I like elevators. They always bring me up when im down.
this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2025
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Eh, sometimes they can be a real letdown.
This joke works on so many levels.
Isn't this pretty normal for a freight elevator?
Yes, very. I work in manufacturing and this is commonplace in so many places
Is this inJapan? I see this a lot in Japan. Especially at train stations that weren’t originally designed for elevators.
@aeronmelon This is in a building in a factory in Belgium. The elevator is from 2001, and I believe that's when the building was build. I don't really know why they chose to do this. The right door does lead directly outside on the ground floor. That can be handy for bring in materials. The other floors have the door go directly in the big warehouse room. The left wall would have the stairwell behind it. Going directly from outside to warehouse floor does sound like a plausible explanation.
This building has one too: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=50.114128&mlon=8.679910#map=19%2F50.114128%2F8.679910
... the yellow guardrails ... didn't need to be yellow, did they? Stainless steel, at least in parts of the shaft that's gonna get rubbed hard ... would bring down maintenance and improve looks.
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But how else will gamers know that they can climb up the guardrail?
Very true, too many ppl would get stuck.
I assume if I stay still for a while there is a visible hint pointing to one of the climbable guardrails?
There is one in Brno at the main bus station
Dammit I was on this elevator last month, it was fast and smooth and really well balanced. Like, you barely noticed when it started moving. Wasn't janky in the slightest. The thing was so well maintained I wanted to call the shop and put in a customer appreciation note or something, but now I can't remember where (approx. 750 miles away) it was. I also kind of wanted them to service some of our elevators out here because they're shit.
@abovearth @mildlyinteresting I've ssen one in a metro in Japan, I do not remember wether it was Tokyo, Kyoto or Osaka
And here I thought the elevators with door on opposite sides of each other that I've seen at hospitals were unique.
Although, judging from the picture, they seem to be NOT at a 90° angle.
Would personally classify this as "mildly infuriating" ;-)
I think that’s the wide angle lens causing a distortion, they do look like they’re at 90°
Look at the weird dimensions of the light above
l think you are right... Damn fisheye effect!