Elevator Intelligence

     The division where I work in is at the 30th
floor... thus, I have to take an express elevator to the 25th sky lobby
and take a scenic elevator up 5 floors to the 30th. I enjoy the scenic
elevator ride, specially considering that I love heights, and it adds a
whole elaboration on "climbing the corporate mountain" theme.



     But thats beside the point. As I said earlier,
elevators are one of the hierarchy flatteners in a highly structured
organization... everyone rides the same elevator to work... the cubicle
meerkats like me, the CEO, the messengers, and basically everyone in
the organization. So anyway, here I am going down for lunch, when I
step into the scenic elevator, I'm surprised to see one of our
company's chief execs in it. But because I was pahabol into the
elevator, the doors/jaws closed on my shoulders making a sound the
equivalent of a trainwreck.  Actually, masakit siya... hit me
right where the shoulders meet the forearms... so the exec goes, "Naku,
we really have to have the elevator door timing adjusted, baka one of
you guys will sue the company pa for damages."



     So, everyone in the elevator laughs/giggles...
malamang... hindi ka banaman tumawa eh boss mo yung nagpapatawa diba?



    We all transfer down to the express elevators, and
when we reach the ground floor, the exec holds the door for all of us.
Now as it was his turn to exit the elevator... we all heard a similar
trainwreck crash as we see him jostling his way through the jaws of the
elevator. He almost dropped his cellphone with the crash...



    Whats the lesson? Apparently, elevators don't choose
who to close on. Mayaman, mahirap, maging sino ka man... pisa ka parin.
Otis must have been a socialist! hehehe...