People Stuck In Apple Store Elevator

[lexus]

This is so bad it would have been better if it was not glass.

Here (http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/29/jobs-glass-elevator-locks-in-group-customers/)

[jessica.]

This is so bad it would have been better if it was not glass.

Here (http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/29/jobs-glass-elevator-locks-in-group-customers/)
The story is funny, the whole ordeal seems funny.

[runninmac]

I actually think it would be rather relaxing if I knew they were going to get me out. I mean your in one of the worlds biggest cities stuck in a wonderes cube at night time. I would want to do that on purpose!

[mkrishnan]

Apply the latest Combo Updater to the store. Not only will the elevator return to proper functioning, but Safari will seem snappier™. :)

[bodeh6]

They should have demand free MacBooks:D for the time and embrassment of being stuck in an elevator.

[CoMpX]

The elevator itself was manufactured before the release of the Intel processors in the Macs, so it actually ran in the Apple Store under Rosetta. Unfortunately, Rosetta crashed and caused this malfunction.

[skunk]

I wonder if anybody sneaked some blurry pictures of forthcoming Apple kit while they were in there.

[Blue Velvet]

I actually think it would be rather relaxing if I knew they were going to get me out.

Until you remembered about that huge Coke you drank an hour or so ago while out and about.

[clayj]

I actually think it would be rather relaxing if I knew they were going to get me out. I mean your in one of the worlds biggest cities stuck in a wonderes cube at night time. I would want to do that on purpose!Who are you, David Blaine? ;)

[CoMpX]

Who are you, David Blaine? ;)

Hmm...David Blaine should do something like that. Just stand, stuck, in an Apple Store elevator for 3 weeks. Its ingenious!

[EricNau]

They should have demand free MacBooks:D for the time and embrassment of being stuck in an elevator.
Or at least an iPod.

Hmm...David Blaine should do something like that. Just stand, stuck, in an Apple Store elevator for 3 weeks. Its ingenious!
...and we could fill it with water. Maybe he'll actually break the record this time. :rolleyes:

[Bobak]

So they have a spinning rainbow thingy in their elevators...... Interesting.

[rockthecasbah]

damn i'd have taken a free iPod for being locked up for 5 hours! Anything after 5 is a computer i'd say :rolleyes:

[Xander562]

who would complain being stuck in an apple store? oh well, at least they get iPods! everyone loves ipods!:rolleyes: by the way, rockthecasbah, it was 45 min, not 5 hours.

[rockthecasbah]

who would complain being stuck in an apple store? oh well, at least they get iPods! everyone loves ipods!:rolleyes: by the way, rockthecasbah, it was 45 min, not 5 hours.
i realize that. I'm saying people above said they would have demanded MacBooks and i would have been plenty happy for much longer than the 45 with an iPod...

[macpastor]

That will teach them to be lazy and not take the stairs.

[Dagless]

That will teach them to be lazy and not take the stairs.

haha, exactly.

[r6girl]

that story is quite funny (except for the folks who got burned while getting out). i'm surprised they weren't offered anything for their trouble - seems quite rude for the store manager to not give anything to them...

[monke]

What a great time and place to test out my miming techniques. :D

[Doctor Q]

Since the store is below ground, I think Apple should install a glass slide.

[corywoolf]

This man is not impressed.
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[Seasought]

Since the store is below ground, I think Apple should install a glass slide.

I'd also like a giant clear plastic gerbil ball for customers to run around the store in. They could hold drawings, place Apple store employees they don't like in it and boot them down the stairs. Whoever emerges from this ordeal conscious wins a free MacBook.

Good times.

[iGav]

Typical Apple quality.

[gekko513]

I wonder if anybody sneaked some blurry pictures of forthcoming Apple kit while they were in there.
I wanted to do that one... I guess it was too obvious. :D

[m-dogg]

I'm surprised they didn't offer some small token to the people that were trapped. Not a computer or iPod or anything, but maybe a $10 giftcard to the iTMS?

[Macmaniac]

Well at least they could see the light of day. Maybe Apple should offer them a coupon.

[WildCowboy]

If they had repaired permissions weekly, this wouldn't have happened.

Maybe they should drag com.apple.elevator.plist to the Desktop to see if that helps things.

Where is good elevator tech support when you really need it?

[Felldownthewell]

The elevator was Rev. A. they should have waited for Rev. B!

[corywoolf]

Since the store is below ground, I think Apple should install a glass slide.
Why not aluminum so the kids get shocked? :p ;)

[sushi]

Until you remembered about that huge Coke you drank an hour or so ago while out and about.
Now that's pressure! :D

[ReanimationLP]

I know what happened!

They were running the elevator in iGarys old Dual 2.7!!! :D

[Bubbasteve]

They should have demand free MacBooks:D for the time and embrassment of being stuck in an elevator.
I'm sure they got something in return...even if it was a good pat on the back :o

[Doctor Q]

Did anybody see the SNL skit about people trapped on an escalator, convinced there was no way out until rescuers arrived? It was hilarious. This incident had the same feeling of silliness to it, even though in this case it was real and must have been very unpleasant for the trapped shoppers.

Apple really should have compensated those people, even if just for the good publicity or lessening of bad publicity.

[annk]

Until you remembered about that huge Coke you drank an hour or so ago while out and about.

My God, this was exactly my thought. Coke, or something solid :D needing to come out. And in a glass elevator :eek: :eek:

[iGav]

or something solid :D needing to come out. And in a glass elevator

Where's eyelikeart and his poop thread when you need him. :p :p :p

[weatherboy2010]

So i was browsing around on google about this subject when i came across this forum. i thought you should all know, i was one of the people on that trip, i got out of the elevator before it shut and wouldn't open, but that was my school group that was there and that it happened to. it was really cool and funny. if you have any questions, ask away!

[Doctor Q]

if you have any questions, ask away!What kind of school group was it?

What did you and others who didn't get stuck do while waiting for those that did get stuck?

What did those who got stuck tell you about the experience later?

Did any of them get interviewed by the media?

Did Apple explain what happened? Did they apologize or make any other nice gestures? Do you think they handled it as well as they could?

Will you ever go back there?

[bousozoku]

I noticed that c|net, in all their fabulousness, decided to take a shot at this situation as evidence of a buggy Apple product. Of course, the Mac-o-lytes shot back, feeding the fire.

I wonder if the transparency of the elevator is adjustable.

[lord patton]

So i was browsing around on google about this subject when i came across this forum. i thought you should all know, i was one of the people on that trip, i got out of the elevator before it shut and wouldn't open, but that was my school group that was there and that it happened to. it was really cool and funny. if you have any questions, ask away!

did they try ctrl-alt-del ?

[cyberdogl2]

travelling in the school elevator the other day, i was wondering about the reliability of having such an odd cylindrical elevator. good to know my intuitions were right that it wouldn't work reliably.

[killuminati]

That would be horrible.

It's one thing being stuck in a normal elevator, but a glass one eww. With everyone looking at you and if you were there for a really long time you wouldn't even be able to take a piss without people watching you. Luckily they were only there for 45 minutes though.

[bousozoku]

travelling in the school elevator the other day, i was wondering about the reliability of having such an odd cylindrical elevator. good to know my intuitions were right that it wouldn't work reliably.

Sounds more like Tupperware, right? A place for storing humans or something.

[skoker]

What kind of school group was it?

What did you and others who didn't get stuck do while waiting for those that did get stuck?

What did those who got stuck tell you about the experience later?

Did any of them get interviewed by the media?

Did Apple explain what happened? Did they apologize or make any other nice gestures? Do you think they handled it as well as they could?

Will you ever go back there?


n00b burn of the week!

[princealfie]

Can anyone offer me any advice how to get stuck in that same elevator when I visit NYC in November? Thanks!:eek:

[Doctor Q]

Can anyone offer me any advice how to get stuck in that same elevator when I visit NYC in November? Thanks!:eek:Yeah, good idea. With the right kind of sabotage, you could create a fake emergency, trapping you in the elevator, and then hope Apple will reward you for your terrible inconvenience afterward!

Or make a deal ahead of time with some other company. Once you are trapped, and tourists and reporters are snapping photos of you trapped in there, pull out your "Sony Connect - the proper way to buy music!" sign and earn a big payment from Sony's advertising department. Just make sure to get out of there quickly as soon as the doors open!

[Kingsly]

I can see the commercial now...
People trapped in the glass elevator, all are bored and upset... one pulls out an iPod and rocks away... the fire dept. opens the doors but he wont come out... having too much fun.

Either that or Steve shows up and presses the red button. The elevator shoots into the sky and they fly to cupertino for a magical adventure.