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1. woeh · 1785562881 · focus · HN ↗

   I am currently staying in an AirBnB of a 60 floor tower, and the three elevator shafts definitely cannot handle this (I don't think the building was designed with renting to tourists in mind). The elevators are frequently completely saturated during weekends, meaning that the elevator stops at each floor, but noone can get in because the elevator is already full. This means the backlog of people wanting to use the elevators is increasing until after rush hour, and I have at one time experienced a waiting time of over half an hour.

   What I take from this is, elevators need a proper check to see if they are full, and if so skip floors.

   1. perpetuallunch · 1785566537 · focus · HN ↗

      Or, the building / owners corp / code / city could simply ban short stay accommodation where it was never attended.

      I would not want to be in that building if an evacuation alarm sounded.

      1. matkoniecz · 1785568679 · focus · HN ↗

         > I would not want to be in that building if an evacuation alarm sounded.

         why short term/long term stay would matter here?

         1. perpetuallunch · 1785613080 · focus · HN ↗

            Because short term stays put more load on the building systems, like the lifts, than perhaps the building was designed for.

            Regular tenants don’t come and go at anywhere near the rate short stay guests do.

            1. matkoniecz · 1785792467 · focus · HN ↗

               why it would matter during evacuation when everyone leaves?

               (tourists would be more likely to be outside anyway, so actually it sounds like better case)

      2. userbinator · 1785571061 · focus · HN ↗

         I would not want to be in that building if an evacuation alarm sounded.

         You are not supposed to use the elevator in emergencies.

         1. perpetuallunch · 1785655036 · focus · HN ↗

            No! Surely not? Where did you read that?
      3. CGamesPlay · 1785571873 · focus · HN ↗

         > I would not want to be in that building if an evacuation alarm sounded.

         You shouldn't be taking the elevator if you heard an evacuation alarm, but to be sure, you don't want to be an any 60-story building when you hear that alarm.

         1. perpetuallunch · 1785644317 · focus · HN ↗

            Yes, I realise this.

            But if the lifts aren’t coping with the foot traffic during normal operation, I’d also not want to have to use stairs.

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