Were people really that stupid?
2007-10-03 01:19:29 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
the manual "elevators for dummies" was not published until the 70s
2007-10-03 01:23:12 · answer #1 · answered by Angel Girl 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Until the sixties elevators were operated by hand. you moved a lever for up or down, the skill came in at stopping for a floor. Making the car floor line up perfectly with the building floor and doing it seamlessly every time was the sign of a skilled operator. Eventually automation advanced and by the mere push of a button you went to the floor you desired and sensors stopped the elevator at the proper position.
People weren't stupid, it was a skilled position. Eventually the elevator boy knew you by name and floor. It was a courtesy gone from life today.
2007-10-03 01:29:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those were older elevators that required operators to run them since they were not automatic like they are now.
2007-10-03 02:01:12 · answer #3 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mankind was not advanced enough, except for the specially trained operators, to figure out that the numbered buttons correspond to what floor you want to go to
thank goodness for those elevator operators otherwise who knows how far back in the evolutionary process we would be
2007-10-03 01:22:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was just a thing that hotels and expensive places did for their customers.
"Oh Martha...we're too good to punch a button on the elevator. I sure wish this beautiful hotel had a person to do such thing for us. Oh my...what a wonderful surprise. There is one!"
2007-10-03 01:29:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
THAT went out of vogue when it was discovered
how much more fashionable it is to instead
have Tech Support's 800 numbers posted.
2007-10-03 01:30:27 · answer #6 · answered by rockman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the operators wanted cash
2007-10-03 01:22:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So that someone got to say "first floor, men's apparel... second floor, ladies' underwear...."
Because before they had buttons set for each floor, it was more complicated than just pressing a button.
2007-10-03 01:28:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
now i am learning this :)
u r like wikipedia 4 me :)
2007-10-03 01:24:42 · answer #9 · answered by Tekuari 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that it was just common courtesy, to make the hotel or restaurant or casino, etc look better. thats all it was.
2007-10-03 01:24:35 · answer #10 · answered by xvcv 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋