Myself
Many times when people are confined in a small space they begin to panic. I don't mean freak-out panic but they do begin to panic and the stress gradually begins to build. And this is just when they are in any confined space.
Add the pressure of being trapped in an elevator and the stress increases dramatically. Think about this for just a minute; an elevator is a metal box (itself weighing thousands of pounds) hanging hundreds of feet above a thick cement slab and it is hanging by a tiny steel cable.
Have you seen how frequently they inspect the cables on elevators? I mean every time you are at an airport, they have one of those flat electronic walkways closed for maintenance but you almost never see an elevator closed for routine maintenance. What is that all about? Is it really more difficult to keep something safe when it is flat on the ground, just moving across the same surface everyone else is walking on compared to an elevator that is lifting you at high speeds through the air?
So, put the unsafe cable with the thick cement "crash" pad and the small confined space all together and you have a formula for a highly stressful situation when the elevator gets trapped between floors for any period of time. People can hyperventilate, they can scream, they can wet themselves and ever pass out or have a stress induced stroke.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that I want to be alone so that you wouldn't see me going through the process of a stress attack, I am simply suggesting that it could happen to someone out there.
You believe me, right?
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