Cory DoctorowImpatience wrought in stainless steel
Nick Martin@pluralistic My favorite factoid is that those buttons are generally not even wired to anything, or if they are, they don't function unless the fire dept key is turned.
Richard Brockie@dwhisper @pluralistic In Japan and other Asian countries they are most definitely connected and routinely used by people as a courtesy.
Marcin Wichary@dwhisper @pluralistic This has been debunked! https://computer.rip/2023-03-13-the-door-close-button.html
GLC@mwichary @dwhisper @pluralistic
I once saw a detailed write-up of how a single local news story was rewritten, with more and more details added, to become a first-person urban legend (with imaginative quotations from eye-witnesses) about a movie theater demolished while showing "Twister". (Something the print media were fully capable of doing without the assistance of social media.)
Some of this (but none of the detail) is
at https://www.slashfilm.com/1619366/twister-drive-in-urban-legend-explained/
and possibly in the linked video.
2xfo@dwhisper @pluralistic
The option for the door buttons to work or not will be specific to the elevator location, operation, and its maintenance,
But i wanted to say that i used to fix skee-balls and the factory key for their ticket dispensers worked in that elevator keyhole for me once
Я⊛ḶḶ model ☭@RnDanger @dwhisper @pluralistic
If I had a job fixing skee-ball games, I'd never work a day in my life.
Elyse M Grasso@RnDanger @dwhisper @pluralistic
I have worked in buildings where there were floors that were only accessible by a key on the elevator panel. Sometimes that's a secure level, sometimes it's a maintenance/HVAC level and all of the janitors have keys
@ElyseMGrasso @dwhisper @pluralistic
This elevator was in a place that actually had skee-ball machines (not the ones i worked on though) so your maintenance premise sounds likely to me
This elevator was in a place that actually had skee-ball machines (not the ones i worked on though) so your maintenance premise sounds likely to me
Quinn9282 🖥️🌙✌️@dwhisper @pluralistic Not true at all. Yes, depending on where you live, local regulations may require that elevator doors have to stay open (held) for a minimum period of time after opening, though after that minimum door open time has been elapsed, the door close button should work fine as normal. I've never personally encountered a scenario where the door close button is intentionally not wired up to anything inside the elevator (and if it was, I'm sure it would fail an inspection).
spinoMine totally works?