"The car accelerated. It was an express elevator, with no stops below the thirty-ninth floor, and the building was deserted. But after a moment White felt a jolt. The lights went out and immediately flashed on again. And then the elevator stopped."
Did you catch this freaky-ass tale in the New Yorker this week? Holy God, we didn't have claustrophobia before (not even after all that prison time), but boy do we have it now!
Poor Nicholas White spent a weekend in the Business Week elevator in 1999 and emerged to hate beer, old men posing as security guards, and McGraw-Hill. He sued the bastards, after taking an eight-week break from work and then deciding never to go back, eventually winning a mere six figures for his troubles. He has basically been out of work since.
The moral of the story? Blog from home.
Due to issues at the New Yorker website, we are unable to embed the time-lapse video of Nicholas's big adventure. This link should take you to it.
UPDATE: This should work:
Stuck in an elevator for 41 hours - Watch more free videos