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Re: [97attendees] Elevator Operation tips

Bill Fenner <fenner@fenron.com> Mon, 14 November 2016 22:59 UTC

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From: Bill Fenner <fenner@fenron.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 17:59:11 -0500
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Subject: Re: [97attendees] Elevator Operation tips
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net> wrote:

>
> > On Nov 14, 2016, at 5:17 PM, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer+ietf@nic.fr>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 11:33:31PM +0900,
> > Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> wrote
> > a message of 63 lines which said:
> >
> >> They aren't largely unused: they seem mostly congested, and there is
> >> some difficulty figuring out which elevator is coming, because the
> >> "ding" light often changes from while one is waiting.  People wait a
> >> long time for one,
> >
> > Fully agree. The advice in the subject was quite misleading.
>
> I’ve noticed the light comes on, but it’s not fixed until it’s flashing.
> Some
> floors the ding is not audible (e.g.: Lobby, 37) so one must be actively
> polling your inputs vs waiting for interrupt to trigger event.
>

When I was trying to get to the 1:30 session from 6, both sets of elevators
were called and I stood at a place where I could watch both sets of lights;
it took about 5 minutes before the guestroom elevator arrived (started
blinking), so I abandoned the glass elevator bank.  I've taken the glass
elevators many times, but only successfully during non-congested times.

  Bill

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