3 ms·In japan, elevator ladys was still a thing in shopping centres, when I visited japan 2005.by _trampeltier 3y agoIn japan, elevator ladys was still a thing in shopping centres, when I visited japan 2005.beretguy 3y agoThere is still a guy on 7th Avenue and Market in SF that operates an elevator in one of the buildings.Tade0 3y agoYeah, but that was a job program. For the same reason you had people filling your tank and other largely unnecessary positions.