2007-02-04 14:36:48 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
after 5 mins? 20 mins? an hour??
2007-02-04 14:37:04 · update #1
I would call the emergency number.
2007-02-04 14:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by Tony M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It actually happened to me when I was about thirteen. I was the only one in there and it got stuck between floors in a hotel. Being so young, I didn't know much, so I was convinced that it was like a bank vault or something and that I would run out of air after a while.
I shouted "Hey" over and over for just a few minutes. Someone heard me and shouted back asking what was wrong and I told him I was stuck. He said "Okay" and then evidently took care of the problem because just a short time later the elevator was moving again.
When it arrived on my floor and I exited, there was no one there, so I just returned to my room.
Since I thought that fire fighters would have to rescue me, it was a very anti-climactic ending.
2007-02-04 22:45:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If? Oh no.
I was about 7 years old when I decided to accompany my mom and my uncle to see my sick aunt at the hospital one afternoon, little did I know half way down the floors, our elevator would get stuck for 1.5 hours! It was a frightening experience. I grew up claustrophobic and developed a fear of elevators. Fortunately I got rid of my fears not too long ago.
2007-02-04 22:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by GlitzNGlam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok that is literally my worst nightmare since I haven't taken an elevator in over 5 years. I think in the beginning I would totally freak out & pray I had my cell phone with me. Call 911 & while waiting for help, call someone who could help keep me calm. But seriously, if it started getting really long ... I don't even know. I would definitely go back to FLIPPING OUT. I'd prob try to climb out the top like Mission Impossible style! LOL
2007-02-04 22:40:15 · answer #4 · answered by momstheword78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is one of my worst fears. I always check to make sure I have a cell phone with me if I get on an elevator alone, and I will take stairs before taking a crowded elevator.
I'd probably just sit there and panic until I got help, but if it ever really happened, I'd probably get lots of exercise walking stairs afterward.
2007-02-04 22:40:28 · answer #5 · answered by someone's mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kively Papajohn of Cyprus spent SIX days trapped in an elevator. She survived on her groceries.
Closer to home, a Chinese deliveryman survived for three days in a NYC elevator without food or water in 2005.
2007-02-04 22:39:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was stuck in an elevator. I had a panic attack. I felt like I was going to die. It was like a heart attack. I breathed in and out like I learned in LaMaze and closed my eyes and thought of my favorite place in the world, the Carribbean.
Good luck finding out how you would deal with it. I walk now. I don't care how many flights of steps. There is no building above 20 flights in my area.
2007-02-04 22:39:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would panic the first five minutes of being stuck. I prefer to use the stairs, but sometimes if I don't have a choice, I'll use the elevator.
2007-02-04 22:39:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well after 5 mins wonder what happen ....20 mins get a bit concern
a hour be bored and start talking to myself and hope someone would get me the hell out of there before i start yelling at the top of my lungs ...HELPPPP
2007-02-04 22:47:27 · answer #9 · answered by angelheart 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the phone in the elevator to get the elevator contractor out to get me out of the elevator.
2007-02-04 22:40:18 · answer #10 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to call. Use the flashlight to read a book or magazine (sometimes l carry one). Plan my activities for the coming week.
Tap on the wall using the Morse Code if it gets more desperate.
2007-02-04 22:43:24 · answer #11 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋