Theres only one lift in my building. I live on level 6 (but its just 4 levels above ground). Copa and I returned from our afternoon walk, and surprisingly the lobby was full of confused, angry people. The lift was out (or stuck, or something), and my building doesnt have stairs that are easy to access. Theyre fire stairs, and the door from ground level is locked from the outside. No one could get home unless someone opened the door from the inside (which was happening fairly often, as people leaving their apartments discovered they couldnt use the lifts.) This is ridiculous! said one woman. A child was crying, and his father was annoyed with him and the situation. I looked around at all the discouraged, angry, frustrated people with bags of groceries, prams, and cases of beer. They were all grumbling, and they were feeding off of each others angst. Some were ringing friends or flatmates, asking them to come down to help. Without exception, the language used was annoying and full of sharp edges. I walked back outside with Copa, looked up at the late-afternoon sunshine, and decided wed take another lap around the park. If the problem still wasnt fixed when we returned, Id just wait by the fire-door for someone to leave, and walk up. I wasnt upset or frustrated, except maybe at the way that one guy was taking it out on his kid. So off we went for a double-walk. And then something hit me. And it hit me hard. For the first time in almost two years, my biggest stress was a broken lift. I wasnt exhausted from lack of sleep. I wasnt late for a meeting with a lawyer. I wasnt angry because of frustration, anger, or loss. I wasnt seething over betrayal, worried over money, or cross because solutions to these things were unjustly out of my reach. It was simply a broken lift... and it was top of the list. My biggest problem in all of this whole, wide, wonderful world was a broken lift. I sat down on a bench in the park and wondered at that... ...and finally, truly felt some closure. Its long overdue.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 07:45:25 +0000
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