At a wedding, I got quizzed on elevator accidents for an hour

I was at my cousin's wedding last weekend. Someone found out I fix elevators and wouldn't stop asking about worst-case scenarios. I just wanted to enjoy the cake, not describe emergency brake systems. It's funny how people think our job is all about dramatic rescues. Now I dread telling anyone what I do at parties.

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the_tara7mo ago

People always want the movie version of your job, not the real one.

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patriciae957mo ago

Show them the boring parts upfront. It filters out the dreamers fast.

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margaret_moore937mo ago

Wouldn't you rather they ask you than believe scary myths they read online? At least you can set the record straight on how safe elevators really are. I bet half those worst case scenarios they imagine never happen in real life. Sometimes people just want to understand the world around them, and your job is a part of that.

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