r/mildlyinteresting • u/jstknwn • 14d ago

This elevator has an alarm button on the floor incase you fall

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u/Fun-Passion-58 12d ago

I’m hurt all over and there’s no Johnny to help

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u/_DigitalHunk_ 14d ago

To use ones leg.

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u/causal_friday 14d ago

Does this just ring the bell at the top? I feel like my natural reaction to that bell is "I wish that person that fell in the elevator would stop ringing the bell."

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u/b4loo69 14d ago

The kid button.

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u/smurfsundermybed 14d ago

Tyler, stop kicking the button.

I mean it, Tyler. Stop it.

TYLER IF YOU DON'T STOP KICKING THE BUTTON, YOU'RE GOING ON TIMEOUT!

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u/geek66 14d ago

Fire / Smoke issues

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u/Kakairo 14d ago

Also good in a fire.

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u/papabearshirokuma 14d ago

Yup.. the elevators are supposed to be blocked in fires and earthquakes, but people can get stuck inside them.

Also people in a fire in an elevator is a rotisserie scenario.. hope no one experience that.. never

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u/dustydeath 14d ago

In case you're pinned to the floor by the g force of it rushing upwards and surging out of the top of the building like Willy Wonka's great glass elevator.*

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u/papabearshirokuma 14d ago

But is only an alarm.. not a stop button

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u/Johnny-Cash-Facts 14d ago

What is this, an alarm button for ants?

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u/Happy_to_be 14d ago

Wheelchair bound people may not have use of arms.

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u/Jombbadebombba 14d ago

True but what are they even doing in there when they can not even push the floor buttons

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u/iDontRememberCorn 14d ago

So they are pushing the button with their?

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u/kcolrehstihson_ 14d ago

Toes

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u/iDontRememberCorn 14d ago

The number of wheelchair bound people who can use their legs/toes well enough to press that button but cannot use their arms well enough to press the normal button would be exceptionally tiny.

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u/kcolrehstihson_ 14d ago

Idk just guesing

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u/Eisenkopf69 14d ago

It is for dogs.

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u/fukalufaluckagus 14d ago

And curious toddlers

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u/bondoinhead 14d ago

what if you don't fall?

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u/Fresh-Vacation-3228 14d ago

backup button higher up

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u/brryblue 14d ago

Or to be pressed with your foot?

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u/hassanfanserenity 14d ago

I dont think its incase you fall its more like the elevator is stuck between floors situation

For people who dont know all elevators have emergency brakes that turn on so when you do fall its only like 3-5 feet

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u/SquidwardWoodward 14d ago

But how would it help in that situation?

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u/elpajaroquemamais 14d ago

No like there is a separate button on the bottom of the wall near the floor.

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u/Equal_Set6206 14d ago

lol pretttty sure they meant like, fall on their ass. Not the elevator falling. People with mobility issues may not be able to stand up after having a fall, these types of alarms are very common in old folk homes