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Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by jacobolus on Saturday August 18, 2018 @01:21PM (#17789493)
No, like the creator of the Anno Domini system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero, American elevator labelers do not believe in “unnatural” numbers < 1. Below the “first floor” they jump straight to B1.
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Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by js2 on Saturday August 18, 2018 @01:30PM (#17789537)
Some US buildings also skip the 13th floor. Does the UK share this superstition?
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Re:A Nerd’s Way to Walk Up the Stairs (2011) by Symbiote on Saturday August 18, 2018 @01:59PM (#17789665)
Occasionally, in buildings designed for American businesses, like some of the large bank buildings.
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