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Obviously an urban legend, and one of a series of legends in which a menial worker comes up with a simple solution to an apparently complex problem. Snopes has

Obviously an urban legend, and one of a series of legends in which a menial worker comes up with a simple solution to an apparently complex problem. Snopes has details on some of the others: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blue-collar-innovation/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/blue-collar-innovation/

raldi 6y ago
The one about the expense of adding another elevator reminds me of a similar story where they just install mirrors on every floor and then the complaints about slow elevators stop.
- srtjstjsj 6y ago
  Or wait for smartphones to be invented.