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title: Hotel lift
date: "2005-06-13T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - london-2005
wp_id: 639
description: I tried to help a maintenance man by pressing every button in our hotel elevator. A well-dressed guest stepped in just as the doors shut, and I couldn't warn him he was about to visit every single floor.
keywords: [croydon park hotel, elevator, hotel lift, maintenance, anecdote, travel]
---

We were staying at the Croydon Park Hotel, on the second floor. There were two elevators, and one of them was down for maintenance. I was walking into the other elevator as the maintenance man stepped in as well. He started pressing the elevator buttons: one, two...

"Oh, sorry sir. I was doing some maintenance on the other lift. I didn't want this lift to come down for some time. You go right ahead."

He stepped out, with the first and second floors lit up. I thought I'd help him a bit. Pressed 3, 4, 5, ... every button there was in the lift

I got out at the second floor. A tall, well-dressed man got in to the elevator. Turned around. Looked at me.

"Is this going down?"

Before I could answer, the doors shut.

Hope he enjoyed the view of every floor in the hotel.