Killing Elevators

@Farpas: yeah, and it's much more graphic. The drawing of the poor guy is much more realistic. And in most of the elevators someone has drawn over blood, for effect.

fredcadete

Caption-contest, anyone?

"The *NEW* Euro-Trash Dispenso-Can! Now for both urinating AND vomiting!"

I'd hate to see what recycling will do to a man...

LouisJebber

@Solaseria: I lost the Game!
Whoo!

@TheyCallMeStacey_GitEmSteveDave: Yuck, trashy water, coffee grounds, not thank you!
Wait a minute, they still get the garbage dumped on them when they die, so it's really a no win situation.

Ozzie McWhoface

@Barry99705: There should be a charity for that or something. Jeez.

Ozzie McWhoface

@hu_hu_cool: Swedish elevators - at least most of the residential ones I've been in, don't have that extra "inner door" that closes. Instead, you see the doors and floors move by... which can be really weird if the elevator can only fit two or three people comfortably.

pojken

@Farpas:

Got these in Finland too.

it`s a funny sign, but i can tell from personal experience that it`s no fun anymore once you find a guy hanging in the cabin...

a guy working in the warehouse where my office is hit the elevator wall with his small forklift and was pinned to the ceiling by the handle.
when we found him on monday you could tell from the smell that it must have happened on friday....

pingolio

@strideo: Holy crap! The sign at 1:40. It is not dangerous to over-ride if you stand still. YIKES. In the US, we're far to indignant to have a SIGN tell us what to do. This would be the United States' FIRST lawsuit machine. You walk in able-bodied and leave a millionnaire in a wheelchair.

(At first, I thought the cam at the top would rotate the cars, so a person going up would flip over when going over the cam to go back down. - Yeah, I'm no engineer...)

Magic Beans? Sure, I'll Buy Some!!

@OMG! Ponies!: YEAH! WHOO! AMERICA! XYZ! XYZ! XYZ!

@Barry99705: not all elevators in north america have doors. Usually they're not public elevators, and mostly just in apartments, but they exist.

psychiccheese

That's gotta REALLY hurt...

@TetsuBo: Ya just know somebody had to die like that before they started putting those signs up.

@OMG! Ponies!: It feels pretty socialist here in Spain too and we had every elevator retrofitted with inner doors a few years ago, so no Killing Elevator stickers whatsoever.

Pastrafer

@Whisssper: That's a manlift. See above. Socialism works on paper, but, like the manlift, if you ride it too long, it will crush you under its jackboot.

Free-market capitalism is a state-of-the-art buttonless Japanese glass elevator. It works perfectly without any flaw whatsoever.

Old Europe will fail because of their overdependence on state welfare and outdated freight movers.

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@OMG! Ponies!: yep, a well-maintained freight elevator until the maker goes out of business. But it's totally fine because the government will give them money to stay in business.

definitely liberal capitalism at it's finest.

i'm still bitter about GM...

@OMG! Ponies!: not only do i make toast when bathing, but i use a blow dryer to keep my hair dry and a radio to drown out the blow dryer.

But it's cool. i can multitask. I drink coffee whilst shaving and posting on gizmodo. all while driving to work.

HAHAHAHAHA!

Stupid Swedes.

glamajamma

there's some in Lisbon, LMAO!!!

Jose F. Barbosa

The "varning" sign itself is funny, but imagine being the person behind the trash can. That would suck.

@OMG! Ponies!: I don't remember that episode. (I assume that a different version of sesame street must have been made for the UK.)

I watch Sesame Street because it uses bagpipes to teach me my ABC's

Scotland

@mocax: Because they're socialists. I think it's an apt metaphor for a big government nation like Sweden.

Socialism is like a manlift without a safety door. Without a free market regulating itself, there is nothing to protect the people against the intrusion of government regulation. Liberal capitalism is a well-maintained freight elevator.

Suck on that, European Union!!

@TheyCallMeStacey_GitEmSteveDave: Sweden is a socialist country. That means they only have two dimensions. But, thanks to capitalism, we Americans can move along the X, Y, and Z axis.

Suck on that, European Union!!

@ekzachtly: Why would they make elevators like that?

eirwen

@Scotland:

I watch Sesame Street because it uses thrash metal to teach me my ABCs.

@Samutz: No. If there's a warning against it, it's because someone has sued over it.

Not every claim in a lawsuit is true. Especially in wrongful death suits. I defended a products-liability case involving a man allegedly killed when the pilot light in his oven failed. He went to check why the oven wasn't heating and died of asphyxiation while looking in the oven.

At least that's what his family said. He also had a long history of depression and suicidal ideation.

No one makes toast while taking a bath. That warning is for the lawsuit, not the user.

Then just stand in front instead of behind!

Thomas Armstrong

I think the sue happy culture in america is responsible for the early adoption of inner elevator doors

kernel panic

I wonder if it's for these types of elevators.

I think it's a required warning label for all older elevators in Europe that still don't have inner doors. (New ones are required to have those doors) At least, I've seen it in different EEC countries.

TessaMalik

@undefined:I wouldn't consider this like the warning on hairdryers to not use while showering/bathing. Obviously the lip on the elevator presents a hazard. You would think the elevator manufacturer would retrofit them. If this was in the US the first gazillion dollar lawsuit would get this fixed in a hurry.

BigDogues

And the 2009 Darwin award goes to: "Guy smashed in elevator by trash can!"

@CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave: some of those elevators there's not enough room to stand beside, only behind

Grahmo

they have the exact same illustration over here in Portugal

yogibimbi

@mocax: We're living on the fucking edge over here man, WOOO!

sneakypoo

"What floor?". "The basement plea....no.....NO, OH GOD NO..GLKGGLUKK..AGHGGHKKLLL!!!!!!"

Winterymix

wait.... why are there lifts with no inner doors?

mocax

In Sweden there's a law, taking effect 2012, that forbids elevators without inner doors in any workplace. In private buildings those elevators are still allowed. However, all such elevators have been outfitted with stickers similar to the one in the picture.

Safety first. ;)

The sad truth is that there has been a fair number of accidents. It's a sad accident that technology could and should easily avoid.

mno.net

@Samutz: Much like here in the US. The label warnings that make you scratch your head? Somebody (or a few people) did it and sued.

ARP

@CameraShoe_GitEmSteveDave:
"You should add a *ting*. *ting*"

Which one?

Scotland: "Was that even remotely funny?"
GitEmSteveDave: " [www.televisiontunes.com] " (requires sound)

Scotland

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nice one :)

Shankho Mukherjee

Not to blame the OP, but can't you just stand NEXT to your container, instead of directly behind it. Then you just have trashy water and coffee grounds on you instead of....well, death.

@Scotland: You should add a *ting*. *ting*

@Samutz: Which makes it even funnier in my opinion!

@Barry99705: Weirdly, not always. When I lived in Scandinavia, I noticed that a lot of elevators in smaller buildings didn't have any door on the actual lift. Each floor sort of had a door that actually swung open when the elevator arrived there. I can definitely see something like this happening.

People laugh, but if there's a sign warning against it, it's usually because it actually happened to someone.

@Miguel Avila Crende: the game

I understand the mechanics of how it happens, but don't elevators in other countries have doors?

Does Sweden not have Sesame Street?

Scotland: solving problems with Sesame Street knowledge since 2003

Scotland

Killer Elevator Warning in Portugal:

Farpas

Translation: "Dangerous to transport goods in elevators without INNER DOORS or photocell"

mercaders20

@Farpas: And here it's a story/news of a man who died from that(Killer Elevator):
link

Farpas

And never, EVER try to crawl out through the door when a maniacal computer is controlling the building trying to prevent your escape...

Gearhead_42

@glenno86: It says:
"It is dangerous to transport goods in elevators that lack inner doors or a photocell".

These started popping up a couple of years ago.
I never heard anything about it, but I guess someone got squished or something.

Hahaha....
In The Netherlands it's dangerous to move big containers in elevators. I took the picture with my phone in Den Hague.

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Marvin Thé

Thats not Swedish only, here in Portugal that warning is also shown in some elevators

Farpas

its possible with some of those weird elevators.

The bottom text Google translates into "Dangerous to transport goods in elevators without INNER or photocell"

This is so 4chan lol

Miguel Avila Crende

lol, its just so, hahaha.

Mr.DuckSauce