No, you just push the button with the number they ask for. If they're overthinking it that much, they can find a stairwell themselves.
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amych - May 13, 2009 12:05:57 pm PDT #8168 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
-t - May 13, 2009 12:07:44 pm PDT #8169 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There was a whole horror movie based in the premise of the 13th floor that you can only sometimes get to. It was not very good.
Polter-Cow - May 13, 2009 12:09:09 pm PDT #8170 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
There was also the sci-fi movie The Thirteenth Floor, which I recall liking.
Kathy A - May 13, 2009 12:10:29 pm PDT #8171 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I learned on CSI that casino elevators have to take into account not only Western "bad" numbers (13), but also those of the Japanese and other cultures who are heavily represented in the Vegas tourist industry.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 13, 2009 12:11:01 pm PDT #8172 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The trope has been around for quite a while: [link]
-t - May 13, 2009 12:16:12 pm PDT #8173 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Ha, the one I was vaguely remembering is called The 13th Floor. Confuse them at your peril!
The peril of seeing an entirely different movie than you thought you were going to see, that is. Which is, I think, how I ended up seeing it in the first place.
megan walker - May 13, 2009 12:20:02 pm PDT #8174 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It occurs to me that, because Paris doesn't really have skyscrapers, I have no idea if French office buildings skip the 13th floor. Of course, their 1st floor is our 2nd floor, and so on, so that could get very confusing.
Stephanie - May 13, 2009 1:01:22 pm PDT #8175 of 30001
Trust my rage
In Brazil, our apartment, which you pushed 2 to get to, was actually the fourth floor.
Glamcookie - May 13, 2009 3:12:21 pm PDT #8176 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
This making me think of Being John Malkovitch and the 7 1/2 (??) floor. I love that movie - time for a rewatch!
Vortex - May 13, 2009 7:44:04 pm PDT #8177 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
So if someone gets in the elevator and you're standing in front of the buttons, and they ask you to push the button for the 17th floor, you're supposed to push the one labelled "18"? See, I can handle just not having a "13" button, but ... I don't think I can handle this. Good thing I don't have an office job in a skyscraper.
No, they have a dummy 13 button and light. If you tried to press it, it wouldn't light up.