Elevator clarification

[jasra]

Just to clarify, the problem with the elevators last year has to do with the doors.

If you hold the door open with anything other than the "door open" butotn, then it mucks with the elevator mechanisms and can bump the door out of its track.

If you lean against the doors, it mucks with the elevator mechanisms and can bump the door out of its track.

So, don't touch the doors. Ever. Use the "door open" button.

We'll be posting signs at the con, but if you start spreading the word, that'll help too.

Comments

[madfilkentist]

These sound like really flaky elevators. If too many people stand in the back, it cantilevers. If people grab the doors as they're closing, it can break them.

I'll do my best to remember, but it's unlikely they'll get the gentle treatment from everyone that they apparently need.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are rather flaky, and the rumor is that the Hyatt has been spending some time over the past year chewing out their elevator contractors about the issue. One hopes that such chewing-out will have been productive.