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This is one area where the Japanese really have us beat. In a Japanese elevator lobby, the moment that you press the call button, you hear a gong and a light c
by URSpider94 16y ago
This is one area where the Japanese really have us beat. In a Japanese elevator lobby, the moment that you press the call button, you hear a gong and a light comes on next to the elevator that will be picking you up. Thus, the system instantly acknowledges your button press and provides you with information about what to do next. Very occasionally, if the system is very busy, the gong will sound again and a different light will come on (for example, if your designated car gets tied up with a slow stop), but that doesn't happen often.
- ahoyhere 16y agoPlenty of bigger or high traffic American buildings have this, too. Examples I've seen: Bear Stearns' old building (well, the one they were in when they were no more), the NY Times new building. In the NYT one, you choose your floor before you get on, it specifies your elevator, and then... there are no buttons inside. It's kind of horrifying. The Bear Stearns one still had buttons inside but you were definitely directed to a specific elevator of about 8 available. The building was 43 floors and an uninterrupted elevator ride to the 42nd, where I worked, from the ground floor took about 3 minutes. It was so fast it never failed to make me motion sick, and and my ears popped.