Elevators - Hackdot

Re:Elevators by perpetuallunch on Saturday August 01, 2026 @02:42AM (#49131749)

Or, the building / owners corp / code / city could simply ban short stay accommodation where it was never attended.

I would not want to be in that building if an evacuation alarm sounded.

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Re:Elevators by CGamesPlay on Saturday August 01, 2026 @04:11AM (#49132246)

> I would not want to be in that building if an evacuation alarm sounded.

You shouldn't be taking the elevator if you heard an evacuation alarm, but to be sure, you don't want to be an any 60-story building when you hear that alarm.

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Re:Elevators by perpetuallunch on Sunday August 02, 2026 @12:18AM (#49141051)

Yes, I realise this.

But if the lifts aren’t coping with the foot traffic during normal operation, I’d also not want to have to use stairs.

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Re:Elevators by userbinator on Saturday August 01, 2026 @03:57AM (#49132159)

I would not want to be in that building if an evacuation alarm sounded.

You are not supposed to use the elevator in emergencies.

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Re:Elevators by perpetuallunch on Sunday August 02, 2026 @03:17AM (#49141934)

No! Surely not? Where did you read that?

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Re:Elevators by matkoniecz on Saturday August 01, 2026 @03:17AM (#49131929)

> I would not want to be in that building if an evacuation alarm sounded.

why short term/long term stay would matter here?

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Re:Elevators by perpetuallunch on Saturday August 01, 2026 @03:38PM (#49137663)

Because short term stays put more load on the building systems, like the lifts, than perhaps the building was designed for.

Regular tenants don’t come and go at anywhere near the rate short stay guests do.

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Re:Elevators by matkoniecz on Monday August 03, 2026 @05:27PM (#49161670)

why it would matter during evacuation when everyone leaves?

(tourists would be more likely to be outside anyway, so actually it sounds like better case)

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