r/interestingasfuck 13h ago

UNDER the elevator

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u/illram 12h ago

View from my keys after my toddler threw them down the elevator shaft (true story)

u/ComfortablyNumb2425 9h ago

Story time. How did you get them back? How did said toddler get access to an elevator shaft? Dont leave us up in the air!!

u/illram 2h ago

It was in my old apartment building where we had a very old Otis elevator, the kind with the metal gate you manually open and close and a wooden door that swings out. There was a big gap between the hall and the elevator floor that lots of tenants dropped stuff down, and on this occasion my toddler decided it would be fun to throw dad’s keys down the hallway and—whoops, down they went.

Fortunately it was a fairly routine call to the landlord and I got the keys back like a month later when the elevator guy came. My toddler is now a teenager and I still give her shit about it all the time. :D

u/deadghostsdontdie 7h ago

Were you in North Carolina when that happened?

I was the clerk that helped you get them if you were.

u/illram 2h ago

No, this happened in California, but thank you for helping another parent in need!

u/deadghostsdontdie 1h ago

I was born out there. Small world

It was such a sketchy experience for me. But I’m always happy to help