• erwan@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I’ve seen cases where it takes some time to the group of people in the elevator to figure out the obstruction. Because it won’t even touch the object, just reopen again and again.

    So no, elevators don’t do that, and I assume the parent comment is sarcastic.

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      7 months ago

      Thats what I was hoping, but it was presented so deadpan that theres enough countries in the world that this could theoretically be true for some of them

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        7 months ago

        I was joking, commenting on the absurdity of a safety system that deliberately gets less safe each time it triggers. Can you imagine the crush injuries and lawsuits if that were true? Not to mention all those movie scenes where someone repeatedly stops the elevator so they can confess their love to someone? They would end in tragedy.

        No, elevators are infinitely patient, and will never close the doors on any object large enough to be a crush hazard. Dog leashes, yes sometimes, but not arms and feet.