Would you pay to ride your elevator (lift)?

[AviatorTom]

It's getting to be more common. In parts of Tbilisi Georgia, Naples Italy and Shandong Province China, residents in high-rise buildings now must pay to use the elevator (lift). The payment is nominal. The picture shows one in Italy that requires a 10 Euro cent payment to operate.

Property owners justify it by saying that people who use it more should pay more, and the money helps pay for maintaining the elevator (lift), including keeping it clean.

What do you think?

Would you pay to use your elevator (lift)?

Please vote in the poll.

YES - so long as it isn't expensive

YES - whatever the price

YES - I already pay to ride my elevator (lift)

NO- - I'll wait for someone else to pay and ride with them

NO - I'll take the stairs instead

Something ELSE - please tell

[Jersey2]

I read up on this a few days ago and it said people weren’t paying the HOA for their portion of the cost and so this was their solution.

Our vacation condo elevators needed to be redone and cost $600,000, split among the owners. We are on the top floor so you can’t really walk up especially with grocery store bags.

We have had other work done in the building that can be expensive, seven figures. When someone can’t pay we help them get a loan through our bank. If they refuse to pay, we put a lien on their place and ta-da… they pay

For concrete work, we split that evenly as well even though some units are larger than others or have more damage than others. Everything is split evenly.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Some elevators nowadays are really shitty & really need maintenance so I can understand why some would charge & it’s a good incentive for people to take the stairs. As for me if I’m going to pay for an elevator ride it better be the best ride of my life & it better give me a blowjob on the way down.

Riddle Me This? (Questions Below)

1. If you are in a building with ten floors & you are going to the tenth floor will you get charged more than people going to the third floor?

2. If you pay to go to the highest floor & the elevator breaks down or plummets to the basement & you live through it do you get your money back?

4. If you are fat do you get charged more?

5. If 5 people walk in the elevator at once does each of the 5 people have to pay?

6. Do midgets get charged half price? I’m sorry Vertically Challenged People!

7. If emergency personnel have to ride the elevator do they have to pay as well?

[Static_In_The_Attic]

Riddle Me This? The Elevator Nazi’s are charging people to ride the elevator & all the money collected goes toward maintenance on the elevator. What happens if everyone takes the stairs will they start charging people to take the stairs because over time the stairs will need maintenance too? @purplepoppy

[purplepoppy]

How much money would be raised is the issue. If we assume 10p a go that's 10 rides a pound, 100 rides £10. Does it cover costs, fall short or do the owners make a healthy profit because lift maintenance is covered by residents paying maintenance cost anyway?
Nothing stopping them closing the stairs and raising the price from 10p to £1 or more

[Static_In_The_Attic]

@purplepoppy in addition you can’t forget about the cost of the coin machine & the maintenance cost of installing it.

[OneViewpoint]

Why isn't elevator maintenance built into the rent or HOA fees for tenants like all other building maintenance costs. This seems like an annoying cash grab by building owners. Now I have to keep change in my pocket just to get up to my 18th floor apartment when I get home from work? I'll look for another building.

[exitseven]

what's next? Charging people to use a public restroom?

Here I sit broken hearted, paid my dime but only farted.

[purplepoppy]

So if 10 people get in does only one person pay 10p and ask for a penny off everyone? Seems awkward.

Probably a good idea to have a coin bowl by the door people can borrow from if they don't have loose change.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

I’m giving you a thumbs up because you & I are on the same page here.

[Iron_Man]

I’ll walk unless it’s the Empire State building then I’ll pay a dollar maybe. What would purple poppy do? Lol

[purplepoppy]

Don't really have them here. Very few buildings are more than 4 flours

[Iron_Man]

Well you should probably just walk up the stairs because you like to exercise anyway I would imagine and you work with animals and you’d like to go swimming so why waste the money you can get some walking in

[_Jenny_]

@AviatorTom I don’t mind climbing up the stairs

[Iron_Man]

What if it’s the Empire State building all the way to the top

[_Jenny_]

@Iron_Man I think it’s over a hundred stairs because it takes two elevators because it’s so high

[Eiram5]

Depends on the level, I guess. The Burj Khalifa has 154 floors, which is a lot.

[Twalli]

If it's something over 10 stories, probably, but I can still walk 10 stories without too many problems.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Nope and I wouldn't live in a building that wanted me to pay to use the elevator

[DonaldDarko]

Stairs but be sure to sabotage those elevators. Fuck them up so they don't work at all. Bloody their noses good when greedy scum try shit like this.

[NathanDavis]

if I pay extra... can I tell others to stay away from my ride? how does that work?

[browsingthroughthe]

Stairs 🪜 thanks 🙏🏻

[Cidknee]

If i lived where i needed one i would when carrying things otherwise i would get the exercise.

[darkcloud1945]

The lifts won't be working because nobody will know how to fix them, so everyone walks

[darkcloud1945]

Currently in NYC, they are used as urinals in public houses

[RareBreedOfMan]

As long as it's not expensive

[fishbone77]

good lord. fuck this shit.

[Massageman]

seriously?

[TonyMetal___1986]

Nope