4.30.01

the sign at work this morning (sic):

this elevator is “out” of order.

the elevator came anyway. there is a ceiling panel missing inside the elevator, so you can look up in the elevator shaft and watch the pulleys and stuff sail by, and a cool elevator-shaft breeze blows down on you if you stand underneath it. the elevator also has these really cool buttons – they look like buttons but they don’t actually press in, and when you skin makes contact with the surface of the button, it lights up. but i’ve discovered that if you get really really close but don’t actually touch the surface, a spark will jump from your finger to the button and light it up. look, ma, no hands! i confess to being the person who presses all six floors before getting off the elevator every day.