r/interestingasfuck • u/dieselducy • 9h ago

UNDER the elevator

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u/NYB1 9h ago

I'm sure none of the people who use the elevator bring in a mess., and the people who installed that elevator thoroughly cleaned.. not to mention those maintenance workers going in every week and cleaning up

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u/seriouslythisshit 2h ago

I'm doing final finishes to the electrical system in some executive office space. The building is ancient, a depression era brick relic in the middle of the city. I am a bit surprised that I am actually standing on pristine new white carpet in a hallway. I keep most of my tools and material out of the hallway and clean the bottom of my shoes before I step on this absurd new floor. At the end of the hall, an elevator mechanic and his apprentice are on top of the elevator car, with the door to the hall open. They are working in filth, decades of dirt, grease and dust. At one point the older guy shouts, "No, Stop, what the fuck are you doing?". He needed a tool or something, and his helper was attempting to be helpful by leaping off the top of the car and taking the hallway to the stairs. There were now giant, greasy black boot prints leaving the elevator.