Elevator Story


I was riding in the Elevator around lunch hour, so it was no surprise that more and more people piled in at each stop. Eventually, I was forced into the corner, I was the closest to the elevator buttons, so I was in charge of pressing the door close button. As more and more people filled the elevator, I found myself unable to see the buttons I was pressing, and I went by memory as to where to door close button was located. Funny enough, the button was placed just above the 'call the operator' button and I pressed it by mistake. All of a sudden, the elevator speaker turned into a speaker phone and it was ringing. It rang once, twice and again, and I said out loud "You'd think calls from an elevator would be urgent." People chuckled. After about 5 rings, we got the automated response which put us on hold for the next available representative and cheesy elevator music commenced. "They put us on HOLD?" I said loudly, "What if we were stuck in the elevator??" I continued. Luckily, the call was picked up by an operator after 2 minutes of on hold music.
"Hi, you have reached the *** call center. How may I help you?" said Mr. Operator.
"Um...Sorry, err...wrong number!" I replied and Mr. Operator hung up.
Shortly after that, we reached the lobby and everyone left the elevator laughing.