dave open up!
In a similar fit of curiosity
In a similar fit of curiosity we came upon this alternate version (with no buttons):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster_lift
A paternoster lift is a passenger elevator, consisting of a chain of open compartments, each usually designed for two people, that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can step on or off at any floor they like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoCQ6tq5wJE
Of course, like most Deadheads, the guy in the YouTube video doesn't get off when told to at the basement, just to see what happens.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
I just had a Cheech and Chong
I just had a Cheech and Chong type thought:
What if the people stayed still and the building rotated and you got on and got off when your floor returned to street level?
That'd be far out....
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https://www.walnutgrovecast
https://www.walnutgrovecast.com/charles-ingalls-takes-many-risks-but-dra...
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Elevator to Hell
Elevator to Hell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dORiPydHNrE
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Phil & Friends
Phil & Friends (Phil, Molo, Steve Molitz, Barry Sless, and Jackie Greene)
The Elevator
12/31/2008
https://archive.org/details/paf2008-12-31.balcony.neumann140eq.96813.fla...