“Trapped in the Elevator”

Uhmnn … some of you will say what was Kenoma caught doing? Well, it was not similar to R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet", but just a very silly case of my stubbornness. As hungry as a lion I left my apartment to get something to eat from a shop called COOP (one of the Swiss versions of the TESCO and Sainsbury), and this was how it started. I got out of the flat and realized that the elevator was sealed with a tap on my floor. I annoyingly dragged myself together with a friend and we took the stairs (although it's just on the 4^th floor). The most annoying thing was that the lift was working on all other floors... Well, what ever... We got to the shop and it was damn closed. (Mind you shops in Switzerland close at 5pm on Saturdays and during the week at 7pm…hehehe). So we chose option number 2, took the bus and headed to the Migros shop at the main station. (Migros is another big Swiss brand in superstores.) We got there and wonderful, we got all what we wanted, and were now ready to garnish some awesome and delicious meal.

So we headed back to the flat and guess what? When we arrived I saw some guys coming out of the lift on the ground floor and I said "Hey, it's working!" When we got in, something in my mind told me to get off on the 3^rd floor and then drag myself up the stairs again to the fourth floor, but I didn't listen to my mind and pushed the button for the 4^th floor. Swissssssssssssssssssssssshhhhh, up we went. I arrived on the fourth floor... and here we are... the door refused to open and the elevator refused to go back down.

Oh my God, I wished I had followed my mind. We kept on ringing the emergency alarm and hitting the door but no one... 10mins…. 20mins… I am getting hungrier…. Well, I reached for my cereals and fruit yoghurt and started eating and she reached for her sushi and started eating… 30mins... We were done eating and still ringing the emergency alarm. No answer. I picked out my mobile I wanted to make a call to Ivo to call for help and realized my call credit was below calling allowance. And my friend hadn't taken her mobile phone out. However, split seconds after I got an SMS, and guess who it was - the person I just wanted to call (why on earth didn't he just call me rather than send an SMS L). 40mins and finally we heard voices. We started ringing the alarm and hitting the door until they spoke back to us and heard us and came to the floor where we were trapped.

The God-sent neighbors were able to find the keys to the elevator door and open it. Woooowww, how nice it was to smell the fresh air of freedom.

And that was how I was "TRAPPED" in the elevator.

Lessons Learnt: Never again will I see a sealed tape on an elevator door and still try to use the door. And if I do get stubborn I must first confirm that I have a good neighbor that can organize a rescue for me J before i use it. I still couldn't use the lift this morning while leaving to work because ... I don't know if it's been fixed! J

Peace out…!!!!