I received several emails and comments about the last elevator-related blog, and my favorite was from Aileen Trebesch, a teacher from one of my California groups:
"I thoroughly enjoyed this week's elevator blog...my dad was an Otis constructor and then later maintenance and on-call mechanic, just retired after 36 years. I remember him watching Flyers games on Saturday, he'd get beeped, calling him to rescue someone in downtown Philly, and at times he'd wait until the end of the period before leaving on this 'emergency'. I figure I'm doomed to be trapped at some point to pay for this."