15+ People Who Entered an Elevator to Take a Ride, but Left It With an Interesting Story

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What could be more simple and familiar than an elevator ride? A few minutes in an elevator usually pass in silence. But sometimes during this short time something so extraordinary can happen that it will stick in your memory for a long time.

I was riding an elevator with a pretty young woman and a man she appeared to be with. Without warning, she turned to me and asked, “How do you get a man to propose to you?”
This caught me off guard, so I answered, “I’d simply tell him that if he doesn’t propose to you immediately, you will have a date with some complete stranger you just meet in an elevator.” Everyone, except her man, thought it was pretty funny. © William Rose / Quora
They put up a notice in the house that the elevator wouldn’t work for 3 days. I had a washing machine delivered that day. I didn’t pay for the delivery to the floor because I didn’t know about the elevator malfunction at the time.
I started dragging it to my 30th floor. I took breaks, but it was very heavy. On the 18th floor, my back was so tight that I could hardly straighten up and decided to ask my neighbor for help.
He went to the elevator and pressed the button. And the elevator arrived!!! The notice turned out to be old. © Not everyone will understand / VK
After walking my pregnant dog, we got into the elevator together with my neighbor. And suddenly the elevator stops. We start pressing buttons, trying to open the doors — nothing works. We barely got through to the dispatcher, who said that the elevator technician is on the way, wait.
We stand, waiting, and then I notice that my dog is going into labor. My heart dropped, I realize that she will be giving birth now, and I am stuck in the elevator without anything that may be needed! The minutes drag on, the dog is already lying on the floor, breathing heavily, I realize that there is no more time to wait. Panic in my head, and I have only disinfectant, which I bought for the upcoming birth.
And then my neighbor says, “Don’t worry, we’ll sort it out! I’m a surgeon.” And then she opens her bag, and there’s a full kit: gloves, nappies, some instruments. And here we are in the elevator delivering babies. Honestly, I’d never thought I’d end up in a situation like this, but everything went perfectly, the puppies were born healthy, the mom-dog did a great job.
By the time they finally got us out, we had 4 newborns. And then, when the puppies grew up, the neighbor adopted one of them. Now she has not just a puppy, but a little miracle from that very unfortunate elevator. © Not everyone will understand / VK

We have a cat living in our stairwell, which often rides with people in the elevator. And many people give her some food afterwards. Recently, a tomcat came to our stairwell. The first cat freaked out for a long time, but eventually stopped chasing him away.
And the tomcat understood that the elevator is somehow connected with food and began to try different variants: he goes up, then down. Once he just entered the elevator, stomped around and got out! © Overheard / VK
I went with my son for a walk and called the elevator. My 2-year-old went inside first, and I tried to push the stroller in, but couldn’t. Suddenly, the doors closed, and the elevator left, and I was left on the landing. I turned gray...
Suddenly I heard the surprised cries of my neighbors 2 floors above, who found a little child in the elevator. Fortunately, only the adults were frightened. Now I get into the elevator myself first, and then get the child in. © summersss / Pikabu
Late at night I go to visit my friend. A suspicious man enters the elevator with me. I’m facing the elevator doors and then hear, “Hey, honey, will you come to my place?” In a split second, I had a lot of bad scenarios running through my head....
And then he continued, “If you come round, buy some bread and dumplings.” Turns out he was on the phone. And I almost died from fear. © Overheard / VK

In our elevator, they put up a note with a phone number in case of an emergency, although there is a button to call the dispatcher. My husband and I were in the elevator, and I accidentally pressed the button. Silence.
I said, “It’s definitely not working.” And then the speaker goes, “It’s working, I’m listening.” It was so embarrassing. © Walpurga / Pikabu
I have a friend with whom I never ride an elevator. He is not like ordinary people, he always wants to jump or dance. And I’m scared to ride an elevator when someone does something like that. Why can’t they just stand still?
That day, we were supposed to go up to our friend’s flat, but I didn’t want to go in the same elevator with him. So, I took stairs to the seventh floor, while he danced into the elevator.
I enter my friend’s place, and he’s not there! He doesn’t pick the phone and doesn’t answer messages, which can only mean one thing. He’s stuck! He finally danced himself into trouble, they couldn’t take him out of there for 4 hours. © Not everyone will understand / VK
I once entered an elevator, and a gothic-looking guy came up and said something like, “Well, if you’re afraid, I can wait.” Why should I be afraid? I’m a mature woman, the guy doesn’t look like a maniac...
Anyway, he enters the elevator, and then I see (my eyesight is bad) a big rat sitting on his shoulder! And I don’t like rats, I love them! On the way to the 17th floor, we got acquainted. It turned out that the cutie’s name is Gosha, and I don’t mean the guy. © Murrah / ADME

I’m coming back with my dogs from a walk. A neighbor is waiting for the elevator. I sit the dogs next to me, and we wait for the elevator together. In silence. For 2 or 3 minutes.
The elevator comes, she gets in, followed by us. The fluffy ones are sitting, we’re standing. The elevator is big, there’s plenty of room for everyone. The doors close, the elevator starts moving, and suddenly I get a complaint:
— Why is your dog staring at me?
— Because he has eyes on this side of his body, and he looks with them. If you want, you can look at him in return.
— Why are you being rude to me?! I’m afraid of dogs, and you could have taken the other elevator!
But the elevator stopped at my floor, and I didn’t have time to say anything back.
I got out and thought, “Hell, you and I were standing downstairs waiting for that elevator. If you’re so afraid of dogs that you’re uncomfortable with the mere sight of a dog in your direction, why couldn’t you say so?” © Zerg.40 / Pikabu
My husband and I met in the elevator that stopped halfway down and got stuck. We lived in the same building but never communicated, only said hello from time to time. Both of us were rushing to work that day, but both of us didn’t want to go there so much that we decided not to call for help and just chat.
We got to talking, had a little picnic from the food we had taken to work, and even managed to watch half a movie on our phones, but we got rescued. Well, we continued to communicate already at liberty. © Mamdarinka / VK
Yesterday I got stuck in the elevator with my managing director. I was very embarrassed because I am a few levels lower, I even doubted he knew who I was. But the director spoke to me, asked me how I was doing.
I should say that he is a young and very attractive man, and I have liked him for a long time. We spent about 2 hours in the elevator and talked the whole time. It turned out that we had a lot of topics in common apart from work.
This morning, I got to work a little late and saw a note on my desk that said, “Didn’t catch you at work, but I hope to meet you at a restaurant tonight.” That was very sweet and unexpected. © Chamber 6 / VK

My coworker and I were taking the elevator down from the office. She is usually loud and funny, but that day we were silent. The elevator stopped, and a very shy guy got in, who was embarrassed to even raise his eyes at us.
And then my coworker said, “So after that, she always bought the ones with wings on.” After these words, I cracked laughing, and the poor guy blushed. I felt sorry for him, of course, but I couldn’t help laughing. © Rachel Bateman / Quora
Years ago, I stepped into an elevator. A female colleague that I didn’t know very well was present, and I greeted her by congratulating her on her pregnancy — she looked like she was in her final trimester... As the doors closed, and a moment’s pause, she replied that she wasn’t actually pregnant. Apart from a quick apology, the silent awkward ride was only 3 floors and shared by another third party... © Nic Lee / Quora
I enter the elevator with my Cane Corso dog. A girl of about 16–17 years old leaps in through the closing doors. I draw her attention to the dog, just in case. “It’s okay! I love dogs,” the girl replies.
The doors close, and she abruptly sits squatting down in front of the pet, and shoves her hand into the dog’s mouth. I swear we both freaked out from that — both me and my dog. I even intercepted his suffering look, like, “Master, maybe I will squeeze my jaw a little, it will be fun!”
With a command, I switched the attention of the beast to myself, and scolded the girl. What was she thinking, putting her hand in the mouth of an unfamiliar dog with a bear’s head and weighing more than her? © Gusto / Pikabu

Back when we were teens, my best friend and I were riding in an elevator at the mall and saying lewd things in Spanish about the guy in the elevator with us. When it stopped, he turned around and told us, in Spanish, that we were way too young. Note to 14-year-old self: Spanish is not a secret language. © SundayMorningTrisha / Reddit
Have you ever fallen in an elevator with a broken cable?
On December 31, we went with my son to visit his great-grandmother. We enter the elevator. On the 5th floor, the elevator starts scraping, rumbling, the cabin is rocking. We reach the 9th floor, the doors open and immediately slam shut.
The elevator starts moving downwards. The display doesn’t show the floors. The stop button doesn’t work. The help button is silent. The elevator speeds up.
I look at my son, he’s pale. The impact. My son and I fall down. We get up, the floor feels unstable. I press the dispatcher call button — silence.
I hug my son. I press the dispatcher call button again. I hear through the speaker wheezing:
— What is it?
I describe the situation.
— Do you need help?
— Yes, we do!
— Wait.
I’m scared. We stood there for 40 minutes, holding on to the railing and hugging each other. Then we were rescued. We took stairs to our great-grandmother. © Mirra / ADME
I was going up to my flat and got stuck in the elevator. I call the dispatcher, and there’s a deaf man sitting there who keeps repeating, “I can’t hear you!” I start shrieking so that he could hear me. Then my daughter calls me on my mobile:
— Have you got stuck in the elevator?
— Yeah. How do you know?
— I can hear it... © Silverchiffa / ADME