Love in an elevator
I am a fairly technically savvy individual. Actually, my wife used to call me high techno-weenie. I used to love gadgets. Now, I am not as amused. But today was different. I jumped into the new and improved elevator. An elevator impressed me. It wasn’t the swooshing of the doors as they permitted me to move to my 3 floor office, no, it was much better.
It was a television screen. This television screen was attached to the front left corner of the elevator. I didn’t notice it at first because I was noticing the putrid color of the new carpeting. At first I thought, “How much time do they think I am going to be in here?” But when my eyes finally met the screen telling me it was currently 30 degrees outside, all of the blood rushed out of my head and toward my middle section.
I press the new 3 button and move to the back of the car as others begin to pile into the moving platform. Wow, the temperature tomorrow will be 32 degrees and 40 on Thursday! Woohoo! This little bit of news was fabulous news.
The elevator dings and I have safely arrived to the third floor…my floor…but the screen just changed. This is not right. If my office was on the 11th floor, I would be able to see MUCH more of the news and weather offered from this incredible device. So, I stood there. Nobody exited and someone did not hop on board. Of course I made the comment; I guess these “new” elevators are experiencing technical difficulties. So, I ride the elevator to the ninth floor and exit. In that time, I find out that Disney bought Pixar for $7.4 million and Daimler Chrysler will be adding 6,000 people to the unemployment line.
But was that all of it? Could my thirst be quenched by just those three tidbits of fact? No! I have to know MORE! Back onto the elevator I go selecting the lobby button. I notice that this elevator is back at the Pixar news flash. This is wonderful! I ride the elevator down, back up to the top, and down, and up, and down again until I notice the same news is being displayed again.
There were people entering and exiting, disrupting my view of the valuable information being displayed on the screen…Ooh, Fidelity Investments have the best track record…rats…that’s a commercial. Incredibly, it ended up being about 25 different news and commercial screens. I learned so much.
But are they all this way? My elevator bank is only 11 floors, what about the elevators that have to go to the 38th floor? Do they have more news because of the longer trip? I have to know. So, onto the higher floor elevators I go. I think it is much easier to get on these elevators as nobody will notice me riding the elevators because I don’t work in this elevator bank. What do you think I discovered? They are the same. This is great! They have a longer ride with the same amount of news. That means our elevator bank has the best value! I always like it when I get a deal…that was free…to me.
This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). Take a ride. Yes, I spent 30 minutes of my really crappy work day riding up and down in the elevators, experimenting, and trying to pull a Rainman on the little televisions, but I had FUN. Try to have fun in your work day. If you don’t have a wonderfully modern elevator, use your chair and computer screen
It was a television screen. This television screen was attached to the front left corner of the elevator. I didn’t notice it at first because I was noticing the putrid color of the new carpeting. At first I thought, “How much time do they think I am going to be in here?” But when my eyes finally met the screen telling me it was currently 30 degrees outside, all of the blood rushed out of my head and toward my middle section.
I press the new 3 button and move to the back of the car as others begin to pile into the moving platform. Wow, the temperature tomorrow will be 32 degrees and 40 on Thursday! Woohoo! This little bit of news was fabulous news.
The elevator dings and I have safely arrived to the third floor…my floor…but the screen just changed. This is not right. If my office was on the 11th floor, I would be able to see MUCH more of the news and weather offered from this incredible device. So, I stood there. Nobody exited and someone did not hop on board. Of course I made the comment; I guess these “new” elevators are experiencing technical difficulties. So, I ride the elevator to the ninth floor and exit. In that time, I find out that Disney bought Pixar for $7.4 million and Daimler Chrysler will be adding 6,000 people to the unemployment line.
But was that all of it? Could my thirst be quenched by just those three tidbits of fact? No! I have to know MORE! Back onto the elevator I go selecting the lobby button. I notice that this elevator is back at the Pixar news flash. This is wonderful! I ride the elevator down, back up to the top, and down, and up, and down again until I notice the same news is being displayed again.
There were people entering and exiting, disrupting my view of the valuable information being displayed on the screen…Ooh, Fidelity Investments have the best track record…rats…that’s a commercial. Incredibly, it ended up being about 25 different news and commercial screens. I learned so much.
But are they all this way? My elevator bank is only 11 floors, what about the elevators that have to go to the 38th floor? Do they have more news because of the longer trip? I have to know. So, onto the higher floor elevators I go. I think it is much easier to get on these elevators as nobody will notice me riding the elevators because I don’t work in this elevator bank. What do you think I discovered? They are the same. This is great! They have a longer ride with the same amount of news. That means our elevator bank has the best value! I always like it when I get a deal…that was free…to me.
This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). Take a ride. Yes, I spent 30 minutes of my really crappy work day riding up and down in the elevators, experimenting, and trying to pull a Rainman on the little televisions, but I had FUN. Try to have fun in your work day. If you don’t have a wonderfully modern elevator, use your chair and computer screen
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